diff --git a/server/start.go b/server/start.go
index 1b627d4add..6a70f71458 100644
--- a/server/start.go
+++ b/server/start.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cometbft/cometbft/proxy"
 	rpcclient "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/rpc/client"
 	"github.com/cometbft/cometbft/rpc/client/local"
+	cmttypes "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/types"
 	dbm "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-db"
 
 	ethmetricsexp "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics/exp"
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ import (
 	servercmtlog "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/log"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/types"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	genutiltypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/genutil/types"
 
 	"github.com/evmos/ethermint/indexer"
 	ethdebug "github.com/evmos/ethermint/rpc/namespaces/ethereum/debug"
@@ -363,7 +365,7 @@ func startInProcess(svrCtx *server.Context, clientCtx client.Context, opts Start
 		return err
 	}
 
-	genDocProvider := node.DefaultGenesisDocProviderFunc(cfg)
+	genDocProvider := getGenDocProvider(cfg)
 
 	var (
 		tmNode   *node.Node
@@ -732,3 +734,15 @@ func startRosettaServer(
 	g.Go(rosettaSrv.Start)
 	return nil
 }
+
+// returns a function which returns the genesis doc from the genesis file.
+func getGenDocProvider(cfg *cmtcfg.Config) func() (*cmttypes.GenesisDoc, error) {
+	return func() (*cmttypes.GenesisDoc, error) {
+		appGenesis, err := genutiltypes.AppGenesisFromFile(cfg.GenesisFile())
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		return appGenesis.ToGenesisDoc()
+	}
+}