diff --git a/.github/scripts/check-compat.sh b/.github/scripts/check-compat.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 24b0efbad255..000000000000
--- a/.github/scripts/check-compat.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-if [ $# -lt 3 ]; then
-    echo "Usage: check-compat.sh <branch> <simapp_version> [<go_mod_name1> <go_mod_name2> ...]"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-dir="tmp"
-branch=$1
-simapp_version=$2
-shift 3
-go_mod_names=("$@")
-
-# clone cosmos-sdk
-export FILTER_BRANCH_SQUELCH_WARNING=1
-git clone -b $branch --depth 1 https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk $dir
-
-# save last commit branch commit
-COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-# save the last main commit
-latest_commit=$(git ls-remote https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk.git refs/heads/main | cut -f1 || "main")
-
-# if simapp_version is v2 then use simapp/v2
-if [ $simapp_version == "v2" ]; then
-  cd $dir/simapp/v2
-else
-  cd $dir/simapp
-fi
-
-# bump all cosmos-sdk packages to latest branch commit
-VERSIONS=$(go mod edit -json | jq -r '.Replace[].Old.Path')
-
-# Initialize variables for different types of replaces
-BRANCH_REPLACES=""
-MAIN_REPLACES=""
-REQUIRES=""
-
-for version in $VERSIONS; do
-   if [[ " ${go_mod_names[@]} " =~ " ${version} " ]]; then
-    MAIN_REPLACES+=" -replace $version=$version@$latest_commit"
-    continue
-  elif [[ $version == "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk"* || $version == "cosmossdk.io/"* ]]; then
-    BRANCH_REPLACES+=" -replace $version=$version@$COMMIT"
-  fi
-done
-
-for mod in ${go_mod_names[@]}; do
-  REQUIRES+=" -require $mod@$latest_commit"
-done
-
-# Apply the replaces
-go mod edit $BRANCH_REPLACES $MAIN_REPLACES $REQUIRES
-
-go mod tidy
-
-# Test SimApp
-go test -mod=readonly -v ./...
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/software-compat-v052.yml b/.github/workflows/software-compat-v052.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 999f3a97a94c..000000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/software-compat-v052.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-name: SimApp (v2) v0.52 Integration with Main
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  workflow_dispatch:
-jobs:
-  compat:
-    name: Software Compat
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out source
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          sparse-checkout: |
-            .github/scripts/check-compat.sh
-          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-        with:
-          go-version: "1.23"
-          check-latest: true
-      - name: Test v052 with latest main
-        run: |
-          .github/scripts/check-compat.sh $BRANCH $SIMAPP_VERSION cosmossdk.io/runtime/v2 cosmossdk.io/server/v2 cosmossdk.io/store/v2 cosmossdk.io/server/v2/stf cosmossdk.io/server/v2/appmanager cosmossdk.io/api cosmossdk.io/store cosmossdk.io/core cosmossdk.io/core/testing
-        env:
-          BRANCH: release/v0.52.x
-          SIMAPP_VERSION: v1
-      - name: Test v052 v2 with latest main
-        run: |
-          .github/scripts/check-compat.sh $BRANCH $SIMAPP_VERSION cosmossdk.io/runtime/v2 cosmossdk.io/server/v2 cosmossdk.io/store/v2 cosmossdk.io/server/v2/stf cosmossdk.io/server/v2/appmanager cosmossdk.io/api cosmossdk.io/store cosmossdk.io/core cosmossdk.io/core/testing
-        env:
-          BRANCH: release/v0.52.x
-          SIMAPP_VERSION: v2
-  sims-notify-success:
-    needs: [compat]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ success() }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Get previous workflow status
-        uses: ./.github/actions/last-workflow-status
-        id: last_status
-        with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Notify Slack on success
-        if: ${{ steps.last_status.outputs.last_status == 'failure' }}
-        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@v2.3.2
-        env:
-          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
-          SLACK_CHANNEL: sdk-sims
-          SLACK_USERNAME: release/v0.52.x x main compat
-          SLACK_ICON_EMOJI: ":white_check_mark:"
-          SLACK_COLOR: good
-          SLACK_MESSAGE: Latest main x v0.52.x is compatible
-          SLACK_FOOTER: ""
-
-  sims-notify-failure:
-    permissions:
-      contents: none
-    needs: [compat]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ failure() }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Notify Slack on failure
-        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@v2.3.2
-        env:
-          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
-          SLACK_CHANNEL: sdk-sims
-          SLACK_USERNAME: release/v0.52.x x main compat
-          SLACK_ICON_EMOJI: ":skull:"
-          SLACK_COLOR: danger
-          SLACK_MESSAGE: Latest main x v0.52.x is breaking
-          SLACK_FOOTER: ""
diff --git a/client/grpc_query_test.go b/client/grpc_query_test.go
index d0d43a6d3023..8e32d8221d25 100644
--- a/client/grpc_query_test.go
+++ b/client/grpc_query_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec/testutil"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/runtime"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/integration"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/testdata"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/x/counter"
 	counterkeeper "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/x/counter/keeper"
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 
 	logger := log.NewNopLogger()
 	keys := storetypes.NewKVStoreKeys(countertypes.StoreKey)
-	cms := integration.CreateMultiStore(keys, logger)
+	cms := moduletestutil.CreateMultiStore(keys, logger)
 	s.ctx = sdk.NewContext(cms, true, logger)
 	cfg := moduletestutil.MakeTestEncodingConfig(testutil.CodecOptions{}, counter.AppModule{})
 	s.cdc = cfg.Codec
diff --git a/tests/integration/distribution/migration_v4_test.go b/tests/integration/distribution/migration_v4_test.go
index 8da3a416a7aa..32884afcbb3e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/distribution/migration_v4_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/distribution/migration_v4_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/keys/secp256k1"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/runtime"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/integration"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	moduletestutil "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module/testutil"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth"
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ func TestFundsMigration(t *testing.T) {
 		authtypes.StoreKey, banktypes.StoreKey, disttypes.StoreKey,
 	)
 	logger := log.NewTestLogger(t)
-	cms := integration.CreateMultiStore(keys, logger)
+	cms := moduletestutil.CreateMultiStore(keys, logger)
 	encCfg := moduletestutil.MakeTestEncodingConfig(codectestutil.CodecOptions{}, auth.AppModule{}, bank.AppModule{}, distribution.AppModule{})
 	ctx := sdk.NewContext(cms, true, logger)
 	addressCodec := addresscodec.NewBech32Codec(sdk.Bech32MainPrefix)
diff --git a/testutil/integration/helpers.go b/testutil/integration/helpers.go
index ea844c17411b..94bbdca35c58 100644
--- a/testutil/integration/helpers.go
+++ b/testutil/integration/helpers.go
@@ -1,22 +1,9 @@
 package integration
 
 import (
-	coretesting "cosmossdk.io/core/testing"
-	"cosmossdk.io/log"
-	"cosmossdk.io/store"
-	"cosmossdk.io/store/metrics"
-	storetypes "cosmossdk.io/store/types"
+	moduletestutil "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module/testutil"
 )
 
 // CreateMultiStore is a helper for setting up multiple stores for provided modules.
-func CreateMultiStore(keys map[string]*storetypes.KVStoreKey, logger log.Logger) storetypes.CommitMultiStore {
-	db := coretesting.NewMemDB()
-	cms := store.NewCommitMultiStore(db, logger, metrics.NewNoOpMetrics())
-
-	for key := range keys {
-		cms.MountStoreWithDB(keys[key], storetypes.StoreTypeIAVL, db)
-	}
-
-	_ = cms.LoadLatestVersion()
-	return cms
-}
+// Deprecated: use github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module/testutil.CreateMultiStore instead.
+var CreateMultiStore = moduletestutil.CreateMultiStore
diff --git a/types/module/testutil/codec.go b/types/module/testutil/helpers.go
similarity index 81%
rename from types/module/testutil/codec.go
rename to types/module/testutil/helpers.go
index 2250b1208555..3a0d3033579f 100644
--- a/types/module/testutil/codec.go
+++ b/types/module/testutil/helpers.go
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 package testutil
 
 import (
+	coretesting "cosmossdk.io/core/testing"
+	"cosmossdk.io/log"
+	"cosmossdk.io/store"
+	"cosmossdk.io/store/metrics"
+	storetypes "cosmossdk.io/store/types"
+
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec/testutil"
@@ -78,3 +84,16 @@ type TestTxBuilder struct {
 func (b *TestTxBuilder) SetExtensionOptions(extOpts ...*types.Any) {
 	b.ExtOptions = extOpts
 }
+
+// CreateMultiStore is a helper for setting up multiple stores for provided modules.
+func CreateMultiStore(keys map[string]*storetypes.KVStoreKey, logger log.Logger) storetypes.CommitMultiStore {
+	db := coretesting.NewMemDB()
+	cms := store.NewCommitMultiStore(db, logger, metrics.NewNoOpMetrics())
+
+	for key := range keys {
+		cms.MountStoreWithDB(keys[key], storetypes.StoreTypeIAVL, db)
+	}
+
+	_ = cms.LoadLatestVersion()
+	return cms
+}