diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a022187ac35a..5a0c8a246202 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 * [\#8628](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/8628) Commands no longer print outputs using `stderr` by default
 * [\#9134](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9134) Renamed the CLI flag `--memo` to `--note`.
 * [\#9291](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9291) Migration scripts prior to v0.38 have been removed from the CLI `migrate` command. The oldest supported migration is v0.39->v0.42.
-* [\#9371](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9371) Non-zero default fees/Server will error if there's an empty value for min-gas-price in app.toml
 
 
 ### Improvements
diff --git a/server/start.go b/server/start.go
index 8257f5d8f594..79e7bee28304 100644
--- a/server/start.go
+++ b/server/start.go
@@ -247,7 +247,9 @@ func startInProcess(ctx *Context, clientCtx client.Context, appCreator types.App
 
 	config := config.GetConfig(ctx.Viper)
 	if err := config.ValidateBasic(); err != nil {
-		return err
+		ctx.Logger.Error("WARNING: The minimum-gas-prices config in app.toml is set to the empty string. " +
+			"This defaults to 0 in the current version, but will error in the next version " +
+			"(SDK v0.44). Please explicitly put the desired minimum-gas-prices in your app.toml.")
 	}
 
 	app := appCreator(ctx.Logger, db, traceWriter, ctx.Viper)
diff --git a/server/util_test.go b/server/util_test.go
index b83531f562e5..0d70a891e1dd 100644
--- a/server/util_test.go
+++ b/server/util_test.go
@@ -11,15 +11,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/config"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/simapp"
-	genutilcli "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/genutil/client/cli"
-	sdkerrors "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
 )
 
 var cancelledInPreRun = errors.New("Cancelled in prerun")
@@ -406,34 +400,3 @@ func TestInterceptConfigsWithBadPermissions(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to catch permissions error, got: [%T] %v", err, err)
 	}
 }
-
-func TestEmptyMinGasPrices(t *testing.T) {
-	tempDir := t.TempDir()
-	err := os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(tempDir, "config"), os.ModePerm)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	encCfg := simapp.MakeTestEncodingConfig()
-
-	// Run InitCmd to create necessary config files.
-	clientCtx := client.Context{}.WithHomeDir(tempDir).WithJSONCodec(encCfg.Marshaler)
-	serverCtx := server.NewDefaultContext()
-	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), server.ServerContextKey, serverCtx)
-	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, client.ClientContextKey, &clientCtx)
-	cmd := genutilcli.InitCmd(simapp.ModuleBasics, tempDir)
-	cmd.SetArgs([]string{"appnode-test"})
-	err = cmd.ExecuteContext(ctx)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	// Modify app.toml.
-	appCfgTempFilePath := filepath.Join(tempDir, "config", "app.toml")
-	appConf := config.DefaultConfig()
-	appConf.BaseConfig.MinGasPrices = ""
-	config.WriteConfigFile(appCfgTempFilePath, appConf)
-
-	// Run StartCmd.
-	cmd = server.StartCmd(nil, tempDir)
-	cmd.PreRunE = func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
-		return server.InterceptConfigsPreRunHandler(cmd, "", nil)
-	}
-	err = cmd.ExecuteContext(ctx)
-	require.Errorf(t, err, sdkerrors.ErrAppConfig.Error())
-}