diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 481808b41f7..f832485d5ae 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3128,17 +3128,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "context_deserialize",
  "educe",
  "eip_3076",
- "either",
- "enr",
  "eth2_keystore",
  "ethereum_serde_utils",
  "ethereum_ssz",
  "ethereum_ssz_derive",
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
- "libp2p-identity",
  "mediatype",
- "multiaddr",
  "pretty_reqwest_error",
  "proto_array",
  "rand 0.9.2",
diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/Cargo.toml b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/Cargo.toml
index e889f53bb01..b42585c2a1e 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/Cargo.toml
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ alloy-primitives = { workspace = true }
 bitvec = { workspace = true }
 bls = { workspace = true }
 educe = { workspace = true }
-eth2 = { workspace = true }
+eth2 = { workspace = true, features = ["lighthouse"] }
 eth2_network_config = { workspace = true }
 ethereum_hashing = { workspace = true }
 ethereum_serde_utils = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/beacon_node/execution_layer/Cargo.toml b/beacon_node/execution_layer/Cargo.toml
index 43b2e1dd751..540f9dc0a09 100644
--- a/beacon_node/execution_layer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/beacon_node/execution_layer/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ alloy-rpc-types-eth = { workspace = true }
 arc-swap = "1.6.0"
 builder_client = { path = "../builder_client" }
 bytes = { workspace = true }
-eth2 = { workspace = true }
+eth2 = { workspace = true, features = ["events", "lighthouse"] }
 ethereum_serde_utils = { workspace = true }
 ethereum_ssz = { workspace = true }
 fixed_bytes = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/beacon_node/http_api/Cargo.toml b/beacon_node/http_api/Cargo.toml
index 7dd0d0223f4..3aa9c8351cb 100644
--- a/beacon_node/http_api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/beacon_node/http_api/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ bs58 = "0.4.0"
 bytes = { workspace = true }
 directory = { workspace = true }
 either = { workspace = true }
-eth2 = { workspace = true }
+eth2 = { workspace = true, features = ["lighthouse"] }
 ethereum_serde_utils = { workspace = true }
 ethereum_ssz = { workspace = true }
 execution_layer = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/beacon_node/http_api/src/lib.rs b/beacon_node/http_api/src/lib.rs
index 628b94a2a7c..4ed02f3cbf7 100644
--- a/beacon_node/http_api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/http_api/src/lib.rs
@@ -2118,9 +2118,12 @@ pub fn serve<T: BeaconChainTypes>(
                     let discovery_addresses = enr.multiaddr_p2p_udp();
                     Ok(api_types::GenericResponse::from(api_types::IdentityData {
                         peer_id: network_globals.local_peer_id().to_base58(),
-                        enr,
-                        p2p_addresses,
-                        discovery_addresses,
+                        enr: enr.to_base64(),
+                        p2p_addresses: p2p_addresses.iter().map(|a| a.to_string()).collect(),
+                        discovery_addresses: discovery_addresses
+                            .iter()
+                            .map(|a| a.to_string())
+                            .collect(),
                         metadata: utils::from_meta_data::<T::EthSpec>(
                             &network_globals.local_metadata,
                             &chain.spec,
diff --git a/beacon_node/http_api/tests/tests.rs b/beacon_node/http_api/tests/tests.rs
index 8d99e696cf7..a86cc4f4eff 100644
--- a/beacon_node/http_api/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/http_api/tests/tests.rs
@@ -2853,9 +2853,19 @@ impl ApiTester {
 
         let expected = IdentityData {
             peer_id: self.local_enr.peer_id().to_string(),
-            enr: self.local_enr.clone(),
-            p2p_addresses: self.local_enr.multiaddr_p2p_tcp(),
-            discovery_addresses: self.local_enr.multiaddr_p2p_udp(),
+            enr: self.local_enr.to_base64(),
+            p2p_addresses: self
+                .local_enr
+                .multiaddr_p2p_tcp()
+                .iter()
+                .map(|a| a.to_string())
+                .collect(),
+            discovery_addresses: self
+                .local_enr
+                .multiaddr_p2p_udp()
+                .iter()
+                .map(|a| a.to_string())
+                .collect(),
             metadata: MetaData::V2(MetaDataV2 {
                 seq_number: 0,
                 attnets: "0x0000000000000000".to_string(),
@@ -2884,7 +2894,7 @@ impl ApiTester {
     pub async fn test_get_node_peers_by_id(self) -> Self {
         let result = self
             .client
-            .get_node_peers_by_id(self.external_peer_id)
+            .get_node_peers_by_id(&self.external_peer_id.to_string())
             .await
             .unwrap()
             .data;
diff --git a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/Cargo.toml b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/Cargo.toml
index a6dd276c197..d2431cca045 100644
--- a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/Cargo.toml
+++ b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ directory = { workspace = true }
 dirs = { workspace = true }
 discv5 = { workspace = true }
 either = { workspace = true }
-eth2 = { workspace = true }
+eth2 = { workspace = true, features = ["lighthouse"] }
 ethereum_ssz = { workspace = true }
 ethereum_ssz_derive = { workspace = true }
 fnv = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/common/eth2/Cargo.toml b/common/eth2/Cargo.toml
index f7e6cde2100..ba4bcd3649d 100644
--- a/common/eth2/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/eth2/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,36 +5,33 @@ authors = ["Paul Hauner <paul@paulhauner.com>"]
 edition = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
-default = ["lighthouse"]
-lighthouse = []
+default = []
+lighthouse = ["proto_array", "eth2_keystore", "eip_3076", "zeroize"]
+events = ["reqwest-eventsource", "futures", "futures-util"]
 
 [dependencies]
 context_deserialize = { workspace = true }
 educe = { workspace = true }
-eip_3076 = { workspace = true }
-either = { workspace = true }
-enr = { version = "0.13.0", features = ["ed25519"] }
-eth2_keystore = { workspace = true }
+eip_3076 = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+eth2_keystore = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 ethereum_serde_utils = { workspace = true }
 ethereum_ssz = { workspace = true }
 ethereum_ssz_derive = { workspace = true }
-futures = { workspace = true }
-futures-util = "0.3.8"
-libp2p-identity = { version = "0.2", features = ["peerid"] }
+futures = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+futures-util = { version = "0.3.8", optional = true }
 mediatype = "0.19.13"
-multiaddr = "0.18.2"
 pretty_reqwest_error = { workspace = true }
-proto_array = { workspace = true }
-rand = { workspace = true }
+proto_array = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 reqwest = { workspace = true }
-reqwest-eventsource = "0.6.0"
+reqwest-eventsource = { version = "0.6.0", optional = true }
 sensitive_url = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 ssz_types = { workspace = true }
-test_random_derive = { path = "../../common/test_random_derive" }
 types = { workspace = true }
-zeroize = { workspace = true }
+zeroize = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+rand = { workspace = true }
+test_random_derive = { path = "../../common/test_random_derive" }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/common/eth2/src/error.rs b/common/eth2/src/error.rs
index c1bacb4510b..1f21220b798 100644
--- a/common/eth2/src/error.rs
+++ b/common/eth2/src/error.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use std::{fmt, path::PathBuf};
 pub enum Error {
     /// The `reqwest` client raised an error.
     HttpClient(PrettyReqwestError),
+    #[cfg(feature = "events")]
     /// The `reqwest_eventsource` client raised an error.
     SseClient(Box<reqwest_eventsource::Error>),
     /// The server returned an error message where the body was able to be parsed.
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ impl Error {
     pub fn status(&self) -> Option<StatusCode> {
         match self {
             Error::HttpClient(error) => error.inner().status(),
+            #[cfg(feature = "events")]
             Error::SseClient(error) => {
                 if let reqwest_eventsource::Error::InvalidStatusCode(status, _) = error.as_ref() {
                     Some(*status)
diff --git a/common/eth2/src/lib.rs b/common/eth2/src/lib.rs
index 4e832a11dfa..4e2109be04b 100644
--- a/common/eth2/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/eth2/src/lib.rs
@@ -22,20 +22,23 @@ pub use beacon_response::{
 };
 
 pub use self::error::{Error, ok_or_error, success_or_error};
+pub use reqwest;
+pub use reqwest::{StatusCode, Url};
+pub use sensitive_url::SensitiveUrl;
+
 use self::mixin::{RequestAccept, ResponseOptional};
 use self::types::*;
 use educe::Educe;
+#[cfg(feature = "events")]
 use futures::Stream;
+#[cfg(feature = "events")]
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
-use libp2p_identity::PeerId;
-pub use reqwest;
 use reqwest::{
     Body, IntoUrl, RequestBuilder, Response,
     header::{HeaderMap, HeaderValue},
 };
-pub use reqwest::{StatusCode, Url};
+#[cfg(feature = "events")]
 use reqwest_eventsource::{Event, EventSource};
-pub use sensitive_url::SensitiveUrl;
 use serde::{Serialize, de::DeserializeOwned};
 use ssz::Encode;
 use std::fmt;
@@ -1978,7 +1981,7 @@ impl BeaconNodeHttpClient {
     /// `GET node/peers/{peer_id}`
     pub async fn get_node_peers_by_id(
         &self,
-        peer_id: PeerId,
+        peer_id: &str,
     ) -> Result<GenericResponse<PeerData>, Error> {
         let mut path = self.eth_path(V1)?;
 
@@ -1986,7 +1989,7 @@ impl BeaconNodeHttpClient {
             .map_err(|()| Error::InvalidUrl(self.server.clone()))?
             .push("node")
             .push("peers")
-            .push(&peer_id.to_string());
+            .push(peer_id);
 
         self.get(path).await
     }
@@ -2761,6 +2764,7 @@ impl BeaconNodeHttpClient {
     }
 
     /// `GET events?topics`
+    #[cfg(feature = "events")]
     pub async fn get_events<E: EthSpec>(
         &self,
         topic: &[EventTopic],
diff --git a/common/eth2/src/types.rs b/common/eth2/src/types.rs
index cbdaa004d0d..5aa3de5e170 100644
--- a/common/eth2/src/types.rs
+++ b/common/eth2/src/types.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 //! This module exposes a superset of the `types` crate. It adds additional types that are only
 //! required for the HTTP API.
 
+pub use types::*;
+
 use crate::{
     CONSENSUS_BLOCK_VALUE_HEADER, CONSENSUS_VERSION_HEADER, EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_BLINDED_HEADER,
     EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_VALUE_HEADER, Error as ServerError,
 };
-use enr::{CombinedKey, Enr};
 use mediatype::{MediaType, MediaTypeList, names};
-use multiaddr::Multiaddr;
 use reqwest::header::HeaderMap;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize};
 use serde_utils::quoted_u64::Quoted;
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ use std::fmt::{self, Display};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
 use test_random_derive::TestRandom;
+#[cfg(test)]
 use types::test_utils::TestRandom;
-pub use types::*;
 
 // TODO(mac): Temporary module and re-export hack to expose old `consensus/types` via `eth2/types`.
 pub use crate::beacon_response::*;
@@ -557,9 +559,9 @@ pub struct ChainHeadData {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct IdentityData {
     pub peer_id: String,
-    pub enr: Enr<CombinedKey>,
-    pub p2p_addresses: Vec<Multiaddr>,
-    pub discovery_addresses: Vec<Multiaddr>,
+    pub enr: String,
+    pub p2p_addresses: Vec<String>,
+    pub discovery_addresses: Vec<String>,
     pub metadata: MetaData,
 }
 
@@ -2208,7 +2210,8 @@ pub enum ContentType {
     Ssz,
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize, Encode, Decode, TestRandom)]
+#[cfg_attr(test, derive(TestRandom))]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize, Encode, Decode)]
 #[serde(bound = "E: EthSpec")]
 pub struct BlobsBundle<E: EthSpec> {
     pub commitments: KzgCommitments<E>,
diff --git a/common/health_metrics/Cargo.toml b/common/health_metrics/Cargo.toml
index 20a8c6e4e48..816d4ec68cc 100644
--- a/common/health_metrics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/health_metrics/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
-eth2 = { workspace = true }
+eth2 = { workspace = true, features = ["lighthouse"] }
 metrics = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
diff --git a/common/monitoring_api/Cargo.toml b/common/monitoring_api/Cargo.toml
index 9e2c36e2c76..e00b1f027b6 100644
--- a/common/monitoring_api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/monitoring_api/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = { workspace = true }
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-eth2 = { workspace = true }
+eth2 = { workspace = true, features = ["lighthouse"] }
 health_metrics = { workspace = true }
 lighthouse_version = { workspace = true }
 metrics = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/validator_client/http_api/Cargo.toml b/validator_client/http_api/Cargo.toml
index 588aa2ca931..bb624ea988c 100644
--- a/validator_client/http_api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/validator_client/http_api/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ deposit_contract = { workspace = true }
 directory = { workspace = true }
 dirs = { workspace = true }
 doppelganger_service = { workspace = true }
-eth2 = { workspace = true }
+eth2 = { workspace = true, features = ["lighthouse"] }
 eth2_keystore = { workspace = true }
 ethereum_serde_utils = { workspace = true }
 filesystem = { workspace = true }