diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ff025dc5c2..c6739d79e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 * (evm) [tharsis#826](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/issues/826) Improve allocation of bytes of `tx.To` address.
 * (evm) [tharsis#827](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/issues/827) Speed up creation of event logs by using the slice insertion idiom with indices.
+* (ante) [tharsis#819](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/819) remove redundant ante handlers
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/app/ante/ante.go b/app/ante/ante.go
index 656bb1944e..9dba6cb5cd 100644
--- a/app/ante/ante.go
+++ b/app/ante/ante.go
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ func NewAnteHandler(
 					anteHandler = sdk.ChainAnteDecorators(
 						NewEthSetUpContextDecorator(),                         // outermost AnteDecorator. SetUpContext must be called first
 						NewEthMempoolFeeDecorator(evmKeeper, feeMarketKeeper), // Check eth effective gas price against minimal-gas-prices
-						authante.NewTxTimeoutHeightDecorator(),
-						authante.NewValidateMemoDecorator(ak),
 						NewEthValidateBasicDecorator(evmKeeper),
 						NewEthSigVerificationDecorator(evmKeeper),
 						NewEthAccountVerificationDecorator(ak, bankKeeper, evmKeeper),