diff --git a/gno.land/pkg/gnoland/app.go b/gno.land/pkg/gnoland/app.go
index a8a2736c8d1..0610cd4a93f 100644
--- a/gno.land/pkg/gnoland/app.go
+++ b/gno.land/pkg/gnoland/app.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gnolang/gno/gno.land/pkg/sdk/vm"
 	"github.com/gnolang/gno/tm2/pkg/amino"
 	abci "github.com/gnolang/gno/tm2/pkg/bft/abci/types"
-	"github.com/gnolang/gno/tm2/pkg/crypto"
 	dbm "github.com/gnolang/gno/tm2/pkg/db"
 	"github.com/gnolang/gno/tm2/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/gnolang/gno/tm2/pkg/sdk"
@@ -175,22 +174,6 @@ func InitChainer(baseApp *sdk.BaseApp, acctKpr auth.AccountKeeperI, bankKpr bank
 	}
 }
 
-func parseBalance(bal string) (crypto.Address, std.Coins) {
-	parts := strings.Split(bal, "=")
-	if len(parts) != 2 {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("invalid balance string %s", bal))
-	}
-	addr, err := crypto.AddressFromBech32(parts[0])
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("invalid balance addr %s (%v)", bal, err))
-	}
-	coins, err := std.ParseCoins(parts[1])
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("invalid balance coins %s (%v)", bal, err))
-	}
-	return addr, coins
-}
-
 // XXX not used yet.
 func EndBlocker(vmk vm.VMKeeperI) func(ctx sdk.Context, req abci.RequestEndBlock) abci.ResponseEndBlock {
 	return func(ctx sdk.Context, req abci.RequestEndBlock) abci.ResponseEndBlock {