diff --git a/cmd/chain-maind/app/app.go b/cmd/chain-maind/app/app.go
index 857d32ebf..3b8f84a96 100644
--- a/cmd/chain-maind/app/app.go
+++ b/cmd/chain-maind/app/app.go
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ package app
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
 	"github.com/crypto-com/chain-main/app/params"
@@ -143,11 +143,9 @@ func initRootCmd(rootCmd *cobra.Command, encodingConfig params.EncodingConfig) {
 		config.SetRoot(clientCtx.HomeDir)
 		path := config.GenesisFile()
 
-		file, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDWR, 0600)
-		if !chaingenutilcli.IsValidPath(path) {
-			return fmt.Errorf("insecure filepath %s", path)
-		}
-
+		cleanedPath := filepath.Clean(path)
+		// nolint: gosec
+		file, err := os.OpenFile(cleanedPath, os.O_RDWR, 0600)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx.go b/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx.go
index 9e6ddf3b4..f5b0aab1e 100644
--- a/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx.go
+++ b/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -245,26 +244,10 @@ func readUnsignedGenTxFile(clientCtx client.Context, r io.Reader) (sdk.Tx, error
 	return aTx, err
 }
 
-func IsValidPath(target string) bool {
-	if strings.Contains(target, "..") {
-		return false
-	}
-	words := []string{"", "/*", "/usr/local/bin/*", "/usr/bin/*", "/bin/*"}
-
-	for _, pattern := range words {
-		matched, err := filepath.Match(pattern, target)
-		if matched || err != nil {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-	return true
-}
-
 func writeSignedGenTx(clientCtx client.Context, outputDocument string, tx sdk.Tx) error {
-	outputFile, err := os.OpenFile(outputDocument, os.O_CREATE|os.O_EXCL|os.O_WRONLY, 0600)
-	if !IsValidPath(outputDocument) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("insecure filepath %s", outputDocument)
-	}
+	cleanedPath := filepath.Clean(outputDocument)
+	// nolint: gosec
+	outputFile, err := os.OpenFile(cleanedPath, os.O_CREATE|os.O_EXCL|os.O_WRONLY, 0600)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return err