diff --git a/e2e-polybft/e2e/consensus_test.go b/e2e-polybft/e2e/consensus_test.go
index 1ef65d0aa6..066c8ad308 100644
--- a/e2e-polybft/e2e/consensus_test.go
+++ b/e2e-polybft/e2e/consensus_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-edge/command"
 	"github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-edge/command/genesis"
-	"github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-edge/command/validator/helper"
 	validatorHelper "github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-edge/command/validator/helper"
 	"github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-edge/consensus/polybft"
 	"github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-edge/consensus/polybft/contractsapi"
@@ -842,7 +841,7 @@ func TestE2E_TestValidatorSetPrecompile(t *testing.T) {
 	validatorKeys := make([]*wallet.Key, len(validatorAddrs))
 
 	for i, s := range cluster.Servers {
-		voterAcc, err := helper.GetAccountFromDir(s.DataDir())
+		voterAcc, err := validatorHelper.GetAccountFromDir(s.DataDir())
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		validatorKeys[i] = voterAcc.Ecdsa
diff --git a/state/runtime/precompiled/validator_set_precompile.go b/state/runtime/precompiled/validator_set_precompile.go
index 2c641c1851..4ea5aed19e 100644
--- a/state/runtime/precompiled/validator_set_precompile.go
+++ b/state/runtime/precompiled/validator_set_precompile.go
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 package precompiled
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-edge/chain"
 	"github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-edge/consensus/polybft/validator"
 	"github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-edge/state/runtime"
 	"github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-edge/types"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
-	"github.com/umbracle/ethgo"
-	"github.com/umbracle/ethgo/abi"
 )
 
 var (
-	hasQuorumAbiType = abi.MustNewType("address[]")
-
 	errValidatorSetPrecompileNotEnabled = errors.New("validator set precompile is not enabled")
 )
 
@@ -54,24 +53,25 @@ func (c *validatorSetPrecompile) run(input []byte, caller types.Address, host ru
 		return abiBoolFalse, nil
 	}
 
-	rawData, err := abi.Decode(hasQuorumAbiType, input)
+	addresses, err := abiDecodeAddresses(input)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	addresses, ok := rawData.([]ethgo.Address)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, errBLSVerifyAggSignsInputs
-	}
-
 	validatorSet, err := createValidatorSet(host, c.backend)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	fmt.Println("QUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU")
 	signers := make(map[types.Address]struct{}, len(addresses))
 	for _, x := range addresses {
-		signers[types.Address(x)] = struct{}{}
+		signers[x] = struct{}{}
+		fmt.Println("HAS QUOORUM", x)
+	}
+
+	for _, x := range validatorSet.Accounts() {
+		fmt.Println(x.Address.String(), x.VotingPower)
 	}
 
 	if validatorSet.HasQuorum(uint64(host.GetTxContext().Number), signers) {
@@ -99,3 +99,45 @@ func createValidatorSet(host runtime.Host, backend ValidatoSetPrecompileBackend)
 
 	return validator.NewValidatorSet(accounts, hclog.NewNullLogger()), nil
 }
+
+func abiDecodeAddresses(input []byte) ([]types.Address, error) {
+	if len(input) < 32 || len(input)%32 != 0 {
+		return nil, runtime.ErrInvalidInputData
+	}
+
+	// abi.encode encodes addresses[] with slice of bytes where initial 31 bytes
+	// are set to 0, and 32nd is 32
+	// then goes length of slice (32 bytes)
+	// then each address is 32 bytes
+	dummy := [32]byte{}
+	dummy[31] = 32
+
+	if bytes.Equal(dummy[:], input[:32]) {
+		input = input[32:]
+	}
+
+	size := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(input[28:32])
+	if uint32(len(input)) != size*32+32 {
+		return nil, runtime.ErrInvalidInputData
+	}
+
+	res := make([]types.Address, size)
+	for i, offset := 0, 32; offset < len(input); i, offset = i+1, offset+32 {
+		res[i] = types.Address(input[offset+12 : offset+32])
+	}
+
+	return res, nil
+}
+
+func abiEncodeAddresses(addrs []types.Address) []byte {
+	res := make([]byte, len(addrs)*32+64)
+	res[31] = 32
+
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(res[32+28:64], uint32(len(addrs)))
+
+	for i, a := range addrs {
+		copy(res[64+i*32+12:64+(i+1)*32], a.Bytes())
+	}
+
+	return res
+}
diff --git a/state/runtime/precompiled/validator_set_precompile_test.go b/state/runtime/precompiled/validator_set_precompile_test.go
index 3724cf339c..a9d31da098 100644
--- a/state/runtime/precompiled/validator_set_precompile_test.go
+++ b/state/runtime/precompiled/validator_set_precompile_test.go
@@ -77,18 +77,20 @@ func Test_ValidatorSetPrecompile_run_IsValidator(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func Test_ValidatorSetPrecompile_run_HasQuorum(t *testing.T) {
-	addrGood := [][]byte{
-		types.StringToAddress("a").Bytes(),
-		types.StringToAddress("b").Bytes(),
-		types.StringToAddress("d").Bytes(),
+	dummy := [32]byte{}
+	dummy[31] = 32
+	addrGood := []types.Address{
+		types.StringToAddress("a"),
+		types.StringToAddress("b"),
+		types.StringToAddress("d"),
 	}
-	addrBad1 := [][]byte{
-		types.StringToAddress("a").Bytes(),
+	addrBad1 := []types.Address{
+		types.StringToAddress("a"),
 	}
-	addrBad2 := [][]byte{
-		types.StringToAddress("a").Bytes(),
-		types.StringToAddress("0").Bytes(),
-		types.StringToAddress("d").Bytes(),
+	addrBad2 := []types.Address{
+		types.StringToAddress("a"),
+		types.StringToAddress("0"),
+		types.StringToAddress("d"),
 	}
 	host := newDummyHost(t)
 	host.context = &runtime.TxContext{
@@ -103,24 +105,15 @@ func Test_ValidatorSetPrecompile_run_HasQuorum(t *testing.T) {
 		backend: backendMock,
 	}
 
-	bytes, err := hasQuorumAbiType.Encode(addrGood)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	v, err := p.run(bytes, types.Address{}, host)
+	v, err := p.run(abiEncodeAddresses(addrGood), types.Address{}, host)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, abiBoolTrue, v)
 
-	bytes, err = hasQuorumAbiType.Encode(addrBad1)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	v, err = p.run(bytes, types.Address{}, host)
+	v, err = p.run(abiEncodeAddresses(addrBad1), types.Address{}, host)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, abiBoolFalse, v)
 
-	bytes, err = hasQuorumAbiType.Encode(addrBad2)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	v, err = p.run(bytes, types.Address{}, host)
+	v, err = p.run(abiEncodeAddresses(addrBad2), types.Address{}, host)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, abiBoolFalse, v)
 }