diff --git a/x/auxiliary/keeper/msg_server.go b/x/auxiliary/keeper/msg_server.go
index 4ef1b2237..d68d68afe 100644
--- a/x/auxiliary/keeper/msg_server.go
+++ b/x/auxiliary/keeper/msg_server.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/baseapp"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 
 	"github.com/axelarnetwork/axelar-core/utils/events"
@@ -15,13 +14,11 @@ import (
 var _ types.MsgServiceServer = msgServer{}
 
 type msgServer struct {
-	cdc    codec.Codec
 	router *baseapp.MsgServiceRouter
 }
 
-func NewMsgServer(cdc codec.Codec, msgServiceRouter *baseapp.MsgServiceRouter) types.MsgServiceServer {
+func NewMsgServer(msgServiceRouter *baseapp.MsgServiceRouter) types.MsgServiceServer {
 	return msgServer{
-		cdc,
 		msgServiceRouter,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/x/auxiliary/keeper/msg_server_test.go b/x/auxiliary/keeper/msg_server_test.go
index 0e0892e6b..9a20725d0 100644
--- a/x/auxiliary/keeper/msg_server_test.go
+++ b/x/auxiliary/keeper/msg_server_test.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func TestBatching(t *testing.T) {
 			return votetypes.NewVoteRequest(sender, vote.PollID(rand.PosI64()), evmTypes.NewVoteEvents(nexus.ChainName(rand.NormalizedStr(3))))
 		}, int(rand2.I64Between(2, 10)))
 
-		msgServer = keeper.NewMsgServer(appParams.MakeEncodingConfig().Codec, msgServiceRouter)
+		msgServer = keeper.NewMsgServer(msgServiceRouter)
 	})
 
 	withBatchRequest := func() GivenStatement {
diff --git a/x/auxiliary/module.go b/x/auxiliary/module.go
index eaf5cb29a..b8eb02318 100644
--- a/x/auxiliary/module.go
+++ b/x/auxiliary/module.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func (am AppModule) RegisterServices(cfg module.Configurator) {
 		return ctx.Logger().With("module", fmt.Sprintf("x/%s", types.ModuleName))
 	}
 
-	types.RegisterMsgServiceServer(grpc.ServerWithSDKErrors{Server: cfg.MsgServer(), Err: types.ErrAuxiliary, Logger: logger}, keeper.NewMsgServer(am.cdc, am.router))
+	types.RegisterMsgServiceServer(grpc.ServerWithSDKErrors{Server: cfg.MsgServer(), Err: types.ErrAuxiliary, Logger: logger}, keeper.NewMsgServer(am.router))
 }
 
 // BeginBlock executes all state transitions this module requires at the beginning of each new block
diff --git a/x/auxiliary/types/msg_batch.go b/x/auxiliary/types/msg_batch.go
index 158799eff..a9cf1d463 100644
--- a/x/auxiliary/types/msg_batch.go
+++ b/x/auxiliary/types/msg_batch.go
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ func (m BatchRequest) ValidateBasic() error {
 			return sdkerrors.Wrap(sdkerrors.ErrInvalidRequest, "message signer mismatch")
 		}
 
-		if !equalAccAddresses(msg.GetSigners(), m.GetSigners()) {
-			return sdkerrors.Wrap(sdkerrors.ErrInvalidRequest, "message signer mismatch")
-		}
-
 		if err := msg.ValidateBasic(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/x/auxiliary/types/msg_batch_test.go b/x/auxiliary/types/msg_batch_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..620124aa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/auxiliary/types/msg_batch_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package types_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	"github.com/axelarnetwork/axelar-core/testutils/rand"
+	"github.com/axelarnetwork/axelar-core/x/auxiliary/types"
+	evmtypes "github.com/axelarnetwork/axelar-core/x/evm/types"
+)
+
+func TestBatchRequest_ValidateBasic(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("should fail with nested batch", func(t *testing.T) {
+		sender := rand.AccAddr()
+
+		linkRequest := evmtypes.NewLinkRequest(sender, rand.NormalizedStr(5), rand.NormalizedStr(5), rand.NormalizedStr(5), rand.NormalizedStr(5))
+		batch := types.NewBatchRequest(sender, []sdk.Msg{linkRequest})
+		message := types.NewBatchRequest(sender, []sdk.Msg{linkRequest, batch})
+
+		assert.ErrorContains(t, message.ValidateBasic(), "nested batch")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("should fail with different signers", func(t *testing.T) {
+
+		message := types.NewBatchRequest(rand.AccAddr(), []sdk.Msg{
+			evmtypes.NewLinkRequest(rand.AccAddr(), rand.NormalizedStr(5), rand.NormalizedStr(5), rand.NormalizedStr(5), rand.NormalizedStr(5)),
+		})
+
+		assert.ErrorContains(t, message.ValidateBasic(), "message signer mismatch")
+	})
+}