diff --git a/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/api/core/include/esp_ble_mesh_provisioning_api.h b/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/api/core/include/esp_ble_mesh_provisioning_api.h
index 194efcfb97..9add289a1c 100644
--- a/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/api/core/include/esp_ble_mesh_provisioning_api.h
+++ b/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/api/core/include/esp_ble_mesh_provisioning_api.h
@@ -263,12 +263,11 @@ esp_err_t esp_ble_mesh_provisioner_prov_device_with_addr(const uint8_t uuid[16],
                                                          uint16_t oob_info, uint16_t unicast_addr);
 
 /**
- * @brief        Delete device from queue, reset current provisioning link and reset the node.
+ * @brief        Delete device from queue, and reset current provisioning link with the device.
  *
- * @note         If the device is in the queue, remove it from the queue; if the device is being
- *               provisioned, terminate the provisioning procedure; if the device has already
- *               been provisioned, reset the device. And either one of the addr or device UUID
- *               can be input.
+ * @note         If the device is in the queue, remove it from the queue; if the device is
+ *               being provisioned, terminate the provisioning procedure. Either one of the
+ *               device address or device UUID can be used as input.
  *
  * @param[in]    del_dev: Pointer to a struct containing the device information.
  *
diff --git a/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/api/esp_ble_mesh_defs.h b/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/api/esp_ble_mesh_defs.h
index 5e5b9d4e17..d9764f604b 100644
--- a/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/api/esp_ble_mesh_defs.h
+++ b/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/api/esp_ble_mesh_defs.h
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ typedef enum {
     ESP_BLE_MESH_PROVISIONER_PROV_COMPLETE_EVT,                 /*!< Provisioner provisioning done event */
     ESP_BLE_MESH_PROVISIONER_ADD_UNPROV_DEV_COMP_EVT,           /*!< Provisioner add a device to the list which contains devices that are waiting/going to be provisioned completion event */
     ESP_BLE_MESH_PROVISIONER_PROV_DEV_WITH_ADDR_COMP_EVT,       /*!< Provisioner start to provision an unprovisioned device completion event */
-    ESP_BLE_MESH_PROVISIONER_DELETE_DEV_COMP_EVT,               /*!< Provisioner delete a device from the list, close provisioning link with the device if it exists and remove the device from network completion event */
+    ESP_BLE_MESH_PROVISIONER_DELETE_DEV_COMP_EVT,               /*!< Provisioner delete a device from the list, close provisioning link with the device completion event */
     ESP_BLE_MESH_PROVISIONER_SET_DEV_UUID_MATCH_COMP_EVT,       /*!< Provisioner set the value to be compared with part of the unprovisioned device UUID completion event */
     ESP_BLE_MESH_PROVISIONER_SET_PROV_DATA_INFO_COMP_EVT,       /*!< Provisioner set net_idx/flags/iv_index used for provisioning completion event */
     ESP_BLE_MESH_PROVISIONER_SET_STATIC_OOB_VALUE_COMP_EVT,     /*!< Provisioner set static oob value used for provisioning completion event */
diff --git a/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/mesh_core/provisioner_prov.c b/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/mesh_core/provisioner_prov.c
index 18497ae0b3..b2304027f5 100644
--- a/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/mesh_core/provisioner_prov.c
+++ b/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/mesh_core/provisioner_prov.c
@@ -1001,18 +1001,10 @@ int bt_mesh_provisioner_prov_device_with_addr(const u8_t uuid[16], const u8_t ad
 
 int bt_mesh_provisioner_delete_device(struct bt_mesh_device_delete *del_dev)
 {
-    /**
-     * Three Situations:
-     * 1. device is not being/been provisioned, just remove from device queue.
-     * 2. device is being provisioned, need to close link & remove from device queue.
-     * 3. device is been provisioned, need to send config_node_reset and may need to
-     *    remove from device queue. config _node_reset can be added in function
-     *    provisioner_reset_node() in provisioner_main.c.
-     */
     bt_mesh_addr_t del_addr = {0};
-    u8_t zero[16] = {0};
     bool addr_match = false;
     bool uuid_match = false;
+    u8_t zero[16] = {0};
     int addr_cmp = 0;
     int uuid_cmp = 0;
     u16_t i = 0U;
@@ -1046,7 +1038,7 @@ int bt_mesh_provisioner_delete_device(struct bt_mesh_device_delete *del_dev)
     for (i = 0U; i < ARRAY_SIZE(link); i++) {
         if (addr_cmp && (del_dev->addr_type <= BLE_MESH_ADDR_RANDOM)) {
             if (!memcmp(link[i].addr.val, del_dev->addr, BLE_MESH_ADDR_LEN) &&
-                    link[i].addr.type == del_dev->addr_type) {
+                link[i].addr.type == del_dev->addr_type) {
                 addr_match = true;
             }
         }
@@ -1061,15 +1053,6 @@ int bt_mesh_provisioner_delete_device(struct bt_mesh_device_delete *del_dev)
         }
     }
 
-    /* Third: find if the device is been provisioned */
-    if (addr_cmp && (del_dev->addr_type <= BLE_MESH_ADDR_RANDOM)) {
-        bt_mesh_provisioner_delete_node_with_dev_addr(&del_addr);
-    }
-
-    if (uuid_cmp) {
-        bt_mesh_provisioner_delete_node_with_uuid(del_dev->uuid);
-    }
-
     return 0;
 }