diff --git a/x/gov/keeper/deposit.go b/x/gov/keeper/deposit.go
index 423679998..4fcf26390 100644
--- a/x/gov/keeper/deposit.go
+++ b/x/gov/keeper/deposit.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func (keeper Keeper) AddDeposit(ctx sdk.Context, proposalID uint64, depositorAdd
 	// Check if deposit has provided sufficient total funds to transition the proposal into the voting period
 	activatedVotingPeriod := false
 	if proposal.Status == types.StatusDepositPeriod && proposal.TotalDeposit.IsAllGTE(keeper.GetDepositParams(ctx).MinDeposit) {
-		keeper.activateVotingPeriod(ctx, proposal)
+		keeper.ActivateVotingPeriod(ctx, proposal)
 		activatedVotingPeriod = true
 	}
 
diff --git a/x/gov/keeper/keeper_test.go b/x/gov/keeper/keeper_test.go
index e824760d1..0d2f424dd 100644
--- a/x/gov/keeper/keeper_test.go
+++ b/x/gov/keeper/keeper_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package keeper_test
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov/types"
+
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/simapp"
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
 
@@ -24,3 +26,31 @@ func TestIncrementProposalNumber(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.Equal(t, uint64(6), proposal6.ProposalID)
 }
+
+func TestProposalQueues(t *testing.T) {
+	app := simapp.Setup(false)
+	ctx := app.BaseApp.NewContext(false, abci.Header{})
+
+	// create test proposals
+	tp := TestProposal
+	proposal, err := app.GovKeeper.SubmitProposal(ctx, tp)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	inactiveIterator := app.GovKeeper.InactiveProposalQueueIterator(ctx, proposal.DepositEndTime)
+	require.True(t, inactiveIterator.Valid())
+
+	proposalID := types.GetProposalIDFromBytes(inactiveIterator.Value())
+	require.Equal(t, proposalID, proposal.ProposalID)
+	inactiveIterator.Close()
+
+	app.GovKeeper.ActivateVotingPeriod(ctx, proposal)
+
+	proposal, ok := app.GovKeeper.GetProposal(ctx, proposal.ProposalID)
+	require.True(t, ok)
+
+	activeIterator := app.GovKeeper.ActiveProposalQueueIterator(ctx, proposal.VotingEndTime)
+	require.True(t, activeIterator.Valid())
+	app.Codec().UnmarshalBinaryLengthPrefixed(activeIterator.Value(), &proposalID)
+	require.Equal(t, proposalID, proposal.ProposalID)
+	activeIterator.Close()
+}
diff --git a/x/gov/keeper/old_keeper_test.go b/x/gov/keeper/old_keeper_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b21f3eac..000000000
--- a/x/gov/keeper/old_keeper_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-package keeper
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov/types"
-)
-
-func TestProposalQueues(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx, _, _, keeper, _, _ := createTestInput(t, false, 100) // nolint: dogsled
-
-	// create test proposals
-	tp := TestProposal
-	proposal, err := keeper.SubmitProposal(ctx, tp)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	inactiveIterator := keeper.InactiveProposalQueueIterator(ctx, proposal.DepositEndTime)
-	require.True(t, inactiveIterator.Valid())
-
-	proposalID := types.GetProposalIDFromBytes(inactiveIterator.Value())
-	require.Equal(t, proposalID, proposal.ProposalID)
-	inactiveIterator.Close()
-
-	keeper.activateVotingPeriod(ctx, proposal)
-
-	proposal, ok := keeper.GetProposal(ctx, proposal.ProposalID)
-	require.True(t, ok)
-
-	activeIterator := keeper.ActiveProposalQueueIterator(ctx, proposal.VotingEndTime)
-	require.True(t, activeIterator.Valid())
-	keeper.cdc.UnmarshalBinaryLengthPrefixed(activeIterator.Value(), &proposalID)
-	require.Equal(t, proposalID, proposal.ProposalID)
-	activeIterator.Close()
-}
diff --git a/x/gov/keeper/proposal.go b/x/gov/keeper/proposal.go
index c5d569314..70435ea58 100644
--- a/x/gov/keeper/proposal.go
+++ b/x/gov/keeper/proposal.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func (keeper Keeper) SetProposalID(ctx sdk.Context, proposalID uint64) {
 	store.Set(types.ProposalIDKey, types.GetProposalIDBytes(proposalID))
 }
 
-func (keeper Keeper) activateVotingPeriod(ctx sdk.Context, proposal types.Proposal) {
+func (keeper Keeper) ActivateVotingPeriod(ctx sdk.Context, proposal types.Proposal) {
 	proposal.VotingStartTime = ctx.BlockHeader().Time
 	votingPeriod := keeper.GetVotingParams(ctx).VotingPeriod
 	proposal.VotingEndTime = proposal.VotingStartTime.Add(votingPeriod)
diff --git a/x/gov/keeper/proposal_test.go b/x/gov/keeper/proposal_test.go
index 5848e0d75..ca345ad9f 100644
--- a/x/gov/keeper/proposal_test.go
+++ b/x/gov/keeper/proposal_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestActivateVotingPeriod(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.True(t, proposal.VotingStartTime.Equal(time.Time{}))
 
-	keeper.activateVotingPeriod(ctx, proposal)
+	keeper.ActivateVotingPeriod(ctx, proposal)
 
 	require.True(t, proposal.VotingStartTime.Equal(ctx.BlockHeader().Time))