diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 87d44728..c4a364a7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ go 1.18
 require (
 	github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.5.2
 	github.com/Zilliqa/gozilliqa-sdk v1.2.1-0.20201201074141-dd0ecada1be6
-	github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.22.1
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible
 	github.com/coinbase/kryptology v1.8.0
 	github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v2 v2.2007.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4cc4212f..7480dd5d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ github.com/aead/siphash v1.0.1/go.mod h1:Nywa3cDsYNNK3gaciGTWPwHt0wlpNV15vwmswBA
 github.com/armon/consul-api v0.0.0-20180202201655-eb2c6b5be1b6/go.mod h1:grANhF5doyWs3UAsr3K4I6qtAmlQcZDesFNEHPZAzj8=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.0.0-20190315201642-aa6e0f35703c/go.mod h1:DrZx5ec/dmnfpw9KyYoQyYo7d0KEvTkk/5M/vbZjAr8=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.20.1-beta/go.mod h1:wVuoA8VJLEcwgqHBwHmzLRazpKxTv13Px/pDuV7OomQ=
-github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.22.1 h1:CnwP9LM/M9xuRrGSCGeMVs9iv09uMqwsVX7EeIpgV2c=
-github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.22.1/go.mod h1:wqgTSL29+50LRkmOVknEdmt8ZojIzhuWvgu/iptuN7Y=
-github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash v1.0.1 h1:q0rUy8C/TYNBQS1+CGKw68tLOFYSNEs0TFnxxnS9+4U=
 github.com/btcsuite/btclog v0.0.0-20170628155309-84c8d2346e9f/go.mod h1:TdznJufoqS23FtqVCzL0ZqgP5MqXbb4fg/WgDys70nA=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcutil v0.0.0-20190207003914-4c204d697803/go.mod h1:+5NJ2+qvTyV9exUAL/rxXi3DcLg2Ts+ymUAY5y4NvMg=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcutil v0.0.0-20190425235716-9e5f4b9a998d/go.mod h1:+5NJ2+qvTyV9exUAL/rxXi3DcLg2Ts+ymUAY5y4NvMg=