diff --git a/client/tx/factory.go b/client/tx/factory.go
index c4f08805e0..4b05b2419a 100644
--- a/client/tx/factory.go
+++ b/client/tx/factory.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package tx
 
 import (
 	"io"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ func (f Factory) WithSequence(sequence uint64) Factory {
 
 // WithMemo returns a copy of the Factory with an updated memo.
 func (f Factory) WithMemo(memo string) Factory {
-	f.memo = strings.TrimSpace(memo)
+	f.memo = memo
 	return f
 }
 
diff --git a/client/tx/tx.go b/client/tx/tx.go
index 1d1d6a1016..593f13a2a0 100644
--- a/client/tx/tx.go
+++ b/client/tx/tx.go
@@ -8,14 +8,11 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
-
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/context"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/input"
 	clientkeys "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/keys"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/keyring"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/rest"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth"