diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index ff995e01e..530ad9854 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ func (a *App) ModuleAccountsPermissions() map[string][]string {
 func (a *App) registerUpgradeHandlers() {
 	a.UpgradeKeeper.SetUpgradeHandler(
 		tv14.UpgradeName,
-		tv14.CreateUpgradeHandlerV14(a.mm, a.configurator, a.AuctionKeeperSkip, a.LendKeeper, a.WasmKeeper, *a.StakingKeeper, a.MintKeeper, a.SlashingKeeper, a.BandoracleKeeper, a.AccountKeeper),
+		tv14.CreateUpgradeHandlerV14(a.mm, a.configurator, a.AuctionKeeperSkip, a.LendKeeper, a.WasmKeeper, *a.StakingKeeper, a.MintKeeper, a.SlashingKeeper, a.BandoracleKeeper),
 	)
 	// When a planned update height is reached, the old binary will panic
 	// writing on disk the height and name of the update that triggered it
diff --git a/app/upgrades/testnet/v14/upgrade_test.go b/app/upgrades/testnet/v14/upgrade_test.go
index d4ed4ecaa..9d5d7e0de 100644
--- a/app/upgrades/testnet/v14/upgrade_test.go
+++ b/app/upgrades/testnet/v14/upgrade_test.go
@@ -56,7 +56,4 @@ func postUpgradeChecks(s *UpgradeTestSuite) {
 	wp := s.App.WasmKeeper.GetParams(s.Ctx)
 	s.Require().Equal(wp.CodeUploadAccess, wasmtypes.AllowNobody)
 
-	// ensure auth params are updated
-	ap := s.App.AccountKeeper.GetParams(s.Ctx)
-	s.Require().Equal(ap.TxSizeCostPerByte, uint64(20))
 }
diff --git a/app/upgrades/testnet/v14/upgrades.go b/app/upgrades/testnet/v14/upgrades.go
index c17819912..5981f562d 100644
--- a/app/upgrades/testnet/v14/upgrades.go
+++ b/app/upgrades/testnet/v14/upgrades.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	lendkeeper "github.com/comdex-official/comdex/x/lend/keeper"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module"
-	authkeeper "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/keeper"
 	authtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/types"
 	mintkeeper "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/mint/keeper"
 	slashingkeeper "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/slashing/keeper"
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ func CreateUpgradeHandlerV14(
 	MintKeeper mintkeeper.Keeper,
 	SlashingKeeper slashingkeeper.Keeper,
 	bandoracleKeeper bandoraclemodulekeeper.Keeper,
-	accountKeeper authkeeper.AccountKeeper,
 
 ) upgradetypes.UpgradeHandler {
 	return func(ctx sdk.Context, _ upgradetypes.Plan, fromVM module.VersionMap) (module.VersionMap, error) {
@@ -77,14 +75,6 @@ func CreateUpgradeHandlerV14(
 			logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("updated bandData to %v", bandData))
 		}
 
-		// update tx size cost per byte
-		authParams := accountKeeper.GetParams(ctx)
-		authParams.TxSizeCostPerByte = authParams.TxSizeCostPerByte * 2
-		if err = accountKeeper.SetParams(ctx, authParams); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("updated auth params to %v", accountKeeper.GetParams(ctx)))
-
 		//TODO: uncomment this before mainnet upgrade
 		//UpdateLendParams(ctx, lendKeeper)
 		return vm, err