diff --git a/scalecodec/types.py b/scalecodec/types.py
index c341e45..09e0a58 100644
--- a/scalecodec/types.py
+++ b/scalecodec/types.py
@@ -135,10 +135,6 @@ def example_value(self, _recursion_level: int = 0, max_recursion: int = TYPE_DEC
 
 class Bool(ScalePrimitive):
 
-    @classmethod
-    def new(cls):
-        return ScaleType(type_def=cls())
-
     def decode(self, data: ScaleBytes) -> bool:
 
         bool_data = data.get_next_bytes(1)
@@ -898,8 +894,10 @@ def _encode(self, value: Union[str, bytes]) -> ScaleBytes:
     def serialize(self, value: bytes) -> str:
         return f'0x{value.hex()}'
 
-    def deserialize(self, value: str) -> bytes:
-        return bytes.fromhex(value[2:])
+    def deserialize(self, value: Union[str, bytes]) -> bytes:
+        if type(value) is str:
+            value = bytes.fromhex(value[2:])
+        return value
 
     def example_value(self, _recursion_level: int = 0, max_recursion: int = TYPE_DECOMP_MAX_RECURSIVE):
         return f'0x{str(self.byte_count).zfill(2) * self.byte_count}'
diff --git a/test/__init__.py b/test/__init__.py
index c2390ec..ddfffe6 100644
--- a/test/__init__.py
+++ b/test/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Python SCALE Codec Library
 #
-# Copyright 2018-2020 Stichting Polkascan (Polkascan Foundation).
+# Copyright 2018-2024 Stichting Polkascan (Polkascan Foundation).
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -13,13 +13,4 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-import json
-import os
 
-
-def load_json_file(file_path: str) -> dict:
-
-    with open(os.path.abspath(file_path), 'r') as fp:
-        data = fp.read()
-
-    return json.loads(data)
diff --git a/test/test_enum.py b/test/test_enum.py
index 4e88ef7..6dfc31b 100644
--- a/test/test_enum.py
+++ b/test/test_enum.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 class TestEnum(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    def test_enum(self):
+    def test_enum_encode_decode(self):
         scale_obj = Enum(Bool=Bool(), Number=U32, None_=None).new()
         value = {'Bool': True}
 
@@ -45,6 +45,21 @@ def test_enum(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(value, scale_obj.value)
 
+    def test_enum_deserialize(self):
+        scale_obj = Enum(Bool=Bool(), Number=U32, None_=None).new()
+
+        scale_obj.deserialize({'Bool': True})
+        self.assertEqual(('Bool', Bool().new(value=True)), scale_obj.value_object)
+
+        scale_obj.deserialize({'Number': 1})
+        self.assertEqual(('Number', U32.new(value=1)), scale_obj.value_object)
+
+        scale_obj.deserialize({'None': None})
+        self.assertEqual(('None', None), scale_obj.value_object)
+
+        scale_obj.deserialize('None')
+        self.assertEqual(('None', None), scale_obj.value_object)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()