diff --git a/scripts/abci-gen.sh b/scripts/abci-gen.sh
index 37f54a033..8f31f429e 100755
--- a/scripts/abci-gen.sh
+++ b/scripts/abci-gen.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-cp ./proto/intermediate/abci/types.proto ./proto/tendermint/abci/types.proto
-sed -i 's/package intermediate\./package tendermint\./g' ./proto/tendermint/abci/types.proto
-
-cp ./proto/intermediate/types/types.proto ./proto/tendermint/types/types.proto
-sed -i 's/package intermediate\./package tendermint\./g' ./proto/tendermint/types/types.proto
+cp ./proto/tendermint/abci/types.proto.intermediate ./proto/tendermint/abci/types.proto
+cp ./proto/tendermint/types/types.proto.intermediate ./proto/tendermint/types/types.proto
 
 MODNAME="$(go list -m)"
 find ./proto/tendermint -name '*.proto' -not -path "./proto/tendermint/abci/types.proto" -not -path "./proto/intermediate" \
@@ -19,7 +16,7 @@ mv ./proto/tendermint/abci/types.pb.go ./abci/types
 
 echo "proto files have been compiled"
 
-echo "removing copied files"
+echo "checking out copied files"
 
 find proto/tendermint/ -name '*.proto' \
 	| xargs -I {} git checkout {}