diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4b1b03746f..e459cd7e5a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ enable_error_code = [
 ]
 show_traceback = true
 strict = true
-strict_bytes = true
 warn_unreachable = true
 
 [[tool.mypy.overrides]]