diff --git a/core/appmodule/service.go b/core/appmodule/service.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 39652b1b1c..0000000000
--- a/core/appmodule/service.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package appmodule
-
-import (
-	"cosmossdk.io/core/intermodule"
-	"cosmossdk.io/core/store"
-)
-
-// Service bundles all the core services provided by a compliant runtime
-// implementation into a single services.
-//
-// NOTE: If new core services are provided after core v1, they shouldn't be added to this
-// interface which would be API breaking, but rather a cosmossdk.io/core/appmodule/v2.Service
-// should be created which extends this Service interface with new services.
-type Service interface {
-	store.KVStoreService
-	store.MemoryStoreService
-	store.TransientStoreService
-	intermodule.Client
-}
diff --git a/runtime/module.go b/runtime/module.go
index dac1065337..1f2d37e2fe 100644
--- a/runtime/module.go
+++ b/runtime/module.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package runtime
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
+	"cosmossdk.io/core/store"
+
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
 
 	runtimev1alpha1 "cosmossdk.io/api/cosmos/app/runtime/v1alpha1"
@@ -33,6 +35,9 @@ func init() {
 			ProvideTransientStoreKey,
 			ProvideMemoryStoreKey,
 			ProvideDeliverTx,
+			ProvideKVStoreService,
+			ProvideMemoryStoreService,
+			ProvideTransientStoreService,
 		),
 		appmodule.Invoke(SetupAppBuilder),
 	)
@@ -141,3 +146,18 @@ func ProvideDeliverTx(appBuilder *AppBuilder) func(abci.RequestDeliverTx) abci.R
 		return appBuilder.app.BaseApp.DeliverTx(tx)
 	}
 }
+
+func ProvideKVStoreService(config *runtimev1alpha1.Module, key depinject.ModuleKey, app *AppBuilder) store.KVStoreService {
+	storeKey := ProvideKVStoreKey(config, key, app)
+	return kvStoreService{key: storeKey}
+}
+
+func ProvideMemoryStoreService(key depinject.ModuleKey, app *AppBuilder) store.MemoryStoreService {
+	storeKey := ProvideMemoryStoreKey(key, app)
+	return memStoreService{key: storeKey}
+}
+
+func ProvideTransientStoreService(key depinject.ModuleKey, app *AppBuilder) store.TransientStoreService {
+	storeKey := ProvideTransientStoreKey(key, app)
+	return transientStoreService{key: storeKey}
+}
diff --git a/runtime/store.go b/runtime/store.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee4dfd8370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/store.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package runtime
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"cosmossdk.io/core/store"
+
+	storetypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/store/types"
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+)
+
+type kvStoreService struct {
+	key *storetypes.KVStoreKey
+}
+
+func (k kvStoreService) OpenKVStore(ctx context.Context) store.KVStore {
+	return sdk.UnwrapSDKContext(ctx).KVStore(k.key)
+}
+
+type memStoreService struct {
+	key *storetypes.MemoryStoreKey
+}
+
+func (m memStoreService) OpenMemoryStore(ctx context.Context) store.KVStore {
+	return sdk.UnwrapSDKContext(ctx).KVStore(m.key)
+}
+
+type transientStoreService struct {
+	key *storetypes.TransientStoreKey
+}
+
+func (t transientStoreService) OpenTransientStore(ctx context.Context) store.KVStore {
+	return sdk.UnwrapSDKContext(ctx).KVStore(t.key)
+}