diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 436177c3cc8..7934e681da7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ require (
 	cosmossdk.io/api v0.3.1
 	cosmossdk.io/errors v1.0.0-beta.7
 	cosmossdk.io/math v1.0.0
-	cosmossdk.io/simapp v0.0.0-20230323161446-0af178d721ff
 	cosmossdk.io/tools/rosetta v0.2.1
 	github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.4.1
 	github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.37.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5c717b7e59f..cc6072cc194 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -198,8 +198,6 @@ cosmossdk.io/errors v1.0.0-beta.7 h1:gypHW76pTQGVnHKo6QBkb4yFOJjC+sUGRc5Al3Odj1w
 cosmossdk.io/errors v1.0.0-beta.7/go.mod h1:mz6FQMJRku4bY7aqS/Gwfcmr/ue91roMEKAmDUDpBfE=
 cosmossdk.io/math v1.0.0 h1:ro9w7eKx23om2tZz/VM2Pf+z2WAbGX1yDQQOJ6iGeJw=
 cosmossdk.io/math v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Ygz4wBHrgc7g0N+8+MrnTfS9LLn9aaTGa9hKopuym5k=
-cosmossdk.io/simapp v0.0.0-20230323161446-0af178d721ff h1:P1ialzTepD1oxdNPYc5N8Eggq3RdejZq3cJs8YYMs9Y=
-cosmossdk.io/simapp v0.0.0-20230323161446-0af178d721ff/go.mod h1:AKzx6Mb544LjJ9RHmGFHjY9rEOLiUAi8I0F727TR0dY=
 cosmossdk.io/tools/rosetta v0.2.1 h1:ddOMatOH+pbxWbrGJKRAawdBkPYLfKXutK9IETnjYxw=
 cosmossdk.io/tools/rosetta v0.2.1/go.mod h1:Pqdc1FdvkNV3LcNIkYWt2RQY6IP1ge6YWZk8MhhO9Hw=
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/gpu/mtl v0.0.0-20190408044501-666a987793e9/go.mod h1:H6x//7gZCb22OMCxBHrMx7a5I7Hp++hsVxbQ4BYO7hU=
diff --git a/testing/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go b/testing/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go
index c2c4aefe37b..be85bbcca73 100644
--- a/testing/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go
+++ b/testing/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
-	sdkcmd "cosmossdk.io/simapp/simd/cmd"
 	rosettaCmd "cosmossdk.io/tools/rosetta/cmd"
 	dbm "github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db"
 	tmcfg "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/config"
@@ -170,7 +169,6 @@ func initRootCmd(rootCmd *cobra.Command, encodingConfig params.EncodingConfig) {
 		genutilcli.ValidateGenesisCmd(simapp.ModuleBasics),
 		AddGenesisAccountCmd(simapp.DefaultNodeHome),
 		tmcli.NewCompletionCmd(rootCmd, true),
-		sdkcmd.NewTestnetCmd(simapp.ModuleBasics, banktypes.GenesisBalancesIterator{}),
 		debug.Cmd(),
 		config.Cmd(),
 	)