diff --git a/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/host/keeper/keeper_test.go b/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/host/keeper/keeper_test.go
index c7aafc1387f..156180e9603 100644
--- a/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/host/keeper/keeper_test.go
+++ b/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/host/keeper/keeper_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 
-	_ "cosmossdk.io/api/cosmos/staking/v1beta1" // workaround to successfully retrieve staking module safe queries
 	authkeeper "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/keeper"
 
 	genesistypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v7/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/genesis/types"
diff --git a/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/host/keeper/msg_server.go b/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/host/keeper/msg_server.go
index 890e9913eb6..4355bb0b5a2 100644
--- a/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/host/keeper/msg_server.go
+++ b/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/host/keeper/msg_server.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	_ "cosmossdk.io/api/cosmos/bank/v1beta1"    // workaround to successfully retrieve bank module safe queries
 	_ "cosmossdk.io/api/cosmos/staking/v1beta1" // workaround to successfully retrieve staking module safe queries
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	_ "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/staking/types"
 
 	abci "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/abci/types"