diff --git a/x/evidence/CHANGELOG.md b/x/evidence/CHANGELOG.md
index 73fda10775..a0a8396846 100644
--- a/x/evidence/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/x/evidence/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ### Client Breaking Changes
 
-* [#16625](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16625) The `simd q evidence evidence` command supports only querying an evidence by hash. For querying all evidences, use `simd q evidence list` instad.
+* [#16625](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16625) The `simd q evidence evidence` command supports only querying an evidence by hash. For querying all evidences, use `simd q evidence list` instead.
diff --git a/x/evidence/keeper/keeper_test.go b/x/evidence/keeper/keeper_test.go
index e72b311561..116e242503 100644
--- a/x/evidence/keeper/keeper_test.go
+++ b/x/evidence/keeper/keeper_test.go
@@ -35,11 +35,7 @@ var (
 		newPubKey("0B485CFC0EECC619440448436F8FC9DF40566F2369E72400281454CB552AFB52"),
 	}
 
-	valAddresses = []sdk.ValAddress{
-		sdk.ValAddress(pubkeys[0].Address()),
-		sdk.ValAddress(pubkeys[1].Address()),
-		sdk.ValAddress(pubkeys[2].Address()),
-	}
+	valAddress = sdk.ValAddress(pubkeys[0].Address())
 )
 
 func newPubKey(pk string) (res cryptotypes.PubKey) {
diff --git a/x/evidence/keeper/msg_server_test.go b/x/evidence/keeper/msg_server_test.go
index cebc8c1a38..f5dd4b6b5f 100644
--- a/x/evidence/keeper/msg_server_test.go
+++ b/x/evidence/keeper/msg_server_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func (s *KeeperTestSuite) TestSubmitEvidence() {
 		ConsensusAddress: sdk.ConsAddress(pk.PubKey().Address().Bytes()).String(),
 	}
 
-	validEvidence, err := types.NewMsgSubmitEvidence(sdk.AccAddress(valAddresses[0]), e)
+	validEvidence, err := types.NewMsgSubmitEvidence(sdk.AccAddress(valAddress), e)
 	s.Require().NoError(err)
 
 	e2 := &types.Equivocation{
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func (s *KeeperTestSuite) TestSubmitEvidence() {
 		ConsensusAddress: sdk.ConsAddress(pk.PubKey().Address().Bytes()).String(),
 	}
 
-	invalidEvidence, err := types.NewMsgSubmitEvidence(sdk.AccAddress(valAddresses[0]), e2)
+	invalidEvidence, err := types.NewMsgSubmitEvidence(sdk.AccAddress(valAddress), e2)
 	s.Require().NoError(err)
 
 	testCases := []struct {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (s *KeeperTestSuite) TestSubmitEvidence() {
 		{
 			name: "missing evidence",
 			req: &types.MsgSubmitEvidence{
-				Submitter: sdk.AccAddress(valAddresses[0]).String(),
+				Submitter: sdk.AccAddress(valAddress).String(),
 			},
 			expErr:    true,
 			expErrMsg: "missing evidence: invalid evidence",
diff --git a/x/evidence/types/msgs.go b/x/evidence/types/msgs.go
index c78d59c7dd..8d65aca64d 100644
--- a/x/evidence/types/msgs.go
+++ b/x/evidence/types/msgs.go
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ func NewMsgSubmitEvidence(s sdk.AccAddress, evi exported.Evidence) (*MsgSubmitEv
 	return &MsgSubmitEvidence{Submitter: s.String(), Evidence: any}, nil
 }
 
-// GetSigners returns the single expected signer for a MsgSubmitEvidence.
-func (m MsgSubmitEvidence) GetSigners() []sdk.AccAddress {
-	submitter, _ := sdk.AccAddressFromBech32(m.Submitter)
-	return []sdk.AccAddress{submitter}
-}
-
 func (m MsgSubmitEvidence) GetEvidence() exported.Evidence {
 	if m.Evidence == nil {
 		return nil