diff --git a/simapp/simd/cmd/commands.go b/simapp/simd/cmd/commands.go
index 86f91f571d5..abfa351961d 100644
--- a/simapp/simd/cmd/commands.go
+++ b/simapp/simd/cmd/commands.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	servertypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/types"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version"
 	authcmd "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/client/cli"
 	banktypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/crisis"
@@ -40,14 +38,10 @@ func initRootCmd(
 	interfaceRegistry codectypes.InterfaceRegistry,
 	appCodec codec.Codec,
 	basicManager module.BasicManager,
-	extraInfo version.ExtraInfo,
 ) {
 	cfg := sdk.GetConfig()
 	cfg.Seal()
 
-	cmdContext := context.WithValue(context.Background(), version.ContextKey{}, extraInfo)
-	rootCmd.SetContext(cmdContext)
-
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(
 		genutilcli.InitCmd(basicManager),
 		NewTestnetCmd(basicManager, banktypes.GenesisBalancesIterator{}),
diff --git a/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go b/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go
index 98f5ba46b49..1b829136790 100644
--- a/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go
+++ b/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func NewRootCmd() *cobra.Command {
 		},
 	}
 
-	initRootCmd(rootCmd, encodingConfig.TxConfig, encodingConfig.InterfaceRegistry, encodingConfig.Codec, tempApp.BasicModuleManager, nil)
+	initRootCmd(rootCmd, encodingConfig.TxConfig, encodingConfig.InterfaceRegistry, encodingConfig.Codec, tempApp.BasicModuleManager)
 
 	// autocli opts
 	customClientTemplate, customClientConfig := initClientConfig()
diff --git a/simapp/simd/cmd/root_v2.go b/simapp/simd/cmd/root_v2.go
index f26449880ce..170aa94b0fb 100644
--- a/simapp/simd/cmd/root_v2.go
+++ b/simapp/simd/cmd/root_v2.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func NewRootCmd() *cobra.Command {
 		},
 	}
 
-	initRootCmd(rootCmd, clientCtx.TxConfig, clientCtx.InterfaceRegistry, clientCtx.Codec, moduleBasicManager, nil)
+	initRootCmd(rootCmd, clientCtx.TxConfig, clientCtx.InterfaceRegistry, clientCtx.Codec, moduleBasicManager)
 
 	if err := autoCliOpts.EnhanceRootCommand(rootCmd); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
diff --git a/version/command.go b/version/command.go
index 689fcd4a0da..163e6e5c7d2 100644
--- a/version/command.go
+++ b/version/command.go
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ const (
 )
 
 // NewVersionCommand returns a CLI command to interactively print the application binary version information.
+// Note: When seeking to add the extra info to the context
+// The below can be added to the initRootCmd to include the extraInfo field
+//
+// cmdContext := context.WithValue(context.Background(), version.ContextKey{}, extraInfo)
+// rootCmd.SetContext(cmdContext)
 func NewVersionCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "version",
@@ -28,6 +33,7 @@ func NewVersionCommand() *cobra.Command {
 				return nil
 			}
 
+			// Extract and set extra information from the context
 			extraInfo := extraInfoFromContext(cmd)
 			verInfo.ExtraInfo = &extraInfo