diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index e078157472..872310ec48 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -503,7 +503,6 @@ func NewEthermintApp(
 	evmSs := app.GetSubspace(evmtypes.ModuleName)
 	app.EvmKeeper = evmkeeper.NewKeeper(
 		appCodec,
-		runtime.NewKVStoreService(keys[evmtypes.StoreKey]),
 		keys[evmtypes.StoreKey], okeys[evmtypes.ObjectStoreKey], authtypes.NewModuleAddress(govtypes.ModuleName),
 		app.AccountKeeper, app.BankKeeper, app.StakingKeeper, app.FeeMarketKeeper,
 		tracer,
diff --git a/x/evm/keeper/keeper.go b/x/evm/keeper/keeper.go
index 60d46d4c71..2e4bc9b924 100644
--- a/x/evm/keeper/keeper.go
+++ b/x/evm/keeper/keeper.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package keeper
 import (
 	"math/big"
 
-	corestoretypes "cosmossdk.io/core/store"
 	errorsmod "cosmossdk.io/errors"
 	"cosmossdk.io/log"
 	storetypes "cosmossdk.io/store/types"
@@ -41,15 +40,14 @@ type CustomContractFn func(sdk.Context, params.Rules) vm.PrecompiledContract
 // Keeper grants access to the EVM module state and implements the go-ethereum StateDB interface.
 type Keeper struct {
 	// Protobuf codec
-	cdc          codec.Codec
-	storeService corestoretypes.KVStoreService
+	cdc codec.Codec
 	// Store key required for the EVM Prefix KVStore. It is required by:
 	// - storing account's Storage State
 	// - storing account's Code
 	// - storing module parameters
 	storeKey storetypes.StoreKey
 
-	// key to access the transient store, which is reset on every block during Commit
+	// key to access the object store, which is reset on every block during Commit
 	objectKey storetypes.StoreKey
 
 	// the address capable of executing a MsgUpdateParams message. Typically, this should be the x/gov module account.
@@ -78,7 +76,6 @@ type Keeper struct {
 // NewKeeper generates new evm module keeper
 func NewKeeper(
 	cdc codec.Codec,
-	storeService corestoretypes.KVStoreService,
 	storeKey, objectKey storetypes.StoreKey,
 	authority sdk.AccAddress,
 	ak types.AccountKeeper,
@@ -101,7 +98,6 @@ func NewKeeper(
 	// NOTE: we pass in the parameter space to the CommitStateDB in order to use custom denominations for the EVM operations
 	return &Keeper{
 		cdc:               cdc,
-		storeService:      storeService,
 		authority:         authority,
 		accountKeeper:     ak,
 		bankKeeper:        bankKeeper,
diff --git a/x/evm/keeper/params.go b/x/evm/keeper/params.go
index eff1a9c5bf..17d3908a16 100644
--- a/x/evm/keeper/params.go
+++ b/x/evm/keeper/params.go
@@ -26,21 +26,15 @@ func (k Keeper) GetParams(ctx sdk.Context) types.Params {
 	objStore := ctx.ObjectStore(k.objectKey)
 	v := objStore.Get(types.KeyPrefixObjectParams)
 	if v == nil {
-		store := k.storeService.OpenKVStore(ctx)
-		bz, err := store.Get(types.KeyPrefixParams)
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
 		params = new(types.Params)
+		bz := ctx.KVStore(k.storeKey).Get(types.KeyPrefixParams)
 		if bz != nil {
 			k.cdc.MustUnmarshal(bz, params)
 		}
-
 		objStore.Set(types.KeyPrefixObjectParams, params)
 	} else {
 		params = v.(*types.Params)
 	}
-
 	return *params
 }
 
@@ -49,11 +43,9 @@ func (k Keeper) SetParams(ctx sdk.Context, p types.Params) error {
 	if err := p.Validate(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	store := k.storeService.OpenKVStore(ctx)
+	store := ctx.KVStore(k.storeKey)
 	bz := k.cdc.MustMarshal(&p)
-	if err := store.Set(types.KeyPrefixParams, bz); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	store.Set(types.KeyPrefixParams, bz)
 
 	// set to cache as well, decode again to be compatible with the previous behavior
 	var params types.Params
diff --git a/x/evm/spec/02_state.md b/x/evm/spec/02_state.md
index 024f238f75..00e723d7a3 100644
--- a/x/evm/spec/02_state.md
+++ b/x/evm/spec/02_state.md
@@ -173,40 +173,38 @@ To support the interface functionality, it imports 4 module Keepers:
 
 ```go
 type Keeper struct {
- // Protobuf codec
- cdc codec.BinaryCodec
- // Store key required for the EVM Prefix KVStore. It is required by:
- // - storing account's Storage State
- // - storing account's Code
- // - storing Bloom filters by block height. Needed for the Web3 API.
- // For the full list, check the module specification
- storeKey sdk.StoreKey
-
- // key to access the transient store, which is reset on every block during Commit
- transientKey sdk.StoreKey
-
- // module specific parameter space that can be configured through governance
- paramSpace paramtypes.Subspace
- // access to account state
- accountKeeper types.AccountKeeper
- // update balance and accounting operations with coins
- bankKeeper types.BankKeeper
- // access historical headers for EVM state transition execution
- stakingKeeper types.StakingKeeper
- // fetch EIP1559 base fee and parameters
- feeMarketKeeper types.FeeMarketKeeper
-
- // chain ID number obtained from the context's chain id
- eip155ChainID *big.Int
-
- // Tracer used to collect execution traces from the EVM transaction execution
- tracer string
- // trace EVM state transition execution. This value is obtained from the `--trace` flag.
- // For more info check https://geth.ethereum.org/docs/dapp/tracing
- debug bool
-
- // EVM Hooks for tx post-processing
- hooks types.EvmHooks
+	// Protobuf codec
+	cdc          codec.Codec
+	// Store key required for the EVM Prefix KVStore. It is required by:
+	// - storing account's Storage State
+	// - storing account's Code
+	// - storing module parameters
+	storeKey storetypes.StoreKey
+
+	// key to access the object store, which is reset on every block during Commit
+	objectKey storetypes.StoreKey
+
+	// the address capable of executing a MsgUpdateParams message. Typically, this should be the x/gov module account.
+	authority sdk.AccAddress
+	// access to account state
+	accountKeeper types.AccountKeeper
+	// update balance and accounting operations with coins
+	bankKeeper types.BankKeeper
+	// access historical headers for EVM state transition execution
+	stakingKeeper types.StakingKeeper
+	// fetch EIP1559 base fee and parameters
+	feeMarketKeeper types.FeeMarketKeeper
+
+	// chain ID number obtained from the context's chain id
+	eip155ChainID *big.Int
+
+	// Tracer used to collect execution traces from the EVM transaction execution
+	tracer string
+
+	// EVM Hooks for tx post-processing
+	hooks types.EvmHooks
+
+	customContractFns []CustomContractFn
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/x/evm/statedb/statedb_test.go b/x/evm/statedb/statedb_test.go
index 0b384afce0..462578a7a6 100644
--- a/x/evm/statedb/statedb_test.go
+++ b/x/evm/statedb/statedb_test.go
@@ -820,7 +820,6 @@ func newTestKeeper(t *testing.T, cms storetypes.MultiStore) (sdk.Context, *evmke
 	)
 	evmKeeper := evmkeeper.NewKeeper(
 		appCodec,
-		runtime.NewKVStoreService(testStoreKeys[evmtypes.StoreKey]),
 		testStoreKeys[evmtypes.StoreKey], testObjKeys[evmtypes.ObjectStoreKey], authtypes.NewModuleAddress(govtypes.ModuleName),
 		accountKeeper, bankKeeper, nil, nil,
 		"",