diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 68b0bc16e..1b248bea1 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"sync"
 
-	tmproto "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/proto/tendermint/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/migrations/legacytx"
 	"github.com/cosmos/gogoproto/proto"
 	ibcclienttypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8/modules/core/02-client/types"
@@ -269,7 +267,6 @@ type Canto struct {
 	configurator module.Configurator
 
 	tpsCounter *tpsCounter
-	once       sync.Once
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -1265,23 +1262,6 @@ func (app *Canto) GetTxConfig() client.TxConfig {
 }
 
 func (app *Canto) FinalizeBlock(req *abci.RequestFinalizeBlock) (*abci.ResponseFinalizeBlock, error) {
-	// when skipping sdk 47 for sdk 50, the upgrade handler is called too late in BaseApp
-	// this is a hack to ensure that the migration is executed when needed and not panics
-	app.once.Do(func() {
-		ctx := app.NewUncachedContext(false, tmproto.Header{})
-		if _, err := app.ConsensusParamsKeeper.Params(ctx, &consensusparamtypes.QueryParamsRequest{}); err != nil {
-			// prevents panic: consensus key is nil: collections: not found: key 'no_key' of type github.com/cosmos/gogoproto/tendermint.types.ConsensusParams
-			// sdk 47:
-			// Migrate Tendermint consensus parameters from x/params module to a dedicated x/consensus module.
-			// see https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/v0.47.0/simapp/upgrades.go#L66
-			baseAppLegacySS := app.GetSubspace(baseapp.Paramspace)
-			err := baseapp.MigrateParams(sdk.UnwrapSDKContext(ctx), baseAppLegacySS, app.ConsensusParamsKeeper.ParamsStore)
-			if err != nil {
-				panic(err)
-			}
-		}
-	})
-
 	return app.BaseApp.FinalizeBlock(req)
 }