diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index adf4b7fc2f..4ce3ebf35d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ vagrant
 .dir-locals.el
 .vscode
 
+.venv
+
 # Depinject & Graphviz
 dependency-graph.png
 debug_container.dot
diff --git a/store/streaming/abci/README.md b/store/streaming/abci/README.md
index 08aaf12e8a..6020f5d2c7 100644
--- a/store/streaming/abci/README.md
+++ b/store/streaming/abci/README.md
@@ -169,12 +169,6 @@ just trying the examples, you can skip ahead to the [Testing](#testing) section.
 make proto-gen 
 ```
 
-* stdout plugin; from inside the `store/` dir, run:
-
-```shell
-go build -o streaming/abci/examples/stdout/stdout streaming/abci/examples/stdout/stdout.go
-```
-
 * file plugin (writes to `~/`); from inside the `store/` dir, run:
 
 ```shell
@@ -185,12 +179,6 @@ go build -o streaming/abci/examples/file/file streaming/abci/examples/file/file.
 
 Export a plugin from one of the Go or Python examples.
 
-* stdout plugin
-
-```shell
-export COSMOS_SDK_ABCI="{path to}/cosmos-sdk/store/streaming/abci/examples/stdout/stdout"
-```
-
 * file plugin (writes to ~/)
 
 ```shell
diff --git a/store/streaming/abci/examples/stdout/stdout b/store/streaming/abci/examples/stdout/stdout
deleted file mode 100755
index 93f61a7b93..0000000000
Binary files a/store/streaming/abci/examples/stdout/stdout and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/store/streaming/abci/examples/stdout/stdout.go b/store/streaming/abci/examples/stdout/stdout.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f1327a5862..0000000000
--- a/store/streaming/abci/examples/stdout/stdout.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-
-	abci "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/abci/types"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin"
-
-	streamingabci "cosmossdk.io/store/streaming/abci"
-	store "cosmossdk.io/store/types"
-)
-
-// StdoutPlugin is the implementation of the ABCIListener interface
-// For Go plugins this is all that is required to process data sent over gRPC.
-type StdoutPlugin struct {
-	BlockHeight int64
-}
-
-func (a *StdoutPlugin) ListenFinalizeBlock(ctx context.Context, req abci.RequestFinalizeBlock, res abci.ResponseFinalizeBlock) error {
-	a.BlockHeight = req.Height
-	// process tx messages (i.e: sent to external system)
-	fmt.Printf("listen-finalize-block: block-height=%d req=%v res=%v", a.BlockHeight, req, res)
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (a *StdoutPlugin) ListenCommit(ctx context.Context, res abci.ResponseCommit, changeSet []*store.StoreKVPair) error {
-	// process block commit messages (i.e: sent to external system)
-	fmt.Printf("listen-commit: block_height=%d res=%v data=%v", a.BlockHeight, res, changeSet)
-	return nil
-}
-
-func main() {
-	plugin.Serve(&plugin.ServeConfig{
-		HandshakeConfig: streamingabci.Handshake,
-		Plugins: map[string]plugin.Plugin{
-			"abci": &streamingabci.ListenerGRPCPlugin{Impl: &StdoutPlugin{}},
-		},
-
-		// A non-nil value here enables gRPC serving for this streaming...
-		GRPCServer: plugin.DefaultGRPCServer,
-	})
-}