diff --git a/client/cmd.go b/client/cmd.go
index 739bc5c634..61412200fd 100644
--- a/client/cmd.go
+++ b/client/cmd.go
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
diff --git a/runtime/app.go b/runtime/app.go
index c0f0e93e66..a224463fb8 100644
--- a/runtime/app.go
+++ b/runtime/app.go
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ package runtime
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 
 	abci "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/abci/types"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 
 	runtimev1alpha1 "cosmossdk.io/api/cosmos/app/runtime/v1alpha1"
 	appv1alpha1 "cosmossdk.io/api/cosmos/app/v1alpha1"
diff --git a/store/storage/rocksdb/db.go b/store/storage/rocksdb/db.go
index b2525e3d8e..440d26cccc 100644
--- a/store/storage/rocksdb/db.go
+++ b/store/storage/rocksdb/db.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/linxGnu/grocksdb"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
+	"slices"
 
 	corestore "cosmossdk.io/core/store"
 	"cosmossdk.io/store/v2"
diff --git a/store/storage/sqlite/iterator.go b/store/storage/sqlite/iterator.go
index e048e1f3cd..3dd2875c1e 100644
--- a/store/storage/sqlite/iterator.go
+++ b/store/storage/sqlite/iterator.go
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
-
 	corestore "cosmossdk.io/core/store"
 )
 
diff --git a/store/upgrade.go b/store/upgrade.go
index 675e7e9263..b5de0e5443 100644
--- a/store/upgrade.go
+++ b/store/upgrade.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package store
 
-import "golang.org/x/exp/slices"
+import "slices"
 
 // StoreUpgrades defines a series of transformations to apply the RootStore upon
 // loading a version.
diff --git a/types/events.go b/types/events.go
index 8d1f9d6cb4..335fac3182 100644
--- a/types/events.go
+++ b/types/events.go
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
 	abci "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/abci/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/gogoproto/jsonpb"
 	proto "github.com/cosmos/gogoproto/proto"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
 )
diff --git a/x/accounts/go.mod b/x/accounts/go.mod
index 45e5ddb714..7f1ff6f1c9 100644
--- a/x/accounts/go.mod
+++ b/x/accounts/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.2.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240222234643-814bf88cf225
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0
 )
@@ -145,6 +144,7 @@ require (
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.7 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.20.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240222234643-814bf88cf225 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.15.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.21.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0 // indirect
diff --git a/x/accounts/v1/schema.go b/x/accounts/v1/schema.go
index d4aef76353..6cebadb306 100644
--- a/x/accounts/v1/schema.go
+++ b/x/accounts/v1/schema.go
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package v1
 
 import (
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
 	"cosmossdk.io/x/accounts/internal/implementation"
diff --git a/x/gov/depinject.go b/x/gov/depinject.go
index 99bf5e3bf7..1b99aeccc7 100644
--- a/x/gov/depinject.go
+++ b/x/gov/depinject.go
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ package gov
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
 	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 
 	modulev1 "cosmossdk.io/api/cosmos/gov/module/v1"
 	"cosmossdk.io/core/appmodule"
diff --git a/x/slashing/go.mod b/x/slashing/go.mod
index 3493dd90cb..b82b64d27a 100644
--- a/x/slashing/go.mod
+++ b/x/slashing/go.mod
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ require (
 	cosmossdk.io/math v1.3.0
 	cosmossdk.io/store v1.0.2
 	cosmossdk.io/x/auth v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
-	cosmossdk.io/x/bank v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
-	cosmossdk.io/x/distribution v0.0.0-20240227221813-a248d05f70f4
 	cosmossdk.io/x/staking v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/bits-and-blooms/bitset v1.10.0
 	github.com/cockroachdb/errors v1.11.1
@@ -35,6 +33,7 @@ require (
 	buf.build/gen/go/cosmos/gogo-proto/protocolbuffers/go v1.32.0-20230509103710-5e5b9fdd0180.1 // indirect
 	buf.build/gen/go/tendermint/tendermint/protocolbuffers/go v1.32.0-20231117195010-33ed361a9051.1 // indirect
 	cosmossdk.io/x/accounts v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
+	cosmossdk.io/x/bank v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	cosmossdk.io/x/tx v0.13.0 // indirect
 	filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/99designs/go-keychain v0.0.0-20191008050251-8e49817e8af4 // indirect
diff --git a/x/slashing/go.sum b/x/slashing/go.sum
index 42c1e50aa2..64615c7aa6 100644
--- a/x/slashing/go.sum
+++ b/x/slashing/go.sum
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ cosmossdk.io/math v1.3.0 h1:RC+jryuKeytIiictDslBP9i1fhkVm6ZDmZEoNP316zE=
 cosmossdk.io/math v1.3.0/go.mod h1:vnRTxewy+M7BtXBNFybkuhSH4WfedVAAnERHgVFhp3k=
 cosmossdk.io/store v1.0.2 h1:lSg5BTvJBHUDwswNNyeh4K/CbqiHER73VU4nDNb8uk0=
 cosmossdk.io/store v1.0.2/go.mod h1:EFtENTqVTuWwitGW1VwaBct+yDagk7oG/axBMPH+FXs=
-cosmossdk.io/x/distribution v0.0.0-20240227221813-a248d05f70f4 h1:IsfBQ8iJ/7d2MAKrDdK9ZlkwewoOdpm2klvdiOuDc0U=
-cosmossdk.io/x/distribution v0.0.0-20240227221813-a248d05f70f4/go.mod h1:5BYCiCDWhTygqsXXWtokxupQbwxtyzMhtWKlhBM4sPI=
-cosmossdk.io/x/protocolpool v0.0.0-20230925135524-a1bc045b3190 h1:XQJj9Dv9Gtze0l2TF79BU5lkP6MkUveTUuKICmxoz+o=
-cosmossdk.io/x/protocolpool v0.0.0-20230925135524-a1bc045b3190/go.mod h1:7WUGupOvmlHJoIMBz1JbObQxeo6/TDiuDBxmtod8HRg=
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/gpu/mtl v0.0.0-20190408044501-666a987793e9/go.mod h1:H6x//7gZCb22OMCxBHrMx7a5I7Hp++hsVxbQ4BYO7hU=
 filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.0 h1:FNf4tywRC1HmFuKW5xopWpigGjJKiJSV0Cqo0cJWDaA=
 filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.0/go.mod h1:BxyFTGdWcka3PhytdK4V28tE5sGfRvvvRV7EaN4VDT4=