diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 17ada7cff107..7cbb6179fa76 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.4.5 // indirect
 	github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.3.8
 	github.com/bgentry/speakeasy v0.1.0
-	github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.21.0-beta
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcutil v1.0.2
 	github.com/confio/ics23/go v0.6.6
 	github.com/cosmos/go-bip39 v1.0.0
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.3
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.4.4
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2
-	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.3-0.20201103224600-674baa8c7fc3 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.1-0.20200604201612-c04b05f3adfa // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/handlers v1.5.1
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
@@ -45,6 +43,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
+	github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20210819022825-2ae1ddf74ef7 // indirect
 	github.com/tendermint/btcd v0.1.1
 	github.com/tendermint/crypto v0.0.0-20191022145703-50d29ede1e15
 	github.com/tendermint/go-amino v0.16.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5e35bfa2be54..70600390b6aa 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 h1:ROPKBNFfQgOUMifHyP+KYbvpjbdoFNs+aK7DXlji0Tw
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.0-20180518054509-2e65f85255db/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
-github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.3-0.20201103224600-674baa8c7fc3 h1:ur2rms48b3Ep1dxh7aUV2FZEQ8jEVO2F6ILKx8ofkAg=
-github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.3-0.20201103224600-674baa8c7fc3/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
+github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 h1:yAGX7huGHXlcLOEtBnF4w7FQwA26wojNCwOYAEhLjQM=
+github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
 github.com/google/btree v0.0.0-20180813153112-4030bb1f1f0c/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
 github.com/google/btree v1.0.0 h1:0udJVsspx3VBr5FwtLhQQtuAsVc79tTq0ocGIPAU6qo=
 github.com/google/btree v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
@@ -553,8 +553,9 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5Cc
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0 h1:Slr1R9HxAlEKefgq5jn9U+DnETlIUa6HfgEzj0g5d7s=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0/go.mod h1:N0PQaV/YGNqwC0u51sEeR/aUtSLEXKX9iv69rRypqCw=
-github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20200815110645-5c35d600f0ca h1:Ld/zXl5t4+D69SiV4JoN7kkfvJdOWlPpfxrzxpLMoUk=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20200815110645-5c35d600f0ca/go.mod h1:u2MKkTVTVJWe5D1rCvame8WqhBd88EuIwODJZ1VHCPM=
+github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20210819022825-2ae1ddf74ef7 h1:epCh84lMvA70Z7CTTCmYQn2CKbY8j86K7/FAIr141uY=
+github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20210819022825-2ae1ddf74ef7/go.mod h1:q4W45IWZaF22tdD+VEXcAWRA037jwmWEB5VWYORlTpc=
 github.com/tecbot/gorocksdb v0.0.0-20191217155057-f0fad39f321c h1:g+WoO5jjkqGAzHWCjJB1zZfXPIAaDpzXIEJ0eS6B5Ok=
 github.com/tecbot/gorocksdb v0.0.0-20191217155057-f0fad39f321c/go.mod h1:ahpPrc7HpcfEWDQRZEmnXMzHY03mLDYMCxeDzy46i+8=
 github.com/tendermint/btcd v0.1.1 h1:0VcxPfflS2zZ3RiOAHkBiFUcPvbtRj5O7zHmcJWHV7s=