diff --git a/app/export.go b/app/export.go
index 5394063297..e1fd1187e8 100644
--- a/app/export.go
+++ b/app/export.go
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ func (app *EthermintApp) prepForZeroHeightGenesis(ctx sdk.Context, jailAllowedAd
 	// update bond intra-tx counters.
 	store := ctx.KVStore(app.keys[stakingtypes.StoreKey])
 	iter := sdk.KVStoreReversePrefixIterator(store, stakingtypes.ValidatorsKey)
-	counter := int16(0)
 
 	for ; iter.Valid(); iter.Next() {
 		addr := sdk.ValAddress(stakingtypes.AddressFromValidatorsKey(iter.Key()))
@@ -185,7 +184,6 @@ func (app *EthermintApp) prepForZeroHeightGenesis(ctx sdk.Context, jailAllowedAd
 		}
 
 		app.StakingKeeper.SetValidator(ctx, validator)
-		counter++
 	}
 
 	iter.Close()
diff --git a/x/evm/keeper/state_transition_test.go b/x/evm/keeper/state_transition_test.go
index cefd96c42d..258d9dbd7d 100644
--- a/x/evm/keeper/state_transition_test.go
+++ b/x/evm/keeper/state_transition_test.go
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func (suite *KeeperTestSuite) TestGetCoinbaseAddress() {
 				header.ProposerAddress = valConsAddr.Bytes()
 				suite.ctx = suite.ctx.WithBlockHeader(header)
 
-				validator, found := suite.app.StakingKeeper.GetValidatorByConsAddr(suite.ctx, valConsAddr.Bytes())
+				_, found := suite.app.StakingKeeper.GetValidatorByConsAddr(suite.ctx, valConsAddr.Bytes())
 				suite.Require().True(found)
 
 				suite.app.EvmKeeper.WithContext(suite.ctx)