diff --git a/packages/orchestration/src/cosmos-api.ts b/packages/orchestration/src/cosmos-api.ts
index da0f7646df4..134628e4462 100644
--- a/packages/orchestration/src/cosmos-api.ts
+++ b/packages/orchestration/src/cosmos-api.ts
@@ -196,8 +196,6 @@ export interface IcaAccount {
     msgs: AnyJson[],
     opts?: Partial<Omit<TxBody, 'messages'>>,
   ) => Promise<string>;
-  /** deposit payment from zoe to the account*/
-  deposit: (payment: Payment) => Promise<void>;
   /** get Purse for a brand to .withdraw() a Payment from the account */
   getPurse: (brand: Brand) => Promise<Purse>;
   /**
diff --git a/packages/orchestration/src/exos/chainAccountKit.js b/packages/orchestration/src/exos/chainAccountKit.js
index 562702359e5..01f3d92afe5 100644
--- a/packages/orchestration/src/exos/chainAccountKit.js
+++ b/packages/orchestration/src/exos/chainAccountKit.js
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 /** @file ChainAccount exo */
 import { NonNullish } from '@agoric/assert';
+import { PurseShape } from '@agoric/ertp';
 import { makeTracer } from '@agoric/internal';
 import { V as E } from '@agoric/vow/vat.js';
 import { M } from '@endo/patterns';
-import { PaymentShape, PurseShape } from '@agoric/ertp';
-import { findAddressField } from '../utils/address.js';
 import {
-  ConnectionHandlerI,
   ChainAddressShape,
+  ConnectionHandlerI,
   Proto3Shape,
 } from '../typeGuards.js';
+import { findAddressField } from '../utils/address.js';
 import { makeTxPacket, parseTxPacket } from '../utils/packet.js';
 
 /**
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ export const ChainAccountI = M.interface('ChainAccount', {
     .optional(M.record())
     .returns(M.promise()),
   close: M.callWhen().returns(M.undefined()),
-  deposit: M.callWhen(PaymentShape).returns(M.undefined()),
   getPurse: M.callWhen().returns(PurseShape),
 });
 
@@ -136,12 +135,6 @@ export const prepareChainAccountKit = zone =>
           if (!connection) throw Fail`connection not available`;
           await E(connection).close();
         },
-        async deposit(payment) {
-          console.log('deposit got', payment);
-          console.error(
-            'FIXME deposit noop until https://github.com/Agoric/agoric-sdk/issues/9193',
-          );
-        },
         /**
          * get Purse for a brand to .withdraw() a Payment from the account
          *
diff --git a/packages/orchestration/src/exos/cosmosOrchestrationAccount.js b/packages/orchestration/src/exos/cosmosOrchestrationAccount.js
index cd5bc18e941..f1c10cb24ac 100644
--- a/packages/orchestration/src/exos/cosmosOrchestrationAccount.js
+++ b/packages/orchestration/src/exos/cosmosOrchestrationAccount.js
@@ -302,8 +302,10 @@ export const prepareCosmosOrchestrationAccountKit = (
           expect(result, trivialDelegateResponse, 'MsgDelegateResponse');
         },
         async deposit(payment) {
-          const { helper } = this.facets;
-          return E(helper.owned()).deposit(payment);
+          trace('deposit', payment);
+          console.error(
+            'FIXME deposit noop until https://github.com/Agoric/agoric-sdk/issues/9193',
+          );
         },
         async getBalances() {
           throw Error('not yet implemented');