diff --git a/app/ibctesting/simapp/app.go b/app/ibctesting/simapp/app.go
index b092c6b3..81cfa71c 100644
--- a/app/ibctesting/simapp/app.go
+++ b/app/ibctesting/simapp/app.go
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import (
 	nodeservice "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/grpc/node"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec/types"
-	_ "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/docs/statik" // this is used for serving docs
 	runtimeservices "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/runtime/services"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/api"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/config"