diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aabf3083..4ec2d886 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ### Improvements
 
+* (rpc) [tharsis#181](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/181) Use evm denomination for params on tx fee.
 * (deps) [tharsis#165](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/165) Bump Cosmos SDK and Tendermint versions to [v0.42.6](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.42.6) and [v0.34.11](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/releases/tag/v0.34.11), respectively.
 * (evm) [tharsis#66](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/issues/66) Support legacy transaction types for signing.
 * (evm) [tharsis#24](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/24) Implement metrics for `MsgEthereumTx`, state transitions, `BeginBlock` and `EndBlock`.
diff --git a/ethereum/rpc/namespaces/eth/api.go b/ethereum/rpc/namespaces/eth/api.go
index c663f326..a9bffd0c 100644
--- a/ethereum/rpc/namespaces/eth/api.go
+++ b/ethereum/rpc/namespaces/eth/api.go
@@ -395,7 +395,14 @@ func (e *PublicAPI) SendTransaction(args rpctypes.SendTxArgs) (common.Hash, erro
 		e.logger.WithError(err).Panicln("builder.SetMsgs failed")
 	}
 
-	fees := sdk.NewCoins(ethermint.NewPhotonCoin(sdk.NewIntFromBigInt(msg.Fee())))
+	// Query params to use the EVM denomination
+	res, err := e.queryClient.QueryClient.Params(e.ctx, &evmtypes.QueryParamsRequest{})
+	if err != nil {
+		e.logger.WithError(err).Errorln("failed to query evm params")
+		return common.Hash{}, err
+	}
+
+	fees := sdk.Coins{sdk.NewCoin(res.Params.EvmDenom, sdk.NewIntFromBigInt(msg.Fee()))}
 	builder.SetFeeAmount(fees)
 	builder.SetGasLimit(msg.GetGas())
 
@@ -462,7 +469,14 @@ func (e *PublicAPI) SendRawTransaction(data hexutil.Bytes) (common.Hash, error)
 		e.logger.WithError(err).Panicln("builder.SetMsgs failed")
 	}
 
-	fees := sdk.NewCoins(ethermint.NewPhotonCoin(sdk.NewIntFromBigInt(ethereumTx.Fee())))
+	// Query params to use the EVM denomination
+	res, err := e.queryClient.QueryClient.Params(e.ctx, &evmtypes.QueryParamsRequest{})
+	if err != nil {
+		e.logger.WithError(err).Errorln("failed to query evm params")
+		return common.Hash{}, err
+	}
+
+	fees := sdk.Coins{sdk.NewCoin(res.Params.EvmDenom, sdk.NewIntFromBigInt(ethereumTx.Fee()))}
 	builder.SetFeeAmount(fees)
 	builder.SetGasLimit(ethereumTx.GetGas())
 
@@ -593,7 +607,14 @@ func (e *PublicAPI) doCall(
 		log.Panicln("builder.SetMsgs failed")
 	}
 
-	fees := sdk.NewCoins(ethermint.NewPhotonCoin(sdk.NewIntFromBigInt(msg.Fee())))
+	// Query params to use the EVM denomination
+	res, err := e.queryClient.QueryClient.Params(e.ctx, &evmtypes.QueryParamsRequest{})
+	if err != nil {
+		e.logger.WithError(err).Errorln("failed to query evm params")
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	fees := sdk.Coins{sdk.NewCoin(res.Params.EvmDenom, sdk.NewIntFromBigInt(msg.Fee()))}
 	txBuilder.SetFeeAmount(fees)
 	txBuilder.SetGasLimit(gas)
 
diff --git a/ethereum/rpc/types/utils.go b/ethereum/rpc/types/utils.go
index 53534840..da7933ce 100644
--- a/ethereum/rpc/types/utils.go
+++ b/ethereum/rpc/types/utils.go
@@ -10,13 +10,9 @@ import (
 	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/tx"
-	cryptotypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/types"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	sdkerrors "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
-	authsigning "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/signing"
 
-	ethermint "github.com/tharsis/ethermint/types"
 	evmtypes "github.com/tharsis/ethermint/x/evm/types"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -204,48 +200,6 @@ func FormatBlock(
 	}
 }
 
-// BuildEthereumTx builds and signs a Cosmos transaction from a MsgEthereumTx and returns the tx
-func BuildEthereumTx(clientCtx client.Context, msg *evmtypes.MsgEthereumTx, accNumber, seq uint64, privKey cryptotypes.PrivKey) ([]byte, error) {
-	// TODO: user defined evm coin
-	fees := sdk.NewCoins(ethermint.NewPhotonCoin(sdk.NewIntFromBigInt(msg.Fee())))
-	signMode := clientCtx.TxConfig.SignModeHandler().DefaultMode()
-	signerData := authsigning.SignerData{
-		ChainID:       clientCtx.ChainID,
-		AccountNumber: accNumber,
-		Sequence:      seq,
-	}
-
-	// Create a TxBuilder
-	txBuilder := clientCtx.TxConfig.NewTxBuilder()
-	if err := txBuilder.SetMsgs(msg); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-
-	}
-	txBuilder.SetFeeAmount(fees)
-	txBuilder.SetGasLimit(msg.GetGas())
-
-	// sign with the private key
-	sigV2, err := tx.SignWithPrivKey(
-		signMode, signerData,
-		txBuilder, privKey, clientCtx.TxConfig, seq,
-	)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	if err := txBuilder.SetSignatures(sigV2); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	txBytes, err := clientCtx.TxConfig.TxEncoder()(txBuilder.GetTx())
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return txBytes, nil
-}
-
 func DecodeTx(clientCtx client.Context, txBz tmtypes.Tx) (sdk.Tx, uint64) {
 	var gasUsed uint64
 	txDecoder := clientCtx.TxConfig.TxDecoder()