diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7b3820ac92e6..48f9c6931344 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7548,7 +7548,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "schnellru",
  "secp256k1",
  "serde",
- "serde_json",
  "serial_test",
  "smallvec",
  "tempfile",
@@ -7891,15 +7890,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-primitives",
  "reth-provider",
  "reth-revm",
- "reth-rpc",
  "reth-rpc-eth-api",
  "reth-rpc-eth-types",
  "reth-rpc-types",
  "reth-rpc-types-compat",
- "reth-tasks",
  "reth-tracing",
  "reth-transaction-pool",
- "revm-primitives",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
diff --git a/crates/net/network/Cargo.toml b/crates/net/network/Cargo.toml
index 354b6ed30d73..9c616c5ce01c 100644
--- a/crates/net/network/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/net/network/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ tokio-util = { workspace = true, features = ["codec"] }
 
 # io
 serde = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-serde_json = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 # metrics
 reth-metrics = { workspace = true, features = ["common"] }
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ criterion = { workspace = true, features = ["async_tokio", "html_reports"] }
 [features]
 default = ["serde"]
 geth-tests = []
-serde = ["dep:serde", "secp256k1/serde", "enr/serde", "dep:serde_json", "reth-network-types/serde"]
+serde = ["dep:serde", "secp256k1/serde", "enr/serde", "reth-network-types/serde"]
 test-utils = ["dep:reth-provider", "reth-provider?/test-utils", "dep:tempfile", "reth-transaction-pool/test-utils", "reth-network-types/test-utils"]
 
 [[bench]]
diff --git a/crates/optimism/node/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/node/Cargo.toml
index 0b163a571bfb..52b622e22eca 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ reth-basic-payload-builder.workspace = true
 reth-consensus.workspace = true
 reth-optimism-payload-builder.workspace = true
 reth-rpc-types.workspace = true
-reth-rpc.workspace = true
 reth-rpc-types-compat.workspace = true
 reth-node-api.workspace = true
 reth-node-builder.workspace = true
@@ -33,12 +32,10 @@ reth-revm.workspace = true
 reth-evm-optimism.workspace = true
 reth-beacon-consensus.workspace = true
 reth-optimism-consensus.workspace = true
-revm-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-discv5.workspace = true
 reth-rpc-eth-types.workspace = true
 reth-rpc-eth-api.workspace = true
 reth-optimism-rpc.workspace = true
-reth-tasks.workspace = true
 
 # async
 async-trait.workspace = true
@@ -74,7 +71,6 @@ optimism = [
     "reth-primitives/optimism",
     "reth-provider/optimism",
     "reth-rpc-types-compat/optimism",
-    "reth-rpc/optimism",
     "reth-evm-optimism/optimism",
     "reth-optimism-payload-builder/optimism",
     "reth-beacon-consensus/optimism",