diff --git a/x/wasm/keeper/keeper.go b/x/wasm/keeper/keeper.go
index 2b1ac57688..1c53fbdb4c 100644
--- a/x/wasm/keeper/keeper.go
+++ b/x/wasm/keeper/keeper.go
@@ -482,28 +482,28 @@ func (k Keeper) migrate(
 		contractInfo.IBCPortID = ibcPort
 	}
 
-	env := types.NewEnv(sdkCtx, contractAddress)
-
-	// prepare querier
-	querier := k.newQueryHandler(sdkCtx, contractAddress)
-
-	prefixStoreKey := types.GetContractStorePrefix(contractAddress)
-	vmStore := types.NewStoreAdapter(prefix.NewStore(runtime.KVStoreAdapter(k.storeService.OpenKVStore(sdkCtx)), prefixStoreKey))
-	gasLeft := k.runtimeGasForContract(sdkCtx)
-	res, gasUsed, err := k.wasmVM.Migrate(newCodeInfo.CodeHash, env, msg, vmStore, cosmwasmAPI, &querier, k.gasMeter(sdkCtx), gasLeft, costJSONDeserialization)
-	k.consumeRuntimeGas(sdkCtx, gasUsed)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errorsmod.Wrap(types.ErrVMError, err.Error())
-	}
-	if res == nil {
-		// If this gets executed, that's a bug in wasmvm
-		return nil, errorsmod.Wrap(types.ErrVMError, "internal wasmvm error")
-	}
-	if res.Err != "" {
-		return nil, types.MarkErrorDeterministic(errorsmod.Wrap(types.ErrMigrationFailed, res.Err))
-	}
+	// env := types.NewEnv(sdkCtx, contractAddress)
+
+	// // prepare querier
+	// querier := k.newQueryHandler(sdkCtx, contractAddress)
+
+	// prefixStoreKey := types.GetContractStorePrefix(contractAddress)
+	// vmStore := types.NewStoreAdapter(prefix.NewStore(runtime.KVStoreAdapter(k.storeService.OpenKVStore(sdkCtx)), prefixStoreKey))
+	// gasLeft := k.runtimeGasForContract(sdkCtx)
+	// res, gasUsed, err := k.wasmVM.Migrate(newCodeInfo.CodeHash, env, msg, vmStore, cosmwasmAPI, &querier, k.gasMeter(sdkCtx), gasLeft, costJSONDeserialization)
+	// k.consumeRuntimeGas(sdkCtx, gasUsed)
+	// if err != nil {
+	// 	return nil, errorsmod.Wrap(types.ErrVMError, err.Error())
+	// }
+	// if res == nil {
+	// 	// If this gets executed, that's a bug in wasmvm
+	// 	return nil, errorsmod.Wrap(types.ErrVMError, "internal wasmvm error")
+	// }
+	// if res.Err != "" {
+	// 	return nil, types.MarkErrorDeterministic(errorsmod.Wrap(types.ErrMigrationFailed, res.Err))
+	// }
 	// delete old secondary index entry
-	err = k.removeFromContractCodeSecondaryIndex(ctx, contractAddress, k.mustGetLastContractHistoryEntry(sdkCtx, contractAddress))
+	err := k.removeFromContractCodeSecondaryIndex(ctx, contractAddress, k.mustGetLastContractHistoryEntry(sdkCtx, contractAddress))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -525,13 +525,13 @@ func (k Keeper) migrate(
 		sdk.NewAttribute(types.AttributeKeyContractAddr, contractAddress.String()),
 	))
 
-	sdkCtx = types.WithSubMsgAuthzPolicy(sdkCtx, authZ.SubMessageAuthorizationPolicy(types.AuthZActionMigrateContract))
-	data, err := k.handleContractResponse(sdkCtx, contractAddress, contractInfo.IBCPortID, res.Ok.Messages, res.Ok.Attributes, res.Ok.Data, res.Ok.Events)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errorsmod.Wrap(err, "dispatch")
-	}
+	// sdkCtx = types.WithSubMsgAuthzPolicy(sdkCtx, authZ.SubMessageAuthorizationPolicy(types.AuthZActionMigrateContract))
+	// data, err := k.handleContractResponse(sdkCtx, contractAddress, contractInfo.IBCPortID, res.Ok.Messages, res.Ok.Attributes, res.Ok.Data, res.Ok.Events)
+	// if err != nil {
+	// 	return nil, errorsmod.Wrap(err, "dispatch")
+	// }
 
-	return data, nil
+	return []byte{}, nil
 }
 
 // Sudo allows privileged access to a contract. This can never be called by an external tx, but only by