diff --git a/.pending/bugfixes/sdk/4307-https-github-co b/.pending/bugfixes/sdk/4307-https-github-co
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8cdf73bb1a0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pending/bugfixes/sdk/4307-https-github-co
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[#4307](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/4307) Don't pass height to RPC calls as
+Tendermint will automatically use the latest height.
diff --git a/client/rpc/block.go b/client/rpc/block.go
index 6d6e0a9fd00e..dcee67b8640f 100644
--- a/client/rpc/block.go
+++ b/client/rpc/block.go
@@ -137,16 +137,12 @@ func BlockRequestHandlerFn(cliCtx context.CLIContext) http.HandlerFunc {
 // REST handler to get the latest block
 func LatestBlockRequestHandlerFn(cliCtx context.CLIContext) http.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		height, err := GetChainHeight(cliCtx)
-		if err != nil {
-			rest.WriteErrorResponse(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error())
-			return
-		}
-		output, err := getBlock(cliCtx, &height)
+		output, err := getBlock(cliCtx, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			rest.WriteErrorResponse(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error())
 			return
 		}
+
 		rest.PostProcessResponse(w, cdc, output, cliCtx.Indent)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/client/rpc/validators.go b/client/rpc/validators.go
index 0c81f8151646..5e2a2b817c41 100644
--- a/client/rpc/validators.go
+++ b/client/rpc/validators.go
@@ -182,17 +182,12 @@ func ValidatorSetRequestHandlerFn(cliCtx context.CLIContext) http.HandlerFunc {
 // Latest Validator Set REST handler
 func LatestValidatorSetRequestHandlerFn(cliCtx context.CLIContext) http.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		height, err := GetChainHeight(cliCtx)
+		output, err := GetValidators(cliCtx, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			rest.WriteErrorResponse(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error())
 			return
 		}
 
-		output, err := GetValidators(cliCtx, &height)
-		if err != nil {
-			rest.WriteErrorResponse(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error())
-			return
-		}
 		rest.PostProcessResponse(w, cdc, output, cliCtx.Indent)
 	}
 }