diff --git a/contracts/sei-tester/Cargo.toml b/contracts/sei-tester/Cargo.toml
index e5ddbd1..1b901f9 100644
--- a/contracts/sei-tester/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/sei-tester/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ serde_json = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 base64 = { version = "0.13.0" }
 thiserror = { version = "1.0.31" }
 protobuf = { version = "3.2.0", features = ["with-bytes"] }
-ethaddr = "0.2.2"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 cosmwasm-schema = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/contracts/sei-tester/src/contract.rs b/contracts/sei-tester/src/contract.rs
index 9bd1b11..bfe959d 100644
--- a/contracts/sei-tester/src/contract.rs
+++ b/contracts/sei-tester/src/contract.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use cosmwasm_std::to_json_binary;
-#[cfg(not(feature = "library"))]
+// #[cfg(not(feature = "library"))]
 use cosmwasm_std::{
     coin, entry_point, Attribute, BankMsg, Binary, Coin, Decimal, Deps, DepsMut, Env, MessageInfo,
     Order as IteratorOrder, Reply, Response, StdError, StdResult, SubMsg, SubMsgResponse, Uint128,
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use crate::{
     state::{PARALLEL_VALS, USER_SUMS, VALUES},
     types::{OrderData, PositionEffect},
 };
-use ethaddr::Address;
 use protobuf::Message;
 use sei_cosmwasm::{
     BulkOrderPlacementsResponse, Cancellation, DenomAuthorityMetadataResponse, DenomUnit,
@@ -573,12 +572,8 @@ pub fn query_sei_address(
     deps: Deps<SeiQueryWrapper>,
     evm_address: String,
 ) -> StdResult<SeiAddressResponse> {
-    let valid_addr = match Address::from_str_checksum(&*evm_address) {
-        Ok(addr) => addr,
-        Err(_) => return Err(StdError::generic_err("Failed to parse Ethereum address")),
-    };
     let querier = SeiQuerier::new(&deps.querier);
-    let res = querier.get_sei_address(valid_addr.to_string())?;
+    let res = querier.get_sei_address(evm_address)?;
 
     Ok(res)
 }
diff --git a/contracts/sei-tester/tests/sei_tester_integration_tests.rs b/contracts/sei-tester/tests/sei_tester_integration_tests.rs
index f12c48b..4e35413 100644
--- a/contracts/sei-tester/tests/sei_tester_integration_tests.rs
+++ b/contracts/sei-tester/tests/sei_tester_integration_tests.rs
@@ -1012,21 +1012,4 @@ fn test_sei_address_query() {
         associated: false,
     };
     assert_eq!(res, expected_res);
-
-    // Test error case when EVM address is invalid
-    let res: Result<SeiAddressResponse, StdError> = app.wrap().query_wasm_smart(
-        sei_tester_addr.clone(),
-        &QueryMsg::GetSeiAddressByEvmAddress {
-            evm_address: "fakeaddress".to_string(),
-        },
-    );
-
-    assert!(res.is_err());
-
-    let err = res.expect_err("Expected an error because the EVM address is invalid");
-    assert_eq!(
-        err.to_string(),
-        "Generic error: Querier contract error: Generic error: Failed to parse Ethereum \
-               address"
-    );
 }