diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d835470504..d074c7a54b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 PACKAGES_NOSIMULATION=$(shell go list ./... | grep -v '/simulation')
 PACKAGES_SIMTEST=$(shell go list ./... | grep '/simulation')
 export VERSION := $(shell echo $(shell git describe --tags --always --match "v*") | sed 's/^v//')
-export CMTVERSION := $(shell go list -m github.com/cometbft/cometbft | sed 's:.* ::')
 export COMMIT := $(shell git log -1 --format='%H')
 LEDGER_ENABLED ?= true
 BINDIR ?= $(GOPATH)/bin
@@ -58,8 +57,7 @@ ldflags = -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Name=sim \
 		-X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.AppName=simd \
 		-X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Version=$(VERSION) \
 		-X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Commit=$(COMMIT) \
-		-X "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.BuildTags=$(build_tags_comma_sep)" \
-		-X github.com/cometbft/cometbft/version.TMCoreSemVer=$(CMTVERSION)
+		-X "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.BuildTags=$(build_tags_comma_sep)"
 
 # DB backend selection
 ifeq (cleveldb,$(findstring cleveldb,$(COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS)))