diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e28f657193ab..e67a4e87eb70 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-## [v0.44.2](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.44.2) - 2021-10-12
+### Bug Fixes
 
-Security Release. No breaking changes related to 0.44.x.
+* (client) [#10226](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/10226) Fix --home flag parsing. 
 
 ## [v0.44.1](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.44.1) - 2021-09-29
 
diff --git a/client/cmd.go b/client/cmd.go
index 98a532f61411..29c1552a5cb7 100644
--- a/client/cmd.go
+++ b/client/cmd.go
@@ -315,17 +315,6 @@ func readTxCommandFlags(clientCtx Context, flagSet *pflag.FlagSet) (Context, err
 				clientCtx = clientCtx.WithOutputFormat(flags.OutputFormatJSON)
 			}
 
-// ReadHomeFlag checks if home flag is changed. If this is a case, we update
-// HomeDir field of Client Context.
-func ReadHomeFlag(clientCtx Context, cmd *cobra.Command) Context {
-	if cmd.Flags().Changed(flags.FlagHome) {
-		rootDir, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(flags.FlagHome)
-		clientCtx = clientCtx.WithHomeDir(rootDir)
-	}
-
-	return clientCtx, nil
-}
-
 // GetClientQueryContext returns a Context from a command with fields set based on flags
 // defined in AddQueryFlagsToCmd. An error is returned if any flag query fails.
 //
diff --git a/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go b/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go
index cc7cf47742c1..ce46f9f81a2f 100644
--- a/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go
+++ b/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go
@@ -63,14 +63,12 @@ func NewRootCmd() *cobra.Command {
 			cmd.SetOut(cmd.OutOrStdout())
 			cmd.SetErr(cmd.ErrOrStderr())
 
-			initClientCtx = initClientCtx.WithCmdContext(cmd.Context())
 			initClientCtx, err := client.ReadPersistentCommandFlags(initClientCtx, cmd.Flags())
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			customClientTemplate, customClientConfig := initClientConfig()
-			initClientCtx, err = config.CreateClientConfig(initClientCtx, customClientTemplate, customClientConfig)
+			initClientCtx, err = config.ReadFromClientConfig(initClientCtx)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/x/genutil/client/cli/init.go b/x/genutil/client/cli/init.go
index 4a916fc56a90..64662c113b17 100644
--- a/x/genutil/client/cli/init.go
+++ b/x/genutil/client/cli/init.go
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ func InitCmd(mm genesisMM) *cobra.Command {
 
 			serverCtx := server.GetServerContextFromCmd(cmd)
 			config := serverCtx.Config
-
-			clientCtx = client.ReadHomeFlag(clientCtx, cmd)
 			config.SetRoot(clientCtx.HomeDir)
 
 			config := client.GetConfigFromCmd(cmd)