diff --git a/simapp/app.go b/simapp/app.go
index dc3b62ed452c..600b9ab52c7c 100644
--- a/simapp/app.go
+++ b/simapp/app.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/grpc/tmservice"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec/types"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/api"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/config"
 	servertypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/types"
@@ -432,7 +431,7 @@ func NewSimApp(
 	app.SetInitChainer(app.InitChainer)
 	app.SetBeginBlocker(app.BeginBlocker)
 	app.SetEndBlocker(app.EndBlocker)
-	app.setAnteHandler(encodingConfig.TxConfig, cast.ToStringSlice(appOpts.Get(server.FlagIndexEvents)))
+	app.setAnteHandler(encodingConfig.TxConfig)
 	// In v0.46, the SDK introduces _postHandlers_. PostHandlers are like
 	// antehandlers, but are run _after_ the `runMsgs` execution. They are also
 	// defined as a chain, and have the same signature as antehandlers.
@@ -457,11 +456,7 @@ func NewSimApp(
 	return app
 }
 
-func (app *SimApp) setAnteHandler(txConfig client.TxConfig, indexEventsStr []string) {
-	indexEvents := map[string]struct{}{}
-	for _, e := range indexEventsStr {
-		indexEvents[e] = struct{}{}
-	}
+func (app *SimApp) setAnteHandler(txConfig client.TxConfig) {
 	anteHandler, err := ante.NewAnteHandler(
 		ante.HandlerOptions{
 			AccountKeeper:   app.AccountKeeper,