diff --git a/x/wasm/module.go b/x/wasm/module.go
index b6048a85e..c100697a0 100644
--- a/x/wasm/module.go
+++ b/x/wasm/module.go
@@ -215,8 +215,6 @@ func AddModuleInitFlags(startCmd *cobra.Command) {
 	startCmd.Flags().Uint32(flagWasmMemoryCacheSize, defaults.MemoryCacheSize, "Sets the size in MiB (NOT bytes) of an in-memory cache for Wasm modules. Set to 0 to disable.")
 	startCmd.Flags().Uint64(flagWasmQueryGasLimit, defaults.SmartQueryGasLimit, "Set the max gas that can be spent on executing a query with a Wasm contract")
 	startCmd.Flags().String(flagWasmSimulationGasLimit, "", "Set the max gas that can be spent when executing a simulation TX")
-
-	startCmd.PreRunE = chainPreRuns(checkLibwasmVersion, startCmd.PreRunE)
 }
 
 // ReadWasmConfig reads the wasm specifig configuration
diff --git a/x/wasm/module_test.go b/x/wasm/module_test.go
index 9d5087c50..8d48c058d 100644
--- a/x/wasm/module_test.go
+++ b/x/wasm/module_test.go
@@ -4,11 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/dvsekhvalnov/jose2go/base64url"
@@ -24,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	stakingkeeper "github.com/Finschia/finschia-sdk/x/staking/keeper"
 	"github.com/Finschia/ostracon/crypto"
 	"github.com/Finschia/ostracon/crypto/ed25519"
-	wasmvm "github.com/Finschia/wasmvm"
 
 	"github.com/Finschia/wasmd/x/wasm/keeper"
 	"github.com/Finschia/wasmd/x/wasm/keeper/testdata"
@@ -586,38 +581,3 @@ func assertContractInfo(t *testing.T, q sdk.Querier, ctx sdk.Context, contractBe
 	assert.Equal(t, codeID, res.CodeID)
 	assert.Equal(t, creator.String(), res.Creator)
 }
-
-func TestCheckLibwasmVersion(t *testing.T) {
-	f, err := os.Open(filepath.Join(moduleBasePath(t), "go.mod"))
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-
-	res, err := io.ReadAll(f)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	parsed := strings.Split(string(res), "\n")
-	var expected string
-	for _, line := range parsed {
-		if strings.Contains(line, "github.com/Finschia/wasmvm") {
-			expected = strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(line), " ")[1]
-		}
-	}
-	got, err := wasmvm.LibwasmvmVersion()
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Contains(t, expected, got)
-}
-
-func moduleBasePath(t *testing.T) string {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	err := os.Setenv("GO111MODULE", "on")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unable to set GO111MODULE env var: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	cmd := exec.Command("go", "list", "-f", "{{.Module.Dir}}")
-	out, err := cmd.Output()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to evaluate Go module base path: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	return strings.TrimSpace(string(out))
-}