diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 13530beb23..84504d7ec7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fastcache v1.12.1
 	github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.4.1
 	github.com/bgentry/speakeasy v0.1.0
-	github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.22.1
 	github.com/coinbase/rosetta-sdk-go v0.8.3
 	github.com/coinbase/rosetta-sdk-go/types v1.0.0
 	github.com/confio/ics23/go v0.9.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1726a5183e..1d21c33800 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -90,9 +90,7 @@ github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6r
 github.com/bgentry/speakeasy v0.1.0 h1:ByYyxL9InA1OWqxJqqp2A5pYHUrCiAL6K3J+LKSsQkY=
 github.com/bgentry/speakeasy v0.1.0/go.mod h1:+zsyZBPWlz7T6j88CTgSN5bM796AkVf0kBD4zp0CCIs=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.22.1 h1:CnwP9LM/M9xuRrGSCGeMVs9iv09uMqwsVX7EeIpgV2c=
-github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.22.1/go.mod h1:wqgTSL29+50LRkmOVknEdmt8ZojIzhuWvgu/iptuN7Y=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.3.2 h1:5n0X6hX0Zk+6omWcihdYvdAlGf2DfasC0GMf7DClJ3U=
-github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash v1.0.1 h1:q0rUy8C/TYNBQS1+CGKw68tLOFYSNEs0TFnxxnS9+4U=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcutil v1.0.3-0.20201208143702-a53e38424cce h1:YtWJF7RHm2pYCvA5t0RPmAaLUhREsKuKd+SLhxFbFeQ=
 github.com/casbin/casbin/v2 v2.1.2/go.mod h1:YcPU1XXisHhLzuxH9coDNf2FbKpjGlbCg3n9yuLkIJQ=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible h1:tNowT99t7UNflLxfYYSlKYsBpXdEet03Pg2g16Swow4=