diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a790cccba6..1b639f28fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -67,12 +67,15 @@ and this project adheres to
   `ConversionOverflowError` and `DivideByZeroError`. ([#1896])
 - cosmwasm-std: Remove old IBC version and make v3 the default. ([#1875])
 - cosmwasm-storage: Removed, use [cw-storage-plus] instead. ([#1936])
+- cosmwasm-std: Remove `IbcReceiveResponse`'s `Default` implementation. Use
+  `IbcReceiveResponse::new` instead. ([#1942])
 
 [cw-storage-plus]: https://github.com/CosmWasm/cw-storage-plus
 [#1875]: https://github.com/CosmWasm/cosmwasm/pull/1875
 [#1890]: https://github.com/CosmWasm/cosmwasm/pull/1890
 [#1896]: https://github.com/CosmWasm/cosmwasm/pull/1896
 [#1936]: https://github.com/CosmWasm/cosmwasm/pull/1936
+[#1942]: https://github.com/CosmWasm/cosmwasm/pull/1942
 
 ## [1.5.0] - 2023-10-31
 
diff --git a/MIGRATING.md b/MIGRATING.md
index a6770b4f60..cc5450d2e6 100644
--- a/MIGRATING.md
+++ b/MIGRATING.md
@@ -107,12 +107,15 @@ major releases of `cosmwasm`. Note that you can also view the
   +const item: Item<Uint128> = Item::new("item");
   ```
 
-- Replace all uses of `IbcReceiveResponse::set_ack` with calls to
-  `IbcReceiveResponse::new`:
+- Replace all uses of `IbcReceiveResponse::set_ack` and
+  `IbcReceiveResponse::default` with calls to `IbcReceiveResponse::new`:
 
   ```diff
-  - Ok(IbcReceiveResponse::new().set_ack(b"{}"))
-  + Ok(IbcReceiveResponse::new(b"{}"))
+  -Ok(IbcReceiveResponse::new().set_ack(b"{}"))
+  +Ok(IbcReceiveResponse::new(b"{}"))
+
+  -Ok(IbcReceiveResponse::default())
+  +Ok(IbcReceiveResponse::new(b""))
   ```
 
 ## 1.4.x -> 1.5.0
diff --git a/packages/std/src/ibc.rs b/packages/std/src/ibc.rs
index 44032ce707..91fb7cf63a 100644
--- a/packages/std/src/ibc.rs
+++ b/packages/std/src/ibc.rs
@@ -623,18 +623,6 @@ pub struct IbcReceiveResponse<T = Empty> {
     pub events: Vec<Event>,
 }
 
-// Custom implementation in order to implement it for all `T`, even if `T` is not `Default`.
-impl<T> Default for IbcReceiveResponse<T> {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        IbcReceiveResponse {
-            acknowledgement: Binary::default(),
-            messages: vec![],
-            attributes: vec![],
-            events: vec![],
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 impl<T> IbcReceiveResponse<T> {
     /// Create a new response with the given acknowledgement.
     ///