diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8389cdee7..a316c53f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ Use effective gas price in RefundGas and make sure that units are properly
 reflected on all occurences of "base fee" in the codebase. This fixes [#2059](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/issues/2059)
 and the [related comments from @Unique-Divine and @berndartmueller](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/issues/2059#issuecomment-2408625724).
 - [#2084](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/2084) - feat(evm-forge): foundry support and template for Nibiru EVM develoment
+- [#2088](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/2088) - refactor(evm): remove outdated comment and improper error message text
 
 
 #### Dapp modules: perp, spot, oracle, etc
diff --git a/app/evmante/evmante_gas_consume.go b/app/evmante/evmante_gas_consume.go
index a10ad8f2f..527d6fdaf 100644
--- a/app/evmante/evmante_gas_consume.go
+++ b/app/evmante/evmante_gas_consume.go
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ func (anteDec AnteDecEthGasConsume) AnteHandle(
 	return next(newCtx, tx, simulate)
 }
 
-// deductFee checks if the fee payer has enough funds to pay for the fees and deducts them.
-// If the spendable balance is not enough, it tries to claim enough staking rewards to cover the fees.
+// deductFee checks if the fee payer has enough funds to pay for the fees and
+// deducts them.
 func (anteDec AnteDecEthGasConsume) deductFee(
 	ctx sdk.Context, fees sdk.Coins, feePayer sdk.AccAddress,
 ) error {
@@ -166,9 +166,9 @@ func (anteDec AnteDecEthGasConsume) deductFee(
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	// If the account balance is not sufficient, try to withdraw enough staking rewards
-
-	if err := anteDec.evmKeeper.DeductTxCostsFromUserBalance(ctx, fees, gethcommon.BytesToAddress(feePayer)); err != nil {
+	if err := anteDec.evmKeeper.DeductTxCostsFromUserBalance(
+		ctx, fees, gethcommon.BytesToAddress(feePayer),
+	); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to deduct transaction costs from user balance")
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/x/evm/precompile/oracle.go b/x/evm/precompile/oracle.go
index 7c3a57af5..b7d283ed7 100644
--- a/x/evm/precompile/oracle.go
+++ b/x/evm/precompile/oracle.go
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ func (p precompileOracle) decomposeQueryExchangeRateArgs(args []any) (
 	pair string,
 	err error,
 ) {
-	if len(args) != 1 {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("expected 3 arguments but got %d", len(args))
+	if e := assertNumArgs(len(args), 1); e != nil {
+		err = e
 		return
 	}