diff --git a/x/distribution/client/cli/tx_test.go b/x/distribution/client/cli/tx_test.go
index 6ee154fca7..7edc0c62ed 100644
--- a/x/distribution/client/cli/tx_test.go
+++ b/x/distribution/client/cli/tx_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/distribution/client/cli"
 	distrtestutil "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/distribution/testutil"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov"
 	minttypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/mint/types"
 )
 
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ func TestCLITestSuite(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
-	s.encCfg = testutilmod.MakeTestEncodingConfig(gov.AppModuleBasic{}, bank.AppModuleBasic{})
+	s.encCfg = testutilmod.MakeTestEncodingConfig(bank.AppModuleBasic{})
 	s.kr = keyring.NewInMemory(s.encCfg.Codec)
 	s.baseCtx = client.Context{}.
 		WithKeyring(s.kr).