diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c9f4c8b5699..4deab667863 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ### Improvements
 
+* (x/evidence) [#14757](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/14757) Evidence messages do not need to implement a `.Type()` anymore.
 * (x/auth/tx) [#14751](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/14751) Remove `.Type()` and `Route()` methods from all msgs and `legacytx.LegacyMsg` interface.
 * [#14691](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/14691) Change behavior of `sdk.StringifyEvents` to not flatten events attributes by events type.
     * This change only affects ABCI message logs, and not the actual events.
diff --git a/x/evidence/README.md b/x/evidence/README.md
index 50d29e1619a..70bdffc8400 100644
--- a/x/evidence/README.md
+++ b/x/evidence/README.md
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ type Evidence interface {
 	proto.Message
 
 	Route() string
-	Type() string
 	String() string
 	Hash() tmbytes.HexBytes
 	ValidateBasic() error
diff --git a/x/evidence/exported/evidence.go b/x/evidence/exported/evidence.go
index 6cad9a9d709..f38c39268a1 100644
--- a/x/evidence/exported/evidence.go
+++ b/x/evidence/exported/evidence.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ type Evidence interface {
 	proto.Message
 
 	Route() string
-	Type() string
 	String() string
 	Hash() tmbytes.HexBytes
 	ValidateBasic() error
diff --git a/x/evidence/types/evidence.go b/x/evidence/types/evidence.go
index 89a4e742e70..8c605e305b5 100644
--- a/x/evidence/types/evidence.go
+++ b/x/evidence/types/evidence.go
@@ -13,19 +13,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Evidence type constants
-const (
-	RouteEquivocation = "equivocation"
-	TypeEquivocation  = "equivocation"
-)
+const RouteEquivocation = "equivocation"
 
 var _ exported.Evidence = &Equivocation{}
 
 // Route returns the Evidence Handler route for an Equivocation type.
 func (e *Equivocation) Route() string { return RouteEquivocation }
 
-// Type returns the Evidence Handler type for an Equivocation type.
-func (e *Equivocation) Type() string { return TypeEquivocation }
-
 // Hash returns the hash of an Equivocation object.
 func (e *Equivocation) Hash() tmbytes.HexBytes {
 	bz, err := e.Marshal()
diff --git a/x/evidence/types/evidence_test.go b/x/evidence/types/evidence_test.go
index c80d9417f59..2ce7985d8d3 100644
--- a/x/evidence/types/evidence_test.go
+++ b/x/evidence/types/evidence_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ func TestEquivocation_Valid(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, e.GetTime(), e.Time)
 	require.Equal(t, e.GetConsensusAddress().String(), e.ConsensusAddress)
 	require.Equal(t, e.GetHeight(), e.Height)
-	require.Equal(t, e.Type(), types.TypeEquivocation)
 	require.Equal(t, e.Route(), types.RouteEquivocation)
 	require.Equal(t, e.Hash().String(), "1E10F9267BEA3A9A4AB5302C2C510CC1AFD7C54E232DA5B2E3360DFAFACF7A76")
 	require.Equal(t, "height:100 time:<seconds:1136214245 > power:1000000 consensus_address:\"cosmosvalcons1vehk7h6lta047h6lta047h6lta047h6l8m4r53\" ", e.String())
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ func TestEquivocation_Valid(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, e.Time, e.GetTime())
 	require.Equal(t, e.ConsensusAddress, e.GetConsensusAddress().String())
 	require.Equal(t, e.Height, e.GetHeight())
-	require.Equal(t, types.TypeEquivocation, e.Type())
 	require.Equal(t, types.RouteEquivocation, e.Route())
 	require.Equal(t, "1E10F9267BEA3A9A4AB5302C2C510CC1AFD7C54E232DA5B2E3360DFAFACF7A76", e.Hash().String())
 	require.Equal(t, "height:100 time:<seconds:1136214245 > power:1000000 consensus_address:\"cosmosvalcons1vehk7h6lta047h6lta047h6lta047h6l8m4r53\" ", e.String())
diff --git a/x/evidence/types/genesis_test.go b/x/evidence/types/genesis_test.go
index 425aceb8b90..36b4e42e672 100644
--- a/x/evidence/types/genesis_test.go
+++ b/x/evidence/types/genesis_test.go
@@ -168,10 +168,6 @@ func (*TestEvidence) Route() string {
 	return "test-route"
 }
 
-func (*TestEvidence) Type() string {
-	return "test-type"
-}
-
 func (*TestEvidence) ProtoMessage() {}
 func (*TestEvidence) Reset()        {}