diff --git a/INTEGRATION.md b/INTEGRATION.md
index f86e237..7c35a37 100644
--- a/INTEGRATION.md
+++ b/INTEGRATION.md
@@ -217,17 +217,7 @@ app_state.slashing.params.downtime_jail_duration
 600s
 ```
 
-## PoA - Genesis params
-
-The PoA module can be configured to pre-define the admin controls. One admin must be set for a valid network. If you do not yet have an admin, set the chain's governance address. (CLI: `appd q auth module-account gov`)
-
-```json
-// base + module accounts, DAOs, and multisigs are supported.
-app_state.poa.params.admins
-["admin1...", "admin2..."]
-```
-
-## Staking - Genesis Params
+### Staking - Genesis Params
 
 You must modify the genesis staking parameters for some other PoA configuration options.
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3f4d85b..1d204d1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,12 +8,19 @@ Our security policy can be found in the [SECURITY.md](./SECURITY.md) file.
 
 ## Integration
 
-Since this module depends on x/staking, carefully read through the [Integration Guide](./INTEGRATION.md) to add it to your network. This design choice was made to allow for the PoA module to have backwards compatibility with:
+Since this module depends on `x/staking`, carefully read through the [Integration Guide](./INTEGRATION.md) to add it to your network. This design choice was made to allow for the PoA module to have backwards compatibility with:
 - Website UIs
 - Uptime bots
 - Validator scripts
 - in-process multi-validator testnets
 
+The default POA administrator is set to the `x/gov` module address. One can change the POA administrator by setting the `POA_ADMIN_ADDRESS` environment variable to a valid address. E.g.,
+
+```bash
+# Override the default PoA admin address
+POA_ADMIN_ADDRESS="cosmos1hj5fveer5cjtn4wd6wstzugjfdxzl0xpxvjjvr" poad start
+````
+
 ## Configuration
 
 After integrating the PoA module into your chain, read the [network considerations](./INTEGRATION.md#network-considerations) before launching the network.
diff --git a/simapp/proposal-params.json b/simapp/proposal-params.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b20084..0000000
--- a/simapp/proposal-params.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{
- "messages": [
-  {
-   "@type": "/strangelove_ventures.poa.v1.MsgUpdateParams",
-   "sender": "cosmos10d07y265gmmuvt4z0w9aw880jnsr700j6zn9kn",
-   "params": {
-    "admins": [
-        "cosmos10d07y265gmmuvt4z0w9aw880jnsr700j6zn9kn",
-        "cosmos10d07y265gmmuvt4z0w9aw880jnsr700j6zn9kn"
-    ]
-   }
-  }
- ],
- "metadata": "ipfs://CID",
- "deposit": "1000000stake",
- "title": "title",
- "summary": "summary",
- "expedited": false
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/simapp/test_node.sh b/simapp/test_node.sh
index 6b026f6..9153d24 100644
--- a/simapp/test_node.sh
+++ b/simapp/test_node.sh
@@ -43,11 +43,7 @@ poad tx poa remove-pending $(poad q poa pending-validators --output=json | jq .p
 
 # Submit via proposal (who is authority of the simapp for governance)
 poad tx gov submit-proposal simapp/proposal.json --home=$HOME_DIR --from=acc1 --yes
-poad tx gov submit-proposal simapp/proposal-params.json --home=$HOME_DIR --from=acc1 --yes
 poad tx gov vote 1 yes --home=$HOME_DIR --from=acc1 --yes
-
-poad q poa params
-poad tx poa update-params cosmos1hj5fveer5cjtn4wd6wstzugjfdxzl0xpxvjjvr --home=$HOME_DIR --from=acc1 --yes
 '