diff --git a/x/opchild/keeper/abci_listener.go b/x/opchild/keeper/abci_listener.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35a75f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/opchild/keeper/abci_listener.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package keeper
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"sync"
+
+	abci "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/abci/types"
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/baseapp"
+	store "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/store/types"
+)
+
+var _ baseapp.StreamingService = &ABCIListener{}
+
+// ABCIListener is the abci listener to check whether current block is empty or not.
+type ABCIListener struct {
+	emptyBlock bool
+	*Keeper
+}
+
+func newABCIListener(k *Keeper) ABCIListener {
+	return ABCIListener{emptyBlock: true, Keeper: k}
+}
+
+// ListenDeliverTx updates the steaming service with the latest DeliverTx messages
+func (listener *ABCIListener) ListenDeliverTx(ctx context.Context, _ abci.RequestDeliverTx, _ abci.ResponseDeliverTx) error {
+	listener.emptyBlock = false
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Stream is the streaming service loop, awaits kv pairs and writes them to some destination stream or file
+func (listener *ABCIListener) Stream(wg *sync.WaitGroup) error { return nil }
+
+// Listeners returns the streaming service's listeners for the BaseApp to register
+func (listener *ABCIListener) Listeners() map[store.StoreKey][]store.WriteListener { return nil }
+
+// ListenBeginBlock updates the streaming service with the latest BeginBlock messages
+func (listener *ABCIListener) ListenBeginBlock(ctx context.Context, req abci.RequestBeginBlock, res abci.ResponseBeginBlock) error {
+	listener.emptyBlock = true
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ListenEndBlock updates the steaming service with the latest EndBlock messages
+func (listener *ABCIListener) ListenEndBlock(ctx context.Context, req abci.RequestEndBlock, res abci.ResponseEndBlock) error {
+
+	// if a block is empty, then remove historical info.
+	sdkCtx := sdk.UnwrapSDKContext(ctx)
+	if listener.emptyBlock && sdkCtx.BlockHeight() != 1 {
+		listener.DeleteHistoricalInfo(sdkCtx, sdkCtx.BlockHeight())
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ListenCommit updates the steaming service with the latest Commit event
+func (listener *ABCIListener) ListenCommit(ctx context.Context, res abci.ResponseCommit) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Closer is the interface that wraps the basic Close method.
+func (listener *ABCIListener) Close() error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/x/opchild/keeper/val_state_change.go b/x/opchild/keeper/val_state_change.go
index 62900af5..1f733150 100644
--- a/x/opchild/keeper/val_state_change.go
+++ b/x/opchild/keeper/val_state_change.go
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@ func (k Keeper) BlockValidatorUpdates(ctx sdk.Context) []abci.ValidatorUpdate {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	// if there is no validator updates,
-	// delete tracking info to prevent empty block creation.
-	if len(updates) == 0 {
-		k.DeleteHistoricalInfo(ctx, ctx.BlockHeight())
-	}
-
 	return updates
 }