diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 8564d5f0..96e73695 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ func NewMigalooApp(
 	app.IBCHooksKeeper = &hooksKeeper
 
 	migalooPrefix := sdk.GetConfig().GetBech32AccountAddrPrefix()
-	wasmHooks := ibchooks.NewWasmHooks(app.IBCHooksKeeper, app.ContractKeeper, wasmkeeper.NewDefaultPermissionKeeper(app.WasmKeeper), migalooPrefix) // The contract keeper
+	wasmHooks := ibchooks.NewWasmHooks(app.IBCHooksKeeper, nil, migalooPrefix) // The contract keeper needs to be set later
 
 	app.Ics20WasmHooks = &wasmHooks
 	app.HooksICS4Wrapper = ibchooks.NewICS4Middleware(
diff --git a/x/ibchooks/wasm_hook.go b/x/ibchooks/wasm_hook.go
index b7289499..446c3787 100644
--- a/x/ibchooks/wasm_hook.go
+++ b/x/ibchooks/wasm_hook.go
@@ -28,15 +28,13 @@ type ContractAck struct {
 }
 
 type WasmHooks struct {
-	WasmKeeper          wasmtypes.ContractOpsKeeper
 	ContractKeeper      *wasmkeeper.PermissionedKeeper
 	ibcHooksKeeper      *keeper.Keeper
 	bech32PrefixAccAddr string
 }
 
-func NewWasmHooks(ibcHooksKeeper *keeper.Keeper, contractKeeper *wasmkeeper.PermissionedKeeper, wasmKeeper wasmtypes.ContractOpsKeeper, bech32PrefixAccAddr string) WasmHooks {
+func NewWasmHooks(ibcHooksKeeper *keeper.Keeper, contractKeeper *wasmkeeper.PermissionedKeeper, bech32PrefixAccAddr string) WasmHooks {
 	return WasmHooks{
-		WasmKeeper:          wasmKeeper,
 		ContractKeeper:      contractKeeper,
 		ibcHooksKeeper:      ibcHooksKeeper,
 		bech32PrefixAccAddr: bech32PrefixAccAddr,
@@ -132,7 +130,7 @@ func (h WasmHooks) execWasmMsg(ctx sdk.Context, execMsg *wasmtypes.MsgExecuteCon
 	if err := execMsg.ValidateBasic(); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf(types.ErrBadExecutionMsg, err.Error())
 	}
-	wasmMsgServer := wasmkeeper.NewMsgServerImpl(h.WasmKeeper)
+	wasmMsgServer := wasmkeeper.NewMsgServerImpl(h.ContractKeeper)
 	return wasmMsgServer.ExecuteContract(sdk.WrapSDKContext(ctx), execMsg)
 }