diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 9fa8a3398ac3..29c3e352b6ab 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -119,3 +119,5 @@ linters-settings:
       - regexpMust
       - appendAssign
       - ifElseChain
+  unused:
+    local-variables-are-used: false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/simapp/export.go b/simapp/export.go
index 28d15f507a9b..9600132dfedf 100644
--- a/simapp/export.go
+++ b/simapp/export.go
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ func (app *SimApp) prepForZeroHeightGenesis(ctx sdk.Context, jailAllowedAddrs []
 	// update bond intra-tx counters.
 	store := ctx.KVStore(app.GetKey(stakingtypes.StoreKey))
 	iter := storetypes.KVStoreReversePrefixIterator(store, stakingtypes.ValidatorsKey)
-	counter := int16(0)
 
 	for ; iter.Valid(); iter.Next() {
 		addr := sdk.ValAddress(stakingtypes.AddressFromValidatorsKey(iter.Key()))
@@ -238,7 +237,6 @@ func (app *SimApp) prepForZeroHeightGenesis(ctx sdk.Context, jailAllowedAddrs []
 		if err = app.StakingKeeper.SetValidator(ctx, validator); err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
-		counter++
 	}
 
 	if err := iter.Close(); err != nil {
diff --git a/store/cachekv/store_test.go b/store/cachekv/store_test.go
index 2885e7125476..de03b04ba3fa 100644
--- a/store/cachekv/store_test.go
+++ b/store/cachekv/store_test.go
@@ -552,7 +552,6 @@ func assertIterateDomainCheck(t *testing.T, st types.KVStore, mem corestore.KVSt
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	krc := newKeyRangeCounter(r)
-	i := 0
 
 	for ; krc.valid(); krc.next() {
 		require.True(t, itr.Valid())
@@ -569,7 +568,6 @@ func assertIterateDomainCheck(t *testing.T, st types.KVStore, mem corestore.KVSt
 
 		itr.Next()
 		itr2.Next()
-		i++
 	}
 
 	require.False(t, itr.Valid())
diff --git a/types/mempool/priority_nonce_test.go b/types/mempool/priority_nonce_test.go
index 3bfd7e4ba86c..73d61cb9c2e9 100644
--- a/types/mempool/priority_nonce_test.go
+++ b/types/mempool/priority_nonce_test.go
@@ -540,10 +540,8 @@ func (s *MempoolTestSuite) TestRandomTxOrderManyTimes() {
 // validateOrder checks that the txs are ordered by priority and nonce
 // in O(n^2) time by checking each tx against all the other txs
 func validateOrder(mtxs []sdk.Tx) error {
-	iterations := 0
 	var itxs []txSpec
 	for i, mtx := range mtxs {
-		iterations++
 		tx := mtx.(testTx)
 		itxs = append(itxs, txSpec{p: int(tx.priority), n: int(tx.nonce), a: tx.address, i: i})
 	}
@@ -556,7 +554,6 @@ func validateOrder(mtxs []sdk.Tx) error {
 
 	for _, a := range itxs {
 		for _, b := range itxs {
-			iterations++
 			// when b is before a
 
 			// when a is before b
@@ -574,7 +571,6 @@ func validateOrder(mtxs []sdk.Tx) error {
 					// find a tx with same sender as b and lower nonce
 					found := false
 					for _, c := range itxs {
-						iterations++
 						if c.a.Equals(b.a) && c.n < b.n && c.p <= a.p {
 							found = true
 							break
@@ -588,7 +584,6 @@ func validateOrder(mtxs []sdk.Tx) error {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	// fmt.Printf("validation in iterations: %d\n", iterations)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/x/staking/keeper/query_utils.go b/x/staking/keeper/query_utils.go
index 625984dbd44a..ee0b042b8433 100644
--- a/x/staking/keeper/query_utils.go
+++ b/x/staking/keeper/query_utils.go
@@ -65,12 +65,9 @@ func (k Keeper) GetDelegatorValidator(
 func (k Keeper) GetAllDelegatorDelegations(ctx context.Context, delegator sdk.AccAddress) ([]types.Delegation, error) {
 	delegations := make([]types.Delegation, 0)
 
-	var i int64
 	rng := collections.NewPrefixedPairRange[sdk.AccAddress, sdk.ValAddress](delegator)
 	err := k.Delegations.Walk(ctx, rng, func(key collections.Pair[sdk.AccAddress, sdk.ValAddress], del types.Delegation) (stop bool, err error) {
 		delegations = append(delegations, del)
-		i++
-
 		return false, nil
 	})
 	if err != nil {