diff --git a/testutil/cli/tm_mocks.go b/testutil/cli/tm_mocks.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bfbcaca1196e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testutil/cli/tm_mocks.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
+	tmbytes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/bytes"
+	rpcclient "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client"
+	rpcclientmock "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client/mock"
+	coretypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
+	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
+)
+
+var _ client.TendermintRPC = (*MockTendermintRPC)(nil)
+
+type MockTendermintRPC struct {
+	rpcclientmock.Client
+
+	responseQuery abci.ResponseQuery
+}
+
+// NewMockTendermintRPC returns a mock TendermintRPC implementation.
+// It is used for CLI testing.
+func NewMockTendermintRPC(respQuery abci.ResponseQuery) MockTendermintRPC {
+	return MockTendermintRPC{responseQuery: respQuery}
+}
+
+func (MockTendermintRPC) BroadcastTxSync(context.Context, tmtypes.Tx) (*coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx, error) {
+	return &coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx{Code: 0}, nil
+}
+
+func (m MockTendermintRPC) ABCIQueryWithOptions(
+	_ context.Context,
+	_ string,
+	_ tmbytes.HexBytes,
+	_ rpcclient.ABCIQueryOptions,
+) (*coretypes.ResultABCIQuery, error) {
+	return &coretypes.ResultABCIQuery{Response: m.responseQuery}, nil
+}
diff --git a/x/auth/client/cli/suite_test.go b/x/auth/client/cli/suite_test.go
index 74358446143c..3da473db2cb5 100644
--- a/x/auth/client/cli/suite_test.go
+++ b/x/auth/client/cli/suite_test.go
@@ -11,12 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"cosmossdk.io/math"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
-	tmbytes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/bytes"
 	tmcli "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/cli"
-	rpcclient "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client"
 	rpcclientmock "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client/mock"
-	coretypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
-	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
@@ -42,30 +38,6 @@ import (
 	govtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov/types/v1beta1"
 )
 
-var _ client.TendermintRPC = (*mockTendermintRPC)(nil)
-
-type mockTendermintRPC struct {
-	rpcclientmock.Client
-
-	responseQuery abci.ResponseQuery
-}
-
-func newMockTendermintRPC(respQuery abci.ResponseQuery) mockTendermintRPC {
-	return mockTendermintRPC{responseQuery: respQuery}
-}
-
-func (mockTendermintRPC) BroadcastTxSync(context.Context, tmtypes.Tx) (*coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx{Code: 0}, nil
-}
-
-func (m mockTendermintRPC) ABCIQueryWithOptions(
-	_ context.Context,
-	_ string, _ tmbytes.HexBytes,
-	_ rpcclient.ABCIQueryOptions,
-) (*coretypes.ResultABCIQuery, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultABCIQuery{Response: m.responseQuery}, nil
-}
-
 type CLITestSuite struct {
 	suite.Suite
 
@@ -88,7 +60,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 		WithKeyring(s.kr).
 		WithTxConfig(s.encCfg.TxConfig).
 		WithCodec(s.encCfg.Codec).
-		WithClient(mockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
+		WithClient(clitestutil.MockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
 		WithAccountRetriever(client.MockAccountRetriever{}).
 		WithOutput(io.Discard).
 		WithChainID("test-chain")
@@ -96,7 +68,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 	var outBuf bytes.Buffer
 	ctxGen := func() client.Context {
 		bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-		c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+		c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 			Value: bz,
 		})
 		return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
diff --git a/x/authz/client/cli/tx_test.go b/x/authz/client/cli/tx_test.go
index a0bf682f48ff..91903bdcf41f 100644
--- a/x/authz/client/cli/tx_test.go
+++ b/x/authz/client/cli/tx_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package cli_test
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"testing"
@@ -11,11 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/gogoproto/proto"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
-	tmbytes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/bytes"
-	rpcclient "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client"
 	rpcclientmock "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client/mock"
-	coretypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
-	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
@@ -41,30 +36,6 @@ var (
 	typeMsgSubmitProposal = sdk.MsgTypeURL(&govv1.MsgSubmitProposal{})
 )
 
-var _ client.TendermintRPC = (*mockTendermintRPC)(nil)
-
-type mockTendermintRPC struct {
-	rpcclientmock.Client
-
-	responseQuery abci.ResponseQuery
-}
-
-func newMockTendermintRPC(respQuery abci.ResponseQuery) mockTendermintRPC {
-	return mockTendermintRPC{responseQuery: respQuery}
-}
-
-func (mockTendermintRPC) BroadcastTxSync(context.Context, tmtypes.Tx) (*coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx{Code: 0}, nil
-}
-
-func (m mockTendermintRPC) ABCIQueryWithOptions(
-	_ context.Context,
-	_ string, _ tmbytes.HexBytes,
-	_ rpcclient.ABCIQueryOptions,
-) (*coretypes.ResultABCIQuery, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultABCIQuery{Response: m.responseQuery}, nil
-}
-
 type CLITestSuite struct {
 	suite.Suite
 
@@ -87,7 +58,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 		WithKeyring(s.kr).
 		WithTxConfig(s.encCfg.TxConfig).
 		WithCodec(s.encCfg.Codec).
-		WithClient(mockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
+		WithClient(clitestutil.MockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
 		WithAccountRetriever(client.MockAccountRetriever{}).
 		WithOutput(io.Discard).
 		WithChainID("test-chain")
@@ -95,7 +66,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 	var outBuf bytes.Buffer
 	ctxGen := func() client.Context {
 		bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-		c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+		c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 			Value: bz,
 		})
 		return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
diff --git a/x/bank/client/cli/query_test.go b/x/bank/client/cli/query_test.go
index dfb6f0d784d9..243513c60611 100644
--- a/x/bank/client/cli/query_test.go
+++ b/x/bank/client/cli/query_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
 	svrcmd "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/cmd"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil"
+	clitestutil "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/cli"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank/client/cli"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank/types"
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestGetBalancesCmd() {
 			"valid query",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&types.QueryAllBalancesResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestGetBalancesCmd() {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&types.QueryBalanceResponse{
 					Balance: &sdk.Coin{},
 				})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestGetBalancesCmd() {
 		{
 			"invalid denom",
 			func() client.Context {
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Code: 1,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestGetCmdDenomsMetadata() {
 			"valid query",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&types.QueryDenomsMetadataResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestGetCmdDenomsMetadata() {
 			"valid query with denom",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&types.QueryDenomMetadataResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestGetCmdDenomsMetadata() {
 		{
 			"invalid query with denom",
 			func() client.Context {
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Code: 1,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestGetCmdQueryTotalSupply() {
 			"valid query",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&types.QueryTotalSupplyResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestGetCmdQueryTotalSupply() {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&types.QuerySupplyOfResponse{
 					Amount: sdk.Coin{},
 				})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestGetCmdQueryTotalSupply() {
 		{
 			"invalid query with denom",
 			func() client.Context {
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Code: 1,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestGetCmdQuerySendEnabled() {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&types.QuerySendEnabledResponse{
 					SendEnabled: []*types.SendEnabled{},
 				})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestGetCmdQuerySendEnabled() {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&types.QuerySendEnabledResponse{
 					SendEnabled: []*types.SendEnabled{},
 				})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
diff --git a/x/bank/client/cli/suite_test.go b/x/bank/client/cli/suite_test.go
index 27b01e0d0ec3..9baefdc8ffdc 100644
--- a/x/bank/client/cli/suite_test.go
+++ b/x/bank/client/cli/suite_test.go
@@ -1,48 +1,19 @@
 package cli_test
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"io"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
-	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/bytes"
-	rpcclient "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client"
 	rpcclientmock "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client/mock"
-	coretypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
-	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/keyring"
+	clitestutil "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/cli"
 	testutilmod "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module/testutil"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank"
 )
 
-var _ client.TendermintRPC = (*mockTendermintRPC)(nil)
-
-type mockTendermintRPC struct {
-	rpcclientmock.Client
-
-	responseQuery abci.ResponseQuery
-}
-
-func newMockTendermintRPC(respQuery abci.ResponseQuery) mockTendermintRPC {
-	return mockTendermintRPC{responseQuery: respQuery}
-}
-
-func (mockTendermintRPC) BroadcastTxSync(context.Context, tmtypes.Tx) (*coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx{Code: 0}, nil
-}
-
-func (m mockTendermintRPC) ABCIQueryWithOptions(
-	_ context.Context,
-	_ string, _ bytes.HexBytes,
-	_ rpcclient.ABCIQueryOptions,
-) (*coretypes.ResultABCIQuery, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultABCIQuery{Response: m.responseQuery}, nil
-}
-
 type CLITestSuite struct {
 	suite.Suite
 
@@ -62,7 +33,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 		WithKeyring(s.kr).
 		WithTxConfig(s.encCfg.TxConfig).
 		WithCodec(s.encCfg.Codec).
-		WithClient(mockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
+		WithClient(clitestutil.MockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
 		WithAccountRetriever(client.MockAccountRetriever{}).
 		WithOutput(io.Discard)
 }
diff --git a/x/crisis/client/cli/tx_test.go b/x/crisis/client/cli/tx_test.go
index c8b23bf40278..d8b92433fd74 100644
--- a/x/crisis/client/cli/tx_test.go
+++ b/x/crisis/client/cli/tx_test.go
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"testing"
 
+	clitestutil "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/cli"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	rpcclientmock "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client/mock"
-	coretypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
-	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
@@ -22,16 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/crisis/client/cli"
 )
 
-var _ client.TendermintRPC = (*mockTendermintRPC)(nil)
-
-type mockTendermintRPC struct {
-	rpcclientmock.Client
-}
-
-func (mockTendermintRPC) BroadcastTxSync(context.Context, tmtypes.Tx) (*coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx{}, nil
-}
-
 func TestNewMsgVerifyInvariantTxCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	encCfg := testutilmod.MakeTestEncodingConfig(crisis.AppModuleBasic{})
 	kr := keyring.NewInMemory(encCfg.Codec)
@@ -39,7 +28,7 @@ func TestNewMsgVerifyInvariantTxCmd(t *testing.T) {
 		WithKeyring(kr).
 		WithTxConfig(encCfg.TxConfig).
 		WithCodec(encCfg.Codec).
-		WithClient(mockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
+		WithClient(clitestutil.MockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
 		WithAccountRetriever(client.MockAccountRetriever{}).
 		WithOutput(io.Discard).
 		WithChainID("test-chain")
diff --git a/x/distribution/client/cli/suite_test.go b/x/distribution/client/cli/suite_test.go
index 48fff7a96925..6aa3f5181ed9 100644
--- a/x/distribution/client/cli/suite_test.go
+++ b/x/distribution/client/cli/suite_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package cli_test
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"strings"
@@ -11,12 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/gogoproto/proto"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
-	tmbytes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/bytes"
 	tmcli "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/cli"
-	rpcclient "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client"
 	rpcclientmock "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client/mock"
-	coretypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
-	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
@@ -34,30 +29,6 @@ import (
 	minttypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/mint/types"
 )
 
-var _ client.TendermintRPC = (*mockTendermintRPC)(nil)
-
-type mockTendermintRPC struct {
-	rpcclientmock.Client
-
-	responseQuery abci.ResponseQuery
-}
-
-func newMockTendermintRPC(respQuery abci.ResponseQuery) mockTendermintRPC {
-	return mockTendermintRPC{responseQuery: respQuery}
-}
-
-func (mockTendermintRPC) BroadcastTxSync(context.Context, tmtypes.Tx) (*coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx{Code: 0}, nil
-}
-
-func (m mockTendermintRPC) ABCIQueryWithOptions(
-	_ context.Context,
-	_ string, _ tmbytes.HexBytes,
-	_ rpcclient.ABCIQueryOptions,
-) (*coretypes.ResultABCIQuery, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultABCIQuery{Response: m.responseQuery}, nil
-}
-
 type CLITestSuite struct {
 	suite.Suite
 
@@ -78,7 +49,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 		WithKeyring(s.kr).
 		WithTxConfig(s.encCfg.TxConfig).
 		WithCodec(s.encCfg.Codec).
-		WithClient(mockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
+		WithClient(clitestutil.MockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
 		WithAccountRetriever(client.MockAccountRetriever{}).
 		WithOutput(io.Discard).
 		WithChainID("test-chain")
@@ -86,7 +57,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 	var outBuf bytes.Buffer
 	ctxGen := func() client.Context {
 		bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-		c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+		c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 			Value: bz,
 		})
 		return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
diff --git a/x/evidence/client/cli/tx_test.go b/x/evidence/client/cli/tx_test.go
index a7d626bf0e24..bbb162564c60 100644
--- a/x/evidence/client/cli/tx_test.go
+++ b/x/evidence/client/cli/tx_test.go
@@ -10,17 +10,12 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
-	tmbytes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/bytes"
-	rpcclient "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client"
 	rpcclientmock "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client/mock"
-	coretypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
-	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
-
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
-	svrcmd "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/cmd"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/keyring"
+	svrcmd "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/cmd"
 	clitestutil "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/cli"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	testutilmod "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module/testutil"
@@ -28,30 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/evidence/client/cli"
 )
 
-var _ client.TendermintRPC = (*mockTendermintRPC)(nil)
-
-type mockTendermintRPC struct {
-	rpcclientmock.Client
-
-	responseQuery abci.ResponseQuery
-}
-
-func newMockTendermintRPC(respQuery abci.ResponseQuery) mockTendermintRPC {
-	return mockTendermintRPC{responseQuery: respQuery}
-}
-
-func (mockTendermintRPC) BroadcastTxSync(_ context.Context, _ tmtypes.Tx) (*coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx{}, nil
-}
-
-func (m mockTendermintRPC) ABCIQueryWithOptions(
-	_ context.Context,
-	_ string, _ tmbytes.HexBytes,
-	_ rpcclient.ABCIQueryOptions,
-) (*coretypes.ResultABCIQuery, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultABCIQuery{Response: m.responseQuery}, nil
-}
-
 func TestGetQueryCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := cli.GetQueryCmd()
 	cmd.SetOut(io.Discard)
@@ -63,7 +34,7 @@ func TestGetQueryCmd(t *testing.T) {
 		WithKeyring(kr).
 		WithTxConfig(encCfg.TxConfig).
 		WithCodec(encCfg.Codec).
-		WithClient(mockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
+		WithClient(clitestutil.MockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
 		WithAccountRetriever(client.MockAccountRetriever{}).
 		WithOutput(io.Discard).
 		WithChainID("test-chain")
@@ -79,7 +50,7 @@ func TestGetQueryCmd(t *testing.T) {
 			[]string{"DF0C23E8634E480F84B9D5674A7CDC9816466DEC28A3358F73260F68D28D7660"},
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -92,7 +63,7 @@ func TestGetQueryCmd(t *testing.T) {
 			[]string{},
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -107,7 +78,7 @@ func TestGetQueryCmd(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return baseCtx.WithClient(c)
diff --git a/x/feegrant/client/cli/tx_test.go b/x/feegrant/client/cli/tx_test.go
index beaa0a45f362..021d5819edfa 100644
--- a/x/feegrant/client/cli/tx_test.go
+++ b/x/feegrant/client/cli/tx_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package cli_test
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"strings"
@@ -12,11 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/gogoproto/proto"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
-	tmlibs "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/bytes"
-	rpcclient "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client"
 	rpcclientmock "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client/mock"
-	coretypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
-	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
@@ -55,30 +50,6 @@ type CLITestSuite struct {
 	accounts []sdk.AccAddress
 }
 
-var _ client.TendermintRPC = (*mockTendermintRPC)(nil)
-
-type mockTendermintRPC struct {
-	rpcclientmock.Client
-
-	responseQuery abci.ResponseQuery
-}
-
-func newMockTendermintRPC(respQuery abci.ResponseQuery) mockTendermintRPC {
-	return mockTendermintRPC{responseQuery: respQuery}
-}
-
-func (m mockTendermintRPC) ABCIQueryWithOptions(
-	_ context.Context,
-	_ string, _ tmlibs.HexBytes,
-	_ rpcclient.ABCIQueryOptions,
-) (*coretypes.ResultABCIQuery, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultABCIQuery{Response: m.responseQuery}, nil
-}
-
-func (m mockTendermintRPC) BroadcastTxSync(context.Context, tmtypes.Tx) (*coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx{Code: 0}, nil
-}
-
 func TestCLITestSuite(t *testing.T) {
 	suite.Run(t, new(CLITestSuite))
 }
@@ -92,7 +63,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 		WithKeyring(s.kr).
 		WithTxConfig(s.encCfg.TxConfig).
 		WithCodec(s.encCfg.Codec).
-		WithClient(mockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
+		WithClient(clitestutil.MockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
 		WithAccountRetriever(client.MockAccountRetriever{}).
 		WithOutput(io.Discard).
 		WithChainID("test-chain")
@@ -100,7 +71,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 	var outBuf bytes.Buffer
 	ctxGen := func() client.Context {
 		bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-		c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+		c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 			Value: bz,
 		})
 
diff --git a/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx_test.go b/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx_test.go
index 2ffde26a8484..915cc450f2d0 100644
--- a/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx_test.go
+++ b/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx_test.go
@@ -10,16 +10,13 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
-	tmbytes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/bytes"
-	rpcclient "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client"
 	rpcclientmock "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client/mock"
-	coretypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
-	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/keyring"
 	svrcmd "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/cmd"
+	clitestutil "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/cli"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module"
 	testutilmod "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module/testutil"
@@ -29,30 +26,6 @@ import (
 	stakingcli "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/staking/client/cli"
 )
 
-var _ client.TendermintRPC = (*mockTendermintRPC)(nil)
-
-type mockTendermintRPC struct {
-	rpcclientmock.Client
-
-	responseQuery abci.ResponseQuery
-}
-
-func newMockTendermintRPC(respQuery abci.ResponseQuery) mockTendermintRPC {
-	return mockTendermintRPC{responseQuery: respQuery}
-}
-
-func (mockTendermintRPC) BroadcastTxSync(_ context.Context, _ tmtypes.Tx) (*coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx{}, nil
-}
-
-func (m mockTendermintRPC) ABCIQueryWithOptions(
-	_ context.Context,
-	_ string, _ tmbytes.HexBytes,
-	_ rpcclient.ABCIQueryOptions,
-) (*coretypes.ResultABCIQuery, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultABCIQuery{Response: m.responseQuery}, nil
-}
-
 type CLITestSuite struct {
 	suite.Suite
 
@@ -73,7 +46,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 		WithKeyring(s.kr).
 		WithTxConfig(s.encCfg.TxConfig).
 		WithCodec(s.encCfg.Codec).
-		WithClient(mockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
+		WithClient(clitestutil.MockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
 		WithAccountRetriever(client.MockAccountRetriever{}).
 		WithOutput(io.Discard).
 		WithChainID("test-chain")
@@ -81,7 +54,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 	var outBuf bytes.Buffer
 	ctxGen := func() client.Context {
 		bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-		c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+		c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 			Value: bz,
 		})
 		return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
diff --git a/x/gov/client/cli/tx_test.go b/x/gov/client/cli/tx_test.go
index 1b881c3762ab..cae55f6a00d5 100644
--- a/x/gov/client/cli/tx_test.go
+++ b/x/gov/client/cli/tx_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package cli_test
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"context"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -11,11 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/gogoproto/proto"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
-	tmbytes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/bytes"
-	rpcclient "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client"
 	rpcclientmock "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client/mock"
-	coretypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
-	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
@@ -33,30 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov/types/v1beta1"
 )
 
-var _ client.TendermintRPC = (*mockTendermintRPC)(nil)
-
-type mockTendermintRPC struct {
-	rpcclientmock.Client
-
-	responseQuery abci.ResponseQuery
-}
-
-func newMockTendermintRPC(respQuery abci.ResponseQuery) mockTendermintRPC {
-	return mockTendermintRPC{responseQuery: respQuery}
-}
-
-func (mockTendermintRPC) BroadcastTxSync(context.Context, tmtypes.Tx) (*coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx{Code: 0}, nil
-}
-
-func (m mockTendermintRPC) ABCIQueryWithOptions(
-	_ context.Context,
-	_ string, _ tmbytes.HexBytes,
-	_ rpcclient.ABCIQueryOptions,
-) (*coretypes.ResultABCIQuery, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultABCIQuery{Response: m.responseQuery}, nil
-}
-
 type CLITestSuite struct {
 	suite.Suite
 
@@ -77,7 +48,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 		WithKeyring(s.kr).
 		WithTxConfig(s.encCfg.TxConfig).
 		WithCodec(s.encCfg.Codec).
-		WithClient(mockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
+		WithClient(clitestutil.MockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
 		WithAccountRetriever(client.MockAccountRetriever{}).
 		WithOutput(io.Discard).
 		WithChainID("test-chain")
@@ -85,7 +56,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 	var outBuf bytes.Buffer
 	ctxGen := func() client.Context {
 		bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-		c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+		c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 			Value: bz,
 		})
 		return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
diff --git a/x/group/client/cli/tx_test.go b/x/group/client/cli/tx_test.go
index 5c37759f47e3..58106dba2c73 100644
--- a/x/group/client/cli/tx_test.go
+++ b/x/group/client/cli/tx_test.go
@@ -13,11 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/gogoproto/proto"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
-	tmbytes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/bytes"
-	rpcclient "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client"
 	rpcclientmock "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client/mock"
-	coretypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
-	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
@@ -25,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/keyring"
 	svrcmd "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/cmd"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/cli"
+	clitestutil "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/cli"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	testutilmod "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module/testutil"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/group"
@@ -37,30 +33,6 @@ const validMetadata = "metadata"
 
 var tooLongMetadata = strings.Repeat("A", 256)
 
-var _ client.TendermintRPC = (*mockTendermintRPC)(nil)
-
-type mockTendermintRPC struct {
-	rpcclientmock.Client
-
-	responseQuery abci.ResponseQuery
-}
-
-func newMockTendermintRPC(respQuery abci.ResponseQuery) mockTendermintRPC {
-	return mockTendermintRPC{responseQuery: respQuery}
-}
-
-func (mockTendermintRPC) BroadcastTxSync(_ context.Context, _ tmtypes.Tx) (*coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx{}, nil
-}
-
-func (m mockTendermintRPC) ABCIQueryWithOptions(
-	_ context.Context,
-	_ string, _ tmbytes.HexBytes,
-	_ rpcclient.ABCIQueryOptions,
-) (*coretypes.ResultABCIQuery, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultABCIQuery{Response: m.responseQuery}, nil
-}
-
 type CLITestSuite struct {
 	suite.Suite
 
@@ -83,7 +55,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 		WithKeyring(s.kr).
 		WithTxConfig(s.encCfg.TxConfig).
 		WithCodec(s.encCfg.Codec).
-		WithClient(mockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
+		WithClient(clitestutil.MockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
 		WithAccountRetriever(client.MockAccountRetriever{}).
 		WithOutput(io.Discard).
 		WithChainID("test-chain")
@@ -100,7 +72,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 	var outBuf bytes.Buffer
 	ctxGen := func() client.Context {
 		bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-		c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+		c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 			Value: bz,
 		})
 		return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -115,7 +87,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 	s.Require().NoError(err)
 
 	account := sdk.AccAddress(pk.Address())
-	_, err = cli.MsgSendExec(
+	_, err = clitestutil.MsgSendExec(
 		clientCtx,
 		val.Address,
 		account,
@@ -138,7 +110,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 		]
 	}`, val.Address.String(), memberWeight, validMetadata)
 	validMembersFile := testutil.WriteToNewTempFile(s.T(), validMembers)
-	out, err := cli.ExecTestCLICmd(clientCtx, groupcli.MsgCreateGroupCmd(),
+	out, err := clitestutil.ExecTestCLICmd(clientCtx, groupcli.MsgCreateGroupCmd(),
 		append(
 			[]string{
 				val.Address.String(),
@@ -195,7 +167,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxCreateGroup() {
 			"correct data",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -217,7 +189,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxCreateGroup() {
 			"with amino-json",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -240,7 +212,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxCreateGroup() {
 			"invalid members address",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -262,7 +234,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxCreateGroup() {
 			"invalid members weight",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -300,7 +272,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxCreateGroup() {
 				s.Require().Contains(fmt.Sprint(cmd), tc.expCmdOutput)
 			}
 
-			out, err := cli.ExecTestCLICmd(clientCtx, cmd, tc.args)
+			out, err := clitestutil.ExecTestCLICmd(clientCtx, cmd, tc.args)
 			if tc.expectErr {
 				s.Require().Error(err)
 				s.Require().Contains(out.String(), tc.expectErrMsg)
@@ -322,7 +294,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupAdmin() {
 
 	ctxGen := func() client.Context {
 		bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-		c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+		c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 			Value: bz,
 		})
 		return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -342,7 +314,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupAdmin() {
 		"metadata": "%s"
 	}]}`, accounts[0].Address.String(), validMetadata)
 		validMembersFile := testutil.WriteToNewTempFile(s.T(), validMembers)
-		out, err := cli.ExecTestCLICmd(clientCtx, groupcli.MsgCreateGroupCmd(),
+		out, err := clitestutil.ExecTestCLICmd(clientCtx, groupcli.MsgCreateGroupCmd(),
 			append(
 				[]string{
 					accounts[0].Address.String(),
@@ -369,7 +341,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupAdmin() {
 			"correct data",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -391,7 +363,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupAdmin() {
 			"with amino-json",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -414,7 +386,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupAdmin() {
 			"group id invalid",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -452,7 +424,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupAdmin() {
 				s.Require().Contains(fmt.Sprint(cmd), tc.expCmdOutput)
 			}
 
-			out, err := cli.ExecTestCLICmd(clientCtx, cmd, tc.args)
+			out, err := clitestutil.ExecTestCLICmd(clientCtx, cmd, tc.args)
 			if tc.expectErr {
 				s.Require().Error(err)
 				s.Require().Contains(out.String(), tc.expectErrMsg)
@@ -480,7 +452,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupMetadata() {
 			"correct data",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -499,7 +471,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupMetadata() {
 			"with amino-json",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -519,7 +491,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupMetadata() {
 			"group metadata too long",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -593,7 +565,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupMembers() {
 			"correct data",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -612,7 +584,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupMembers() {
 			"with amino-json",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -632,7 +604,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupMembers() {
 			"group member metadata too long",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -651,7 +623,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupMembers() {
 			"group doesn't exist",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -729,7 +701,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxCreateGroupWithPolicy() {
 			"correct data",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -754,7 +726,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxCreateGroupWithPolicy() {
 			"group-policy-as-admin is true",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -779,7 +751,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxCreateGroupWithPolicy() {
 			"with amino-json",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -805,7 +777,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxCreateGroupWithPolicy() {
 			"invalid members address",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -830,7 +802,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxCreateGroupWithPolicy() {
 			"invalid members weight",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -870,7 +842,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxCreateGroupWithPolicy() {
 				s.Require().Contains(fmt.Sprint(cmd), tc.expCmdOutput)
 			}
 
-			out, err := cli.ExecTestCLICmd(clientCtx, cmd, tc.args)
+			out, err := clitestutil.ExecTestCLICmd(clientCtx, cmd, tc.args)
 			if tc.expectErr {
 				s.Require().Error(err)
 				s.Require().Contains(out.String(), tc.expectErrMsg)
@@ -910,7 +882,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxCreateGroupPolicy() {
 			"correct data",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -933,7 +905,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxCreateGroupPolicy() {
 			"correct data with percentage decision policy",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -956,7 +928,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxCreateGroupPolicy() {
 			"with amino-json",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -980,7 +952,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxCreateGroupPolicy() {
 			"wrong admin",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1003,7 +975,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxCreateGroupPolicy() {
 			"invalid percentage decision policy with negative value",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1026,7 +998,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxCreateGroupPolicy() {
 			"invalid percentage decision policy with value greater than 1",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1065,7 +1037,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxCreateGroupPolicy() {
 				s.Require().Contains(fmt.Sprint(cmd), tc.expCmdOutput)
 			}
 
-			out, err := cli.ExecTestCLICmd(clientCtx, cmd, tc.args)
+			out, err := clitestutil.ExecTestCLICmd(clientCtx, cmd, tc.args)
 			if tc.expectErr {
 				s.Require().Error(err)
 				s.Require().Contains(out.String(), tc.expectErrMsg)
@@ -1099,7 +1071,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupPolicyAdmin() {
 			"correct data",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1118,7 +1090,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupPolicyAdmin() {
 			"with amino-json",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1138,7 +1110,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupPolicyAdmin() {
 			"wrong admin",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1157,7 +1129,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupPolicyAdmin() {
 			"wrong group policy",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1222,7 +1194,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupPolicyDecisionPolicy() {
 			"correct data",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1241,7 +1213,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupPolicyDecisionPolicy() {
 			"correct data with percentage decision policy",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1260,7 +1232,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupPolicyDecisionPolicy() {
 			"with amino-json",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1280,7 +1252,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupPolicyDecisionPolicy() {
 			"wrong admin",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1299,7 +1271,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupPolicyDecisionPolicy() {
 			"wrong group policy",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1318,7 +1290,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupPolicyDecisionPolicy() {
 			"invalid percentage decision policy with negative value",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1337,7 +1309,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupPolicyDecisionPolicy() {
 			"invalid percentage decision policy with value greater than 1",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1396,7 +1368,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupPolicyMetadata() {
 			"correct data",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1415,7 +1387,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupPolicyMetadata() {
 			"with amino-json",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1435,7 +1407,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupPolicyMetadata() {
 			"long metadata",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1454,7 +1426,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupPolicyMetadata() {
 			"wrong admin",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1473,7 +1445,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxUpdateGroupPolicyMetadata() {
 			"wrong group policy",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1538,7 +1510,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxSubmitProposal() {
 			"correct data",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1555,7 +1527,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxSubmitProposal() {
 			"with try exec",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1573,7 +1545,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxSubmitProposal() {
 			"with try exec, not enough yes votes for proposal to pass",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1591,7 +1563,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxSubmitProposal() {
 			"with amino-json",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1649,7 +1621,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxVote() {
 			"correct data",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1669,7 +1641,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxVote() {
 			"with try exec",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1690,7 +1662,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxVote() {
 			"with amino-json",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1711,7 +1683,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxVote() {
 			"metadata too long",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1770,7 +1742,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxWithdrawProposal() {
 			"correct data",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
@@ -1788,7 +1760,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestTxWithdrawProposal() {
 			"wrong admin",
 			func() client.Context {
 				bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+				c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 					Value: bz,
 				})
 				return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
diff --git a/x/mint/client/cli/query_test.go b/x/mint/client/cli/query_test.go
index 72e794964999..445aac432907 100644
--- a/x/mint/client/cli/query_test.go
+++ b/x/mint/client/cli/query_test.go
@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/bytes"
-	rpcclient "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client"
 	rpcclientmock "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client/mock"
-	coretypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
-	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
@@ -27,26 +22,6 @@ import (
 	tmcli "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/cli"
 )
 
-var _ client.TendermintRPC = (*mockTendermintRPC)(nil)
-
-type mockTendermintRPC struct {
-	rpcclientmock.Client
-
-	responseQuery abci.ResponseQuery
-}
-
-func (mockTendermintRPC) BroadcastTxSync(_ context.Context, _ tmtypes.Tx) (*coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx{}, nil
-}
-
-func (m mockTendermintRPC) ABCIQueryWithOptions(
-	_ context.Context,
-	_ string, _ bytes.HexBytes,
-	_ rpcclient.ABCIQueryOptions,
-) (*coretypes.ResultABCIQuery, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultABCIQuery{Response: m.responseQuery}, nil
-}
-
 func TestGetCmdQueryParams(t *testing.T) {
 	encCfg := testutilmod.MakeTestEncodingConfig(mint.AppModuleBasic{})
 	kr := keyring.NewInMemory(encCfg.Codec)
@@ -54,7 +29,7 @@ func TestGetCmdQueryParams(t *testing.T) {
 		WithKeyring(kr).
 		WithTxConfig(encCfg.TxConfig).
 		WithCodec(encCfg.Codec).
-		WithClient(mockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
+		WithClient(clitestutil.MockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
 		WithAccountRetriever(client.MockAccountRetriever{}).
 		WithOutput(io.Discard).
 		WithChainID("test-chain")
@@ -119,7 +94,7 @@ func TestGetCmdQueryInflation(t *testing.T) {
 		WithKeyring(kr).
 		WithTxConfig(encCfg.TxConfig).
 		WithCodec(encCfg.Codec).
-		WithClient(mockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
+		WithClient(clitestutil.MockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
 		WithAccountRetriever(client.MockAccountRetriever{}).
 		WithOutput(io.Discard).
 		WithChainID("test-chain")
@@ -179,7 +154,7 @@ func TestGetCmdQueryAnnualProvisions(t *testing.T) {
 		WithKeyring(kr).
 		WithTxConfig(encCfg.TxConfig).
 		WithCodec(encCfg.Codec).
-		WithClient(mockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
+		WithClient(clitestutil.MockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
 		WithAccountRetriever(client.MockAccountRetriever{}).
 		WithOutput(io.Discard).
 		WithChainID("test-chain")
diff --git a/x/nft/client/cli/tx_test.go b/x/nft/client/cli/tx_test.go
index ea0fb41caef5..7ef91278291f 100644
--- a/x/nft/client/cli/tx_test.go
+++ b/x/nft/client/cli/tx_test.go
@@ -9,11 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
-	tmbytes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/bytes"
-	rpcclient "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client"
 	rpcclientmock "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client/mock"
-	coretypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
-	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
@@ -69,30 +65,6 @@ var (
 	}
 )
 
-var _ client.TendermintRPC = (*mockTendermintRPC)(nil)
-
-type mockTendermintRPC struct {
-	rpcclientmock.Client
-
-	responseQuery abci.ResponseQuery
-}
-
-func newMockTendermintRPC(respQuery abci.ResponseQuery) mockTendermintRPC {
-	return mockTendermintRPC{responseQuery: respQuery}
-}
-
-func (mockTendermintRPC) BroadcastTxSync(context.Context, tmtypes.Tx) (*coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx{Code: 0}, nil
-}
-
-func (m mockTendermintRPC) ABCIQueryWithOptions(
-	_ context.Context,
-	_ string, _ tmbytes.HexBytes,
-	_ rpcclient.ABCIQueryOptions,
-) (*coretypes.ResultABCIQuery, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultABCIQuery{Response: m.responseQuery}, nil
-}
-
 type CLITestSuite struct {
 	suite.Suite
 
@@ -116,7 +88,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 		WithKeyring(s.kr).
 		WithTxConfig(s.encCfg.TxConfig).
 		WithCodec(s.encCfg.Codec).
-		WithClient(mockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
+		WithClient(clitestutil.MockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
 		WithAccountRetriever(client.MockAccountRetriever{}).
 		WithOutput(io.Discard).
 		WithChainID("test-chain")
@@ -125,7 +97,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 	var outBuf bytes.Buffer
 	ctxGen := func() client.Context {
 		bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-		c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+		c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 			Value: bz,
 		})
 		return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
diff --git a/x/slashing/client/cli/query_test.go b/x/slashing/client/cli/query_test.go
index cbadc7e81cad..6f2bf13c9929 100644
--- a/x/slashing/client/cli/query_test.go
+++ b/x/slashing/client/cli/query_test.go
@@ -2,19 +2,14 @@ package cli_test
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
-	tmlibs "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/bytes"
 	tmcli "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/cli"
-	rpcclient "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client"
 	rpcclientmock "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client/mock"
-	coretypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
-	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
@@ -40,30 +35,6 @@ type CLITestSuite struct {
 	addr sdk.AccAddress
 }
 
-var _ client.TendermintRPC = (*mockTendermintRPC)(nil)
-
-type mockTendermintRPC struct {
-	rpcclientmock.Client
-
-	responseQuery abci.ResponseQuery
-}
-
-func newMockTendermintRPC(respQuery abci.ResponseQuery) mockTendermintRPC {
-	return mockTendermintRPC{responseQuery: respQuery}
-}
-
-func (m mockTendermintRPC) BroadcastTxSync(context.Context, tmtypes.Tx) (*coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx{Code: 0}, nil
-}
-
-func (m mockTendermintRPC) ABCIQueryWithOptions(
-	_ context.Context,
-	_ string, _ tmlibs.HexBytes,
-	_ rpcclient.ABCIQueryOptions,
-) (*coretypes.ResultABCIQuery, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultABCIQuery{Response: m.responseQuery}, nil
-}
-
 func TestCLITestSuite(t *testing.T) {
 	suite.Run(t, new(CLITestSuite))
 }
@@ -77,7 +48,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 		WithKeyring(s.kr).
 		WithTxConfig(s.encCfg.TxConfig).
 		WithCodec(s.encCfg.Codec).
-		WithClient(mockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
+		WithClient(clitestutil.MockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
 		WithAccountRetriever(client.MockAccountRetriever{}).
 		WithOutput(io.Discard).
 		WithChainID("test-chain")
@@ -85,7 +56,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 	var outBuf bytes.Buffer
 	ctxGen := func() client.Context {
 		bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-		c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+		c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 			Value: bz,
 		})
 
diff --git a/x/staking/client/cli/tx_test.go b/x/staking/client/cli/tx_test.go
index cb71d1595c29..0f6564b2b3ca 100644
--- a/x/staking/client/cli/tx_test.go
+++ b/x/staking/client/cli/tx_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package cli_test
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"testing"
@@ -12,11 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
-	tmbytes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/bytes"
-	rpcclient "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client"
 	rpcclientmock "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client/mock"
-	coretypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
-	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
@@ -31,30 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/staking/client/cli"
 )
 
-var _ client.TendermintRPC = (*mockTendermintRPC)(nil)
-
-type mockTendermintRPC struct {
-	rpcclientmock.Client
-
-	responseQuery abci.ResponseQuery
-}
-
-func newMockTendermintRPC(respQuery abci.ResponseQuery) mockTendermintRPC {
-	return mockTendermintRPC{responseQuery: respQuery}
-}
-
-func (mockTendermintRPC) BroadcastTxSync(_ context.Context, _ tmtypes.Tx) (*coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx{}, nil
-}
-
-func (m mockTendermintRPC) ABCIQueryWithOptions(
-	_ context.Context,
-	_ string, _ tmbytes.HexBytes,
-	_ rpcclient.ABCIQueryOptions,
-) (*coretypes.ResultABCIQuery, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultABCIQuery{Response: m.responseQuery}, nil
-}
-
 var PKs = simtestutil.CreateTestPubKeys(500)
 
 type CLITestSuite struct {
@@ -74,7 +45,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 		WithKeyring(s.kr).
 		WithTxConfig(s.encCfg.TxConfig).
 		WithCodec(s.encCfg.Codec).
-		WithClient(mockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
+		WithClient(clitestutil.MockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
 		WithAccountRetriever(client.MockAccountRetriever{}).
 		WithOutput(io.Discard).
 		WithChainID("test-chain")
@@ -82,7 +53,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 	var outBuf bytes.Buffer
 	ctxGen := func() client.Context {
 		bz, _ := s.encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
-		c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+		c := clitestutil.NewMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
 			Value: bz,
 		})
 		return s.baseCtx.WithClient(c)
diff --git a/x/upgrade/client/cli/tx_test.go b/x/upgrade/client/cli/tx_test.go
index 76036c7505e6..b42d936fe923 100644
--- a/x/upgrade/client/cli/tx_test.go
+++ b/x/upgrade/client/cli/tx_test.go
@@ -7,44 +7,19 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/bytes"
 	tmcli "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/cli"
-	rpcclient "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client"
 	rpcclientmock "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client/mock"
-	coretypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
-	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
-
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/keyring"
 	svrcmd "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/cmd"
+	clitestutil "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/cli"
 	testutilmod "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module/testutil"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/upgrade"
 	upgradecli "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/upgrade/client/cli"
 )
 
-var _ client.TendermintRPC = (*mockTendermintRPC)(nil)
-
-type mockTendermintRPC struct {
-	rpcclientmock.Client
-
-	responseQuery abci.ResponseQuery
-}
-
-func (mockTendermintRPC) BroadcastTxSync(_ context.Context, _ tmtypes.Tx) (*coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultBroadcastTx{}, nil
-}
-
-func (m mockTendermintRPC) ABCIQueryWithOptions(
-	_ context.Context,
-	_ string, _ bytes.HexBytes,
-	_ rpcclient.ABCIQueryOptions,
-) (*coretypes.ResultABCIQuery, error) {
-	return &coretypes.ResultABCIQuery{Response: m.responseQuery}, nil
-}
-
 func TestModuleVersionsCLI(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := upgradecli.GetModuleVersionsCmd()
 	cmd.SetOut(io.Discard)
@@ -56,7 +31,7 @@ func TestModuleVersionsCLI(t *testing.T) {
 		WithKeyring(kr).
 		WithTxConfig(encCfg.TxConfig).
 		WithCodec(encCfg.Codec).
-		WithClient(mockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
+		WithClient(clitestutil.MockTendermintRPC{Client: rpcclientmock.Client{}}).
 		WithAccountRetriever(client.MockAccountRetriever{}).
 		WithOutput(io.Discard).
 		WithChainID("test-chain")