diff --git a/core/go.mod b/core/go.mod
index 79985b3ae0a..20f60527b51 100644
--- a/core/go.mod
+++ b/core/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/cockroachdb/pebble v0.0.0-20220817183557-09c6e030a677 // indirect
 	github.com/cockroachdb/redact v1.0.8 // indirect
 	github.com/cockroachdb/sentry-go v0.6.1-cockroachdb.2 // indirect
-	github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.22.3 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/gogoproto v1.4.3 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
diff --git a/core/go.sum b/core/go.sum
index 44db81ec726..d3be4d54109 100644
--- a/core/go.sum
+++ b/core/go.sum
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1 h1:6MnRN8NT7+YBpUIWxHtefFZOKTAPgGjpQSxqLNn0+
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
-github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.22.3 h1:kYNaWFvOw6xvqP0vR20RP1Zq1DVMBxEO8QN5d1/EfNg=
-github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.22.3/go.mod h1:wqgTSL29+50LRkmOVknEdmt8ZojIzhuWvgu/iptuN7Y=
-github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash v1.0.1 h1:q0rUy8C/TYNBQS1+CGKw68tLOFYSNEs0TFnxxnS9+4U=
-github.com/btcsuite/btcutil v1.0.3-0.20201208143702-a53e38424cce h1:YtWJF7RHm2pYCvA5t0RPmAaLUhREsKuKd+SLhxFbFeQ=
 github.com/cockroachdb/apd/v3 v3.1.0 h1:MK3Ow7LH0W8zkd5GMKA1PvS9qG3bWFI95WaVNfyZJ/w=
 github.com/cockroachdb/datadriven v1.0.0/go.mod h1:5Ib8Meh+jk1RlHIXej6Pzevx/NLlNvQB9pmSBZErGA4=
 github.com/cockroachdb/errors v1.6.1/go.mod h1:tm6FTP5G81vwJ5lC0SizQo374JNCOPrHyXGitRJoDqM=