diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b44e9c3df5..7559c61ffd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 * (x/staking) [#14567](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/14567) The `delegator_address` field of `MsgCreateValidator` has been deprecated.
    The validator address bytes and delegator address bytes refer to the same account while creating validator (defer only in bech32 notation).
+* (x/genutil) [#15316](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/15316) Remove requirement on node & IP being included in a gentx. 
 
 ## [v0.47.0-rc3]
 
diff --git a/x/genutil/collect.go b/x/genutil/collect.go
index de01c07155..9d99559375 100644
--- a/x/genutil/collect.go
+++ b/x/genutil/collect.go
@@ -124,9 +124,6 @@ func CollectTxs(cdc codec.JSONCodec, txJSONDecoder sdk.TxDecoder, moniker, genTx
 			return appGenTxs, persistentPeers, fmt.Errorf("expected TxWithMemo, got %T", genTx)
 		}
 		nodeAddrIP := memoTx.GetMemo()
-		if len(nodeAddrIP) == 0 {
-			return appGenTxs, persistentPeers, fmt.Errorf("failed to find node's address and IP in %s", fo.Name())
-		}
 
 		// genesis transactions must be single-message
 		msgs := genTx.GetMsgs()