diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7b6f168e40..52fef5230a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7853,7 +7853,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-execution-errors",
  "reth-execution-types",
  "reth-metrics",
- "reth-primitives",
  "reth-primitives-traits",
  "reth-storage-api",
  "reth-storage-errors",
diff --git a/crates/evm/Cargo.toml b/crates/evm/Cargo.toml
index 8d6e065e32..83dbef27f1 100644
--- a/crates/evm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/evm/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ reth-consensus-common.workspace = true
 reth-execution-errors.workspace = true
 reth-execution-types.workspace = true
 reth-metrics = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-reth-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-primitives-traits.workspace = true
 reth-storage-api.workspace = true
 reth-storage-errors.workspace = true
 reth-trie-common.workspace = true
 
+reth-ethereum-primitives = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+
 revm.workspace = true
 revm-database.workspace = true
 op-revm = { workspace = true, optional = true }
@@ -40,23 +41,22 @@ metrics = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 parking_lot = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-parking_lot.workspace = true
 reth-ethereum-forks.workspace = true
+reth-ethereum-primitives.workspace = true
+parking_lot.workspace = true
 alloy-consensus.workspace = true
 metrics-util = { workspace = true, features = ["debugging"] }
-reth-ethereum-primitives.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
-    "reth-primitives/std",
     "reth-primitives-traits/std",
     "alloy-eips/std",
     "alloy-primitives/std",
     "alloy-consensus/std",
     "revm/std",
     "reth-ethereum-forks/std",
-    "reth-ethereum-primitives/std",
+    "reth-ethereum-primitives?/std",
     "reth-chainspec/std",
     "reth-consensus-common/std",
     "alloy-evm/std",
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ metrics = [
 ]
 test-utils = [
     "dep:parking_lot",
+    "dep:reth-ethereum-primitives",
     "reth-chainspec/test-utils",
     "reth-ethereum-primitives/test-utils",
-    "reth-primitives/test-utils",
     "reth-primitives-traits/test-utils",
     "revm/test-utils",
     "reth-trie-common/test-utils",
diff --git a/crates/evm/src/either.rs b/crates/evm/src/either.rs
index 7aaded54c4..45767eef61 100644
--- a/crates/evm/src/either.rs
+++ b/crates/evm/src/either.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use crate::{
 // re-export Either
 pub use futures_util::future::Either;
 use reth_execution_types::{BlockExecutionOutput, BlockExecutionResult};
-use reth_primitives::{NodePrimitives, RecoveredBlock};
+use reth_primitives_traits::{NodePrimitives, RecoveredBlock};
 
 impl<A, B> BlockExecutorProvider for Either<A, B>
 where
diff --git a/crates/evm/src/execute.rs b/crates/evm/src/execute.rs
index 00fd1b9bbd..486c8983c0 100644
--- a/crates/evm/src/execute.rs
+++ b/crates/evm/src/execute.rs
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ pub use reth_execution_errors::{
 };
 use reth_execution_types::BlockExecutionResult;
 pub use reth_execution_types::{BlockExecutionOutput, ExecutionOutcome};
-use reth_primitives::{
-    HeaderTy, NodePrimitives, Receipt, Recovered, RecoveredBlock, SealedBlock, SealedHeader,
+use reth_primitives_traits::{
+    BlockTy, HeaderTy, NodePrimitives, ReceiptTy, Recovered, RecoveredBlock, SealedBlock,
+    SealedHeader, TxTy,
 };
-use reth_primitives_traits::{BlockTy, ReceiptTy, TxTy};
 pub use reth_storage_errors::provider::ProviderError;
 use revm::{
     context::result::ExecutionResult,
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ pub trait BlockExecutorProvider: Send + Sync + Clone + Unpin + 'static {
 
 /// Helper type for the output of executing a block.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct ExecuteOutput<R = Receipt> {
+pub struct ExecuteOutput<R> {
     /// Receipts obtained after executing a block.
     pub receipts: Vec<R>,
     /// Cumulative gas used in the block execution.
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ mod tests {
     use alloy_consensus::constants::KECCAK_EMPTY;
     use alloy_primitives::{address, U256};
     use core::marker::PhantomData;
-    use reth_primitives::EthPrimitives;
+    use reth_ethereum_primitives::EthPrimitives;
     use revm::state::AccountInfo;
     use revm_database::{CacheDB, EmptyDB};
 
diff --git a/crates/evm/src/metrics.rs b/crates/evm/src/metrics.rs
index e5895b50cc..4bc1b1356c 100644
--- a/crates/evm/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/crates/evm/src/metrics.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ use alloy_consensus::BlockHeader;
 use metrics::{Counter, Gauge, Histogram};
 use reth_execution_types::BlockExecutionOutput;
 use reth_metrics::Metrics;
-use reth_primitives::RecoveredBlock;
-use reth_primitives_traits::NodePrimitives;
+use reth_primitives_traits::{NodePrimitives, RecoveredBlock};
 use revm::state::EvmState;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
@@ -146,8 +145,8 @@ mod tests {
     use alloy_eips::eip7685::Requests;
     use alloy_primitives::{B256, U256};
     use metrics_util::debugging::{DebugValue, DebuggingRecorder, Snapshotter};
+    use reth_ethereum_primitives::EthPrimitives;
     use reth_execution_types::BlockExecutionResult;
-    use reth_primitives::EthPrimitives;
     use revm::{
         database_interface::EmptyDB,
         state::{Account, AccountInfo, AccountStatus, EvmStorage, EvmStorageSlot},
diff --git a/crates/evm/src/noop.rs b/crates/evm/src/noop.rs
index b76daead74..e522f2a95d 100644
--- a/crates/evm/src/noop.rs
+++ b/crates/evm/src/noop.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use reth_execution_errors::BlockExecutionError;
 use reth_execution_types::BlockExecutionResult;
-use reth_primitives::{NodePrimitives, RecoveredBlock};
+use reth_primitives_traits::{NodePrimitives, RecoveredBlock};
 
 const UNAVAILABLE_FOR_NOOP: &str = "execution unavailable for noop";
 
diff --git a/crates/evm/src/test_utils.rs b/crates/evm/src/test_utils.rs
index c7546ac532..5432358f99 100644
--- a/crates/evm/src/test_utils.rs
+++ b/crates/evm/src/test_utils.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ use crate::{
 use alloc::{sync::Arc, vec::Vec};
 use alloy_eips::eip7685::Requests;
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
+use reth_ethereum_primitives::EthPrimitives;
 use reth_execution_errors::BlockExecutionError;
 use reth_execution_types::{BlockExecutionResult, ExecutionOutcome};
-use reth_primitives::{EthPrimitives, NodePrimitives, RecoveredBlock};
+use reth_primitives_traits::{NodePrimitives, RecoveredBlock};
 use revm_database::State;
 
 /// A [`BlockExecutorProvider`] that returns mocked execution results.