diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 687c6fe46807..1d8533b10bc9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -454,14 +454,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd simapp
           go test -mod=readonly -timeout 30m -tags='app_v1 norace ledger test_ledger_mock' ./...
-      - name: sonarcloud
-        if: ${{ env.GIT_DIFF && !github.event.pull_request.draft && env.SONAR_TOKEN != null }}
-        uses: SonarSource/sonarcloud-github-action@master
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          projectBaseDir: simapp/
 
   test-collections:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/simapp/sonar-project.properties b/simapp/sonar-project.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index ce812c0ac6b7..000000000000
--- a/simapp/sonar-project.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-sonar.projectKey=cosmos-sdk-simapp
-sonar.organization=cosmos
-
-sonar.projectName=Cosmos SDK - SimApp
-sonar.project.monorepo.enabled=true
-
-sonar.sources=.
-sonar.exclusions=**/*_test.go,**/*.pb.go,**/*.pulsar.go,**/*.pb.gw.go
-sonar.coverage.exclusions=**/*_test.go,**/testutil/**,**/*.pb.go,**/*.pb.gw.go,**/*.pulsar.go,test_helpers.go,docs/**
-sonar.tests=.
-sonar.test.inclusions=**/*_test.go
-sonar.go.coverage.reportPaths=coverage.out
-
-sonar.sourceEncoding=UTF-8
-sonar.scm.provider=git
-sonar.scm.forceReloadAll=true