diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9fdd0a915115..3cf3e8e366e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -65,11 +65,10 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 * (x/bank) [\#8614](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/8614) Add `Name` and `Symbol` fields to denom metadata
 * (x/auth) [\#8522](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/8522) Allow to query all stored accounts
+* (x/ibc) [\#7949](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/7949) Standardized channel `Acknowledgement` moved to its own file. Codec registration redundancy removed. 
 * (crypto/types) [\#8600](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/8600) `CompactBitArray`: optimize the `NumTrueBitsBefore` method and add an `Equal` method.
 * (store/cachekv), (x/bank/types) [\#8719](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/8719) algorithmically fix pathologically slow code
 
-
-
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 * (keyring) [#\8635](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/8635) Remove hardcoded default passphrase value on `NewMnemonic`
diff --git a/x/ibc/core/04-channel/types/acknowledgement.go b/x/ibc/core/04-channel/types/acknowledgement.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a3f677ab4410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/ibc/core/04-channel/types/acknowledgement.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package types
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	sdkerrors "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
+)
+
+// NewResultAcknowledgement returns a new instance of Acknowledgement using an Acknowledgement_Result
+// type in the Response field.
+func NewResultAcknowledgement(result []byte) Acknowledgement {
+	return Acknowledgement{
+		Response: &Acknowledgement_Result{
+			Result: result,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// NewErrorAcknowledgement returns a new instance of Acknowledgement using an Acknowledgement_Error
+// type in the Response field.
+func NewErrorAcknowledgement(err string) Acknowledgement {
+	return Acknowledgement{
+		Response: &Acknowledgement_Error{
+			Error: err,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// GetBytes is a helper for serialising acknowledgements
+func (ack Acknowledgement) GetBytes() []byte {
+	return sdk.MustSortJSON(SubModuleCdc.MustMarshalJSON(&ack))
+}
+
+// ValidateBasic performs a basic validation of the acknowledgement
+func (ack Acknowledgement) ValidateBasic() error {
+	switch resp := ack.Response.(type) {
+	case *Acknowledgement_Result:
+		if len(resp.Result) == 0 {
+			return sdkerrors.Wrap(ErrInvalidAcknowledgement, "acknowledgement result cannot be empty")
+		}
+	case *Acknowledgement_Error:
+		if strings.TrimSpace(resp.Error) == "" {
+			return sdkerrors.Wrap(ErrInvalidAcknowledgement, "acknowledgement error cannot be empty")
+		}
+	default:
+		return sdkerrors.Wrapf(ErrInvalidAcknowledgement, "unsupported acknowledgement response field type %T", resp)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/x/ibc/core/04-channel/types/acknowledgement_test.go b/x/ibc/core/04-channel/types/acknowledgement_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..58074dd7bde5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/ibc/core/04-channel/types/acknowledgement_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package types_test
+
+import "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/ibc/core/04-channel/types"
+
+// tests acknowledgement.ValidateBasic and acknowledgement.GetBytes
+func (suite TypesTestSuite) TestAcknowledgement() {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name    string
+		ack     types.Acknowledgement
+		expPass bool
+	}{
+		{
+			"valid successful ack",
+			types.NewResultAcknowledgement([]byte("success")),
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"valid failed ack",
+			types.NewErrorAcknowledgement("error"),
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"empty successful ack",
+			types.NewResultAcknowledgement([]byte{}),
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"empty faied ack",
+			types.NewErrorAcknowledgement("  "),
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"nil response",
+			types.Acknowledgement{
+				Response: nil,
+			},
+			false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		tc := tc
+
+		suite.Run(tc.name, func() {
+			suite.SetupTest()
+
+			err := tc.ack.ValidateBasic()
+
+			if tc.expPass {
+				suite.Require().NoError(err)
+			} else {
+				suite.Require().Error(err)
+			}
+
+			// expect all acks to be able to be marshaled
+			suite.NotPanics(func() {
+				bz := tc.ack.GetBytes()
+				suite.Require().NotNil(bz)
+			})
+		})
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/x/ibc/core/04-channel/types/channel.go b/x/ibc/core/04-channel/types/channel.go
index 8513a8123df8..b808a220b303 100644
--- a/x/ibc/core/04-channel/types/channel.go
+++ b/x/ibc/core/04-channel/types/channel.go
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package types
 
 import (
-	"strings"
-
-	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	sdkerrors "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
 	host "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/ibc/core/24-host"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/ibc/core/exported"
@@ -128,45 +125,3 @@ func (ic IdentifiedChannel) ValidateBasic() error {
 	channel := NewChannel(ic.State, ic.Ordering, ic.Counterparty, ic.ConnectionHops, ic.Version)
 	return channel.ValidateBasic()
 }
-
-// NewResultAcknowledgement returns a new instance of Acknowledgement using an Acknowledgement_Result
-// type in the Response field.
-func NewResultAcknowledgement(result []byte) Acknowledgement {
-	return Acknowledgement{
-		Response: &Acknowledgement_Result{
-			Result: result,
-		},
-	}
-}
-
-// NewErrorAcknowledgement returns a new instance of Acknowledgement using an Acknowledgement_Error
-// type in the Response field.
-func NewErrorAcknowledgement(err string) Acknowledgement {
-	return Acknowledgement{
-		Response: &Acknowledgement_Error{
-			Error: err,
-		},
-	}
-}
-
-// GetBytes is a helper for serialising acknowledgements
-func (ack Acknowledgement) GetBytes() []byte {
-	return sdk.MustSortJSON(SubModuleCdc.MustMarshalJSON(&ack))
-}
-
-// ValidateBasic performs a basic validation of the acknowledgement
-func (ack Acknowledgement) ValidateBasic() error {
-	switch resp := ack.Response.(type) {
-	case *Acknowledgement_Result:
-		if len(resp.Result) == 0 {
-			return sdkerrors.Wrap(ErrInvalidAcknowledgement, "acknowledgement result cannot be empty")
-		}
-	case *Acknowledgement_Error:
-		if strings.TrimSpace(resp.Error) == "" {
-			return sdkerrors.Wrap(ErrInvalidAcknowledgement, "acknowledgement error cannot be empty")
-		}
-	default:
-		return sdkerrors.Wrapf(ErrInvalidAcknowledgement, "unsupported acknowledgement response field type %T", resp)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/x/ibc/core/04-channel/types/channel_test.go b/x/ibc/core/04-channel/types/channel_test.go
index 30fee4443b2e..a53304972ef5 100644
--- a/x/ibc/core/04-channel/types/channel_test.go
+++ b/x/ibc/core/04-channel/types/channel_test.go
@@ -57,63 +57,3 @@ func TestCounterpartyValidateBasic(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-// tests acknowledgement.ValidateBasic and acknowledgement.GetBytes
-func (suite TypesTestSuite) TestAcknowledgement() {
-	testCases := []struct {
-		name    string
-		ack     types.Acknowledgement
-		expPass bool
-	}{
-		{
-			"valid successful ack",
-			types.NewResultAcknowledgement([]byte("success")),
-			true,
-		},
-		{
-			"valid failed ack",
-			types.NewErrorAcknowledgement("error"),
-			true,
-		},
-		{
-			"empty successful ack",
-			types.NewResultAcknowledgement([]byte{}),
-			false,
-		},
-		{
-			"empty faied ack",
-			types.NewErrorAcknowledgement("  "),
-			false,
-		},
-		{
-			"nil response",
-			types.Acknowledgement{
-				Response: nil,
-			},
-			false,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		tc := tc
-
-		suite.Run(tc.name, func() {
-			suite.SetupTest()
-
-			err := tc.ack.ValidateBasic()
-
-			if tc.expPass {
-				suite.Require().NoError(err)
-			} else {
-				suite.Require().Error(err)
-			}
-
-			// expect all acks to be able to be marshaled
-			suite.NotPanics(func() {
-				bz := tc.ack.GetBytes()
-				suite.Require().NotNil(bz)
-			})
-		})
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/x/ibc/core/04-channel/types/codec.go b/x/ibc/core/04-channel/types/codec.go
index a74f0a7fc9c0..cfe0110264cb 100644
--- a/x/ibc/core/04-channel/types/codec.go
+++ b/x/ibc/core/04-channel/types/codec.go
@@ -14,25 +14,16 @@ func RegisterInterfaces(registry codectypes.InterfaceRegistry) {
 	registry.RegisterInterface(
 		"ibc.core.channel.v1.ChannelI",
 		(*exported.ChannelI)(nil),
+		&Channel{},
 	)
 	registry.RegisterInterface(
 		"ibc.core.channel.v1.CounterpartyChannelI",
 		(*exported.CounterpartyChannelI)(nil),
+		&Counterparty{},
 	)
 	registry.RegisterInterface(
 		"ibc.core.channel.v1.PacketI",
 		(*exported.PacketI)(nil),
-	)
-	registry.RegisterImplementations(
-		(*exported.ChannelI)(nil),
-		&Channel{},
-	)
-	registry.RegisterImplementations(
-		(*exported.CounterpartyChannelI)(nil),
-		&Counterparty{},
-	)
-	registry.RegisterImplementations(
-		(*exported.PacketI)(nil),
 		&Packet{},
 	)
 	registry.RegisterImplementations(