diff --git a/x/distribution/client/cli/cli_test.go b/x/distribution/client/cli/cli_test.go
index 8d76c3ee4..6ca3f4403 100644
--- a/x/distribution/client/cli/cli_test.go
+++ b/x/distribution/client/cli/cli_test.go
@@ -820,6 +820,7 @@ func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) TestGetCmdSubmitProposal() {
 
 		s.Run(tc.name, func() {
 			cmd := cli.GetCmdSubmitProposal()
+			flags.AddTxFlagsToCmd(cmd)
 			_, out := testutil.ApplyMockIO(cmd)
 
 			clientCtx := val.ClientCtx.WithOutput(out)
diff --git a/x/distribution/client/cli/tx.go b/x/distribution/client/cli/tx.go
index 3842bb5bb..170814dea 100644
--- a/x/distribution/client/cli/tx.go
+++ b/x/distribution/client/cli/tx.go
@@ -318,7 +318,5 @@ Where proposal.json contains:
 		},
 	}
 
-	flags.AddTxFlagsToCmd(cmd)
-
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/x/gov/client/cli/tx.go b/x/gov/client/cli/tx.go
index e581ec39f..5f04d9184 100644
--- a/x/gov/client/cli/tx.go
+++ b/x/gov/client/cli/tx.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ func NewTxCmd(propCmds []*cobra.Command) *cobra.Command {
 
 	cmdSubmitProp := NewCmdSubmitProposal()
 	for _, propCmd := range propCmds {
+		flags.AddTxFlagsToCmd(propCmd)
 		cmdSubmitProp.AddCommand(propCmd)
 	}
 
diff --git a/x/upgrade/client/cli/tx.go b/x/upgrade/client/cli/tx.go
index 877600713..cbc459769 100644
--- a/x/upgrade/client/cli/tx.go
+++ b/x/upgrade/client/cli/tx.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/tx"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov/client/cli"
@@ -146,7 +145,6 @@ func NewCmdSubmitCancelUpgradeProposal() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().String(cli.FlagDeposit, "", "deposit of proposal")
 	cmd.MarkFlagRequired(cli.FlagTitle)
 	cmd.MarkFlagRequired(cli.FlagDescription)
-	flags.AddTxFlagsToCmd(cmd)
 
 	return cmd
 }