diff --git a/x/evm/handler.go b/x/evm/handler.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2464c741cb..0000000000
--- a/x/evm/handler.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2021 Evmos Foundation
-// This file is part of Evmos' Ethermint library.
-//
-// The Ethermint library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// The Ethermint library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-// along with the Ethermint library. If not, see https://github.com/evmos/ethermint/blob/main/LICENSE
-package evm
-
-import (
-	errorsmod "cosmossdk.io/errors"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/baseapp"
-	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
-	errortypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
-
-	"github.com/evmos/ethermint/x/evm/types"
-)
-
-// NewHandler returns a handler for Ethermint type messages.
-func NewHandler(server types.MsgServer) baseapp.MsgServiceHandler {
-	return func(ctx sdk.Context, msg sdk.Msg) (result *sdk.Result, err error) {
-		ctx = ctx.WithEventManager(sdk.NewEventManager())
-
-		switch msg := msg.(type) {
-		case *types.MsgEthereumTx:
-			res, err := server.EthereumTx(ctx, msg)
-			return sdk.WrapServiceResult(ctx, res, err)
-		case *types.MsgUpdateParams:
-			res, err := server.UpdateParams(ctx, msg)
-			return sdk.WrapServiceResult(ctx, res, err)
-		default:
-			err := errorsmod.Wrapf(errortypes.ErrUnknownRequest, "unrecognized %s message type: %T", types.ModuleName, msg)
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/x/evm/handler_test.go b/x/evm/handler_test.go
index de1a19a1cf..52b3ffc7a6 100644
--- a/x/evm/handler_test.go
+++ b/x/evm/handler_test.go
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/evmos/ethermint/crypto/ethsecp256k1"
 	"github.com/evmos/ethermint/tests"
 	ethermint "github.com/evmos/ethermint/types"
-	"github.com/evmos/ethermint/x/evm"
 	"github.com/evmos/ethermint/x/evm/statedb"
 	"github.com/evmos/ethermint/x/evm/types"
 
@@ -170,7 +169,11 @@ func (suite *EvmTestSuite) DoSetupTest(t require.TestingT) {
 	suite.app.StakingKeeper.SetValidator(suite.ctx, validator)
 
 	suite.ethSigner = ethtypes.LatestSignerForChainID(suite.app.EvmKeeper.ChainID())
-	suite.handler = evm.NewHandler(suite.app.EvmKeeper)
+
+	// get `ethermintd tx evm raw` msg handler
+	msg := types.NewTx(nil, 0, nil, nil, 0, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+	suite.handler = suite.app.MsgServiceRouter().Handler(msg)
+	require.NotNil(t, suite.handler)
 }
 
 func (suite *EvmTestSuite) SetupTest() {
diff --git a/x/feemarket/handler.go b/x/feemarket/handler.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 33b7a8968e..0000000000
--- a/x/feemarket/handler.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package feemarket
-
-import (
-	errorsmod "cosmossdk.io/errors"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/baseapp"
-	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
-	errortypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
-	"github.com/evmos/ethermint/x/feemarket/types"
-)
-
-// NewHandler returns a handler for Ethermint type messages.
-func NewHandler(server types.MsgServer) baseapp.MsgServiceHandler {
-	return func(ctx sdk.Context, msg sdk.Msg) (result *sdk.Result, err error) {
-		ctx = ctx.WithEventManager(sdk.NewEventManager())
-
-		switch msg := msg.(type) {
-		case *types.MsgUpdateParams:
-			// execute state transition
-			res, err := server.UpdateParams(ctx, msg)
-			return sdk.WrapServiceResult(ctx, res, err)
-
-		default:
-			err := errorsmod.Wrapf(errortypes.ErrUnknownRequest, "unrecognized %s message type: %T", types.ModuleName, msg)
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-}