diff --git a/app/upgrades.go b/app/upgrades.go
index e5b84867..81aa074b 100644
--- a/app/upgrades.go
+++ b/app/upgrades.go
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ func (app App) RegisterUpgradeHandlers() {
 	app.registerUpgrade0_2_1(upgradeInfo)
 	app.registerUpgrade0_2_2(upgradeInfo)
 	app.registerUpgrade0_3_0(upgradeInfo)
-	app.registerUpgrade0_3_0Rc2(upgradeInfo)
-	app.registerUpgrade0_3_0Rc3(upgradeInfo)
-	app.registerUpgrade0_3_0Rc4(upgradeInfo)
-	app.registerUpgrade0_3_0Rc5(upgradeInfo)
-	app.registerUpgrade0_3_0Rc6(upgradeInfo)
-	app.registerUpgrade0_3_0Rc7(upgradeInfo)
 }
 
 // performs upgrade from v0.1.3 to v0.1.4
@@ -156,66 +150,6 @@ func (app *App) registerUpgrade0_3_0(upgradeInfo upgradetypes.Plan) {
 	})
 }
 
-func (app *App) registerUpgrade0_3_0Rc2(_ upgradetypes.Plan) {
-	const planName = "v0.3.0-rc2"
-	app.UpgradeKeeper.SetUpgradeHandler(planName,
-		func(ctx sdk.Context, plan upgradetypes.Plan, fromVM module.VersionMap) (module.VersionMap, error) {
-			ctx.Logger().Info("Upgrade handler execution", "name", planName)
-			return app.mm.RunMigrations(ctx, app.configurator, fromVM)
-		},
-	)
-}
-
-func (app *App) registerUpgrade0_3_0Rc3(_ upgradetypes.Plan) {
-	const planName = "v0.3.0-rc3"
-	app.UpgradeKeeper.SetUpgradeHandler(planName,
-		func(ctx sdk.Context, plan upgradetypes.Plan, fromVM module.VersionMap) (module.VersionMap, error) {
-			ctx.Logger().Info("Upgrade handler execution", "name", planName)
-			return app.mm.RunMigrations(ctx, app.configurator, fromVM)
-		},
-	)
-}
-
-func (app *App) registerUpgrade0_3_0Rc4(_ upgradetypes.Plan) {
-	const planName = "v0.3.0-rc4"
-	app.UpgradeKeeper.SetUpgradeHandler(planName,
-		func(ctx sdk.Context, plan upgradetypes.Plan, fromVM module.VersionMap) (module.VersionMap, error) {
-			ctx.Logger().Info("Upgrade handler execution", "name", planName)
-			return app.mm.RunMigrations(ctx, app.configurator, fromVM)
-		},
-	)
-}
-
-func (app *App) registerUpgrade0_3_0Rc5(_ upgradetypes.Plan) {
-	const planName = "v0.3.0-rc5"
-	app.UpgradeKeeper.SetUpgradeHandler(planName,
-		func(ctx sdk.Context, plan upgradetypes.Plan, fromVM module.VersionMap) (module.VersionMap, error) {
-			ctx.Logger().Info("Upgrade handler execution", "name", planName)
-			return app.mm.RunMigrations(ctx, app.configurator, fromVM)
-		},
-	)
-}
-
-func (app *App) registerUpgrade0_3_0Rc6(_ upgradetypes.Plan) {
-	const planName = "v0.3.0-rc6"
-	app.UpgradeKeeper.SetUpgradeHandler(planName,
-		func(ctx sdk.Context, plan upgradetypes.Plan, fromVM module.VersionMap) (module.VersionMap, error) {
-			ctx.Logger().Info("Upgrade handler execution", "name", planName)
-			return app.mm.RunMigrations(ctx, app.configurator, fromVM)
-		},
-	)
-}
-
-func (app *App) registerUpgrade0_3_0Rc7(_ upgradetypes.Plan) {
-	const planName = "v0.3.0-rc7"
-	app.UpgradeKeeper.SetUpgradeHandler(planName,
-		func(ctx sdk.Context, plan upgradetypes.Plan, fromVM module.VersionMap) (module.VersionMap, error) {
-			ctx.Logger().Info("Upgrade handler execution", "name", planName)
-			return app.mm.RunMigrations(ctx, app.configurator, fromVM)
-		},
-	)
-}
-
 // helper function to check if the store loader should be upgraded
 func (app *App) storeUpgrade(planName string, ui upgradetypes.Plan, stores storetypes.StoreUpgrades) {
 	if ui.Name == planName && !app.UpgradeKeeper.IsSkipHeight(ui.Height) {