diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bf947980f78..040e90404f4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3460,7 +3460,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloy-rpc-types-eth",
  "alloy-serde",
  "async-trait",
- "derive_more",
  "eyre",
  "jsonrpsee",
  "modular-bitfield",
diff --git a/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml b/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml
index 67fae820d93..665dcab9a88 100644
--- a/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ c-kzg = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"], optional = true }
 # misc
 once_cell.workspace = true
 
-# arbitrary utils
-arbitrary = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"], optional = true }
-
 [dev-dependencies]
 # eth
 reth-primitives-traits = { workspace = true, features = ["arbitrary", "test-utils"] }
@@ -70,7 +67,6 @@ asm-keccak = [
     "alloy-primitives/asm-keccak",
 ]
 arbitrary = [
-    "dep:arbitrary",
     "alloy-eips/arbitrary",
     "reth-codec",
     "reth-ethereum-forks/arbitrary",
diff --git a/examples/custom-node/Cargo.toml b/examples/custom-node/Cargo.toml
index 3cac360fd48..abb3a7f2fcb 100644
--- a/examples/custom-node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/custom-node/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ op-revm.workspace = true
 
 # misc
 async-trait.workspace = true
-derive_more.workspace = true
 eyre.workspace = true
 jsonrpsee.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true