diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 12c76d02a0..0547931d53 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6177,7 +6177,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "c-kzg",
  "clap",
- "crc",
  "criterion",
  "derive_more",
  "ethers-core",
@@ -6200,7 +6199,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "secp256k1 0.27.0",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "serde_with",
  "sha2",
  "strum",
  "sucds 0.6.0",
@@ -6210,7 +6208,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "toml 0.8.8",
  "tracing",
  "triehash",
- "url",
  "zstd 0.12.4",
 ]
 
diff --git a/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml b/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml
index e89ccf8e5d..7d33f2ad07 100644
--- a/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ secp256k1 = { workspace = true, features = ["global-context", "recovery"] }
 # for eip-4844
 c-kzg = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"], optional = true }
 
-# used for forkid
-crc = "3"
-
 # tracing
 tracing.workspace = true
 
@@ -45,12 +42,10 @@ once_cell.workspace = true
 rayon.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
-serde_with = "3.3.0"
 sha2 = "0.10.7"
 sucds = "~0.6"
 tempfile.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
-url = "2.3"
 zstd = { version = "0.12", features = ["experimental"] }
 
 # `test-utils` feature