diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 508e24d7..73655981 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # Governance
 
-**TODO:** Remove 'target' from instantiate msg an update this README.
-
 This is a base implementation of governance contract for Harbor Protocol . The contract can be extended to be used by other protocol with relatively same proposal execution behaviour.
 
 The contract uses the binding from package/bindings in the root directory to interact with Comdex Native Modules for Queries and Messages.
@@ -16,7 +14,6 @@ instantiate this contract.
 pub struct InstantiateMsg {
     pub threshold: Threshold,
     pub locking_contract: Addr,
-    pub target: String,
 }
 ```
 
@@ -404,4 +401,4 @@ AppGovConfig {
 
 * `proposal_count` - Count of proposals for the application.
 * `current_supply` - Total supply of the governance token.
-* `active_participation_supply` - Total weight of the participated votes.
\ No newline at end of file
+* `active_participation_supply` - Total weight of the participated votes.
diff --git a/contracts/governance/src/contract.rs b/contracts/governance/src/contract.rs
index 088ff8d9..3204dbfe 100644
--- a/contracts/governance/src/contract.rs
+++ b/contracts/governance/src/contract.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ pub fn instantiate(
     set_contract_version(deps.storage, CONTRACT_NAME, CONTRACT_VERSION)?;
     let cfg = Config {
         threshold: msg.threshold,
-        target: msg.target,
         locking_contract: deps.api.addr_validate(msg.locking_contract.as_str())?,
     };
     CONFIG.save(deps.storage, &cfg)?;
@@ -1001,7 +1000,6 @@ mod tests {
                 threshold: Decimal::one(),
                 quorum: Decimal::one(),
             },
-            target: String::new(),
             locking_contract: Addr::unchecked(""),
         };
         let result =
@@ -1018,7 +1016,6 @@ mod tests {
 
         let not_acceptable_msg1 = InstantiateMsg {
             threshold: Threshold::AbsoluteCount { weight: 10 },
-            target: Duration::Height(3).to_string(),
             locking_contract: Addr::unchecked("locking_contract"),
         };
 
@@ -1026,7 +1023,6 @@ mod tests {
             threshold: Threshold::AbsolutePercentage {
                 percentage: Decimal::percent(50),
             },
-            target: Duration::Height(3).to_string(),
             locking_contract: Addr::unchecked("locking_contract"),
         };
 
@@ -1035,7 +1031,6 @@ mod tests {
                 threshold: Decimal::percent(50),
                 quorum: Decimal::percent(33),
             },
-            target: Duration::Height(3).to_string(),
             locking_contract: Addr::unchecked("locking_contract"),
         };
 
@@ -1425,7 +1420,6 @@ mod tests {
                 threshold: Decimal::percent(50),
                 quorum: Decimal::percent(33),
             },
-            target: Duration::Height(3).to_string(),
             locking_contract: Addr::unchecked("locking_contract"),
         };
         instantiate(deps.as_mut(), mock_env(), info.clone(), expected_msg).unwrap();
@@ -1502,7 +1496,6 @@ mod tests {
                 threshold: Decimal::percent(50),
                 quorum: Decimal::percent(33),
             },
-            target: Duration::Height(3).to_string(),
             locking_contract: Addr::unchecked("locking_contract"),
         };
         instantiate(deps.as_mut(), mock_env(), info.clone(), expected_msg).unwrap();
@@ -1630,7 +1623,6 @@ mod tests {
                 threshold: Decimal::percent(50),
                 quorum: Decimal::percent(33),
             },
-            target: Duration::Height(3).to_string(),
             locking_contract: Addr::unchecked("locking_contract"),
         };
         _ = CONFIG.save(&mut deps.storage, &cfg);
@@ -1687,7 +1679,6 @@ mod tests {
                 threshold: Decimal::one(),
                 quorum: Decimal::one(),
             },
-            target: String::new(),
             locking_contract: Addr::unchecked("locking-contract"),
         };
         let sender = Addr::unchecked("sender");
@@ -1774,7 +1765,6 @@ mod tests {
                 threshold: Decimal::one(),
                 quorum: Decimal::one(),
             },
-            target: String::new(),
             locking_contract: Addr::unchecked("locking-contract"),
         };
         let sender = Addr::unchecked("sender");
@@ -1843,7 +1833,6 @@ mod tests {
                 threshold: Decimal::one(),
                 quorum: Decimal::one(),
             },
-            target: String::new(),
             locking_contract: Addr::unchecked("locking-contract"),
         };
         let sender = Addr::unchecked("sender");
diff --git a/contracts/governance/src/msg.rs b/contracts/governance/src/msg.rs
index c5bdb564..e4ceb6f7 100644
--- a/contracts/governance/src/msg.rs
+++ b/contracts/governance/src/msg.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::state::Votes;
 use comdex_bindings::ComdexMessages;
-use cosmwasm_std::{Addr, Decimal, Timestamp,Uint128};
+use cosmwasm_std::{Addr, Decimal, Timestamp, Uint128};
 use cw3::{Status, Vote};
 use cw_utils::{Duration, Expiration, Threshold};
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 pub struct InstantiateMsg {
     pub threshold: Threshold,
     pub locking_contract: Addr,
-    pub target: String,
 }
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq, JsonSchema, Debug,Eq)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq, JsonSchema, Debug, Eq)]
 pub struct Voter {
     pub addr: String,
     pub weight: u64,
diff --git a/contracts/governance/src/state.rs b/contracts/governance/src/state.rs
index ac36f44d..c335fd4e 100644
--- a/contracts/governance/src/state.rs
+++ b/contracts/governance/src/state.rs
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@ const PRECISION_FACTOR: u128 = 1_000_000_000;
 pub struct Config {
     pub threshold: Threshold,
     pub locking_contract: Addr,
-    pub target: String,
 }
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq, JsonSchema, Debug,Eq)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq, JsonSchema, Debug, Eq)]
 pub struct AppGovConfig {
     pub proposal_count: u64,
 
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ pub struct AppProposalConfig {
     pub proposal: Proposal,
 }
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq, JsonSchema, Debug,Eq)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq, JsonSchema, Debug, Eq)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
 pub struct TokenSupply {
     // total token in the system.
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ impl Proposal {
 }
 
 // weight of votes for each option
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq, JsonSchema, Debug,Eq)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq, JsonSchema, Debug, Eq)]
 pub struct Votes {
     pub yes: u128,
     pub no: u128,