diff --git a/scripts/abci-gen.sh b/scripts/abci-gen.sh
index fe3728ad4..f4666dee9 100755
--- a/scripts/abci-gen.sh
+++ b/scripts/abci-gen.sh
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ sh ./scripts/protopackage.sh ./proto/tendermint/abci/types.proto $MODNAME "abci/
 
 make proto-gen
 
-mv ./proto/tendermint/abci/types.pb.go ./abci/types
-
 echo "proto files have been compiled"
 
 echo "checking out copied files"