diff --git a/scripts/simapp42/.gitignore b/scripts/simapp42/.gitignore
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index 920c4e6e..00000000
--- a/scripts/simapp42/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-template/.simapp/data/
diff --git a/scripts/simapp44/.gitignore b/scripts/simapp44/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 920c4e6e..00000000
--- a/scripts/simapp44/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-template/.simapp/data/
diff --git a/scripts/simapp46/.gitignore b/scripts/simapp46/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 920c4e6e..00000000
--- a/scripts/simapp46/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-template/.simapp/data/
diff --git a/scripts/simapp46/template/.simapp/data/priv_validator_state.json b/scripts/simapp46/template/.simapp/data/priv_validator_state.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4dfbafad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/simapp46/template/.simapp/data/priv_validator_state.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "height": "0",
+  "round": 0,
+  "step": 0
+}