diff --git a/.config/zepter.yaml b/.config/zepter.yaml
index d6b4e95ea..4ad896e16 100644
--- a/.config/zepter.yaml
+++ b/.config/zepter.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ workflows:
         # Check that `A` activates the features of `B`.
         "propagate-feature",
         # These are the features to check:
-        "--features=std,optimism,op,dev,asm-keccak,jemalloc,jemalloc-prof,tracy-allocator,serde-bincode-compat,serde,test-utils,arbitrary,bench",
+        "--features=std,op,dev,asm-keccak,jemalloc,jemalloc-prof,tracy-allocator,serde-bincode-compat,serde,test-utils,arbitrary,bench",
         # Do not try to add a new section into `[features]` of `A` only because `B` expose that feature. There are edge-cases where this is still needed, but we can add them manually.
         "--left-side-feature-missing=ignore",
         # Ignore the case that `A` it outside of the workspace. Otherwise it will report errors in external dependencies that we have no influence on.
diff --git a/.github/assets/check_wasm.sh b/.github/assets/check_wasm.sh
index dbc0dd094..e28b27ee9 100755
--- a/.github/assets/check_wasm.sh
+++ b/.github/assets/check_wasm.sh
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ exclude_crates=(
   reth-optimism-payload-builder
   reth-optimism-rpc
   reth-optimism-chain-registry
+  reth-optimism-consensus
+  reth-optimism-evm
   reth-rpc
   reth-rpc-api
   reth-rpc-api-testing-util
diff --git a/.github/workflows/compact.yml b/.github/workflows/compact.yml
index 37a1588c1..06ddec20c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compact.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compact.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         bin:
           - cargo run --bin reth --features "dev"
-          - cargo run --bin op-reth --features "optimism dev" --manifest-path crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml
+          - cargo run --bin op-reth --features "dev" --manifest-path crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml
     steps:
       - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yml b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
index 2156710fb..11bb48c85 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         name: Run tests
         run: |
           cargo nextest run \
-            --locked -p reth-optimism-node --features "optimism"
+            --locked -p reth-optimism-node
 
   integration-success:
     name: integration success
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kurtosis-op.yml b/.github/workflows/kurtosis-op.yml
index 85a8e706c..c9b7c01cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kurtosis-op.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kurtosis-op.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       image_tag: ghcr.io/paradigmxyz/op-reth:kurtosis-ci
       binary_name: op-reth
-      cargo_features: optimism,asm-keccak
+      cargo_features: asm-keccak
       cargo_package: crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml
 
   test:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 6b3c165aa..bb4766d58 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -18,11 +18,8 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         include:
           - type: ethereum
-            args: --bin reth --workspace --lib --examples --tests --benches --locked
+            args: --workspace --lib --examples --tests --benches --locked
             features: "ethereum asm-keccak jemalloc jemalloc-prof min-error-logs min-warn-logs min-info-logs min-debug-logs min-trace-logs"
-          - type: optimism
-            args: --bin op-reth --workspace --lib --examples --tests --benches --locked
-            features: "optimism asm-keccak jemalloc jemalloc-prof min-error-logs min-warn-logs min-info-logs min-debug-logs min-trace-logs"
           - type: book
             args: --manifest-path book/sources/Cargo.toml --workspace --bins
             features: ""
@@ -108,20 +105,17 @@ jobs:
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
         with:
           cache-on-failure: true
-      - run: cargo hack check --workspace --exclude op-reth
-      - run: cargo check -p op-reth --features "optimism"
+      - run: cargo hack check --workspace
 
   msrv:
-    name: MSRV / ${{ matrix.network }}
+    name: MSRV
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 30
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
           - binary: reth
-            network: ethereum
           - binary: op-reth
-            network: optimism
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
@@ -131,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
         with:
           cache-on-failure: true
-      - run: cargo build --bin "${{ matrix.binary }}" --workspace --features "${{ matrix.network }}"
+      - run: cargo build --bin "${{ matrix.binary }}" --workspace
         env:
           RUSTFLAGS: -D warnings
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit.yml b/.github/workflows/unit.yml
index 4a9992c7e..823e31668 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit.yml
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ jobs:
             partition: 2
             total_partitions: 2
           - type: optimism
-            args: --features "asm-keccak optimism" --locked --exclude reth --exclude reth-bench --exclude "example-*" --exclude "reth-ethereum-*" --exclude "*-ethereum"
+            args: --features "asm-keccak" --locked --exclude reth --exclude reth-bench --exclude "example-*" --exclude "reth-ethereum-*" --exclude "*-ethereum"
             partition: 1
             total_partitions: 2
           - type: optimism
-            args: --features "asm-keccak optimism" --locked --exclude reth --exclude reth-bench --exclude "example-*" --exclude "reth-ethereum-*" --exclude "*-ethereum"
+            args: --features "asm-keccak" --locked --exclude reth --exclude reth-bench --exclude "example-*" --exclude "reth-ethereum-*" --exclude "*-ethereum"
             partition: 2
             total_partitions: 2
           - type: book
@@ -94,15 +94,12 @@ jobs:
       - run: cargo nextest run --release -p ef-tests --features "asm-keccak ef-tests"
 
   doc:
-    name: doc tests (${{ matrix.network }})
+    name: doc tests
     runs-on:
       group: Reth
     env:
       RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
     timeout-minutes: 30
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        network: ["ethereum", "optimism"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
@@ -111,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           cache-on-failure: true
       - name: Run doctests
-        run: cargo test --doc --workspace --features "${{ matrix.network }}"
+        run: cargo test --doc --workspace --all-features
 
   unit-success:
     name: unit success
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index d79c49379..caadacfbe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: mingw-w64
         run: sudo apt-get install -y mingw-w64
       - name: Check OP-Reth
-        run: cargo check -p op-reth --features optimism --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
+        run: cargo check -p op-reth --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0f0aabc3e..4a7cabc30 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7253,7 +7253,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-node-api",
  "reth-node-builder",
  "reth-node-core",
- "reth-optimism-primitives",
  "reth-payload-builder",
  "reth-payload-builder-primitives",
  "reth-payload-primitives",
diff --git a/DockerfileOp b/DockerfileOp
index dbfb0ce2d..51a567317 100644
--- a/DockerfileOp
+++ b/DockerfileOp
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ ENV BUILD_PROFILE=$BUILD_PROFILE
 ARG RUSTFLAGS=""
 ENV RUSTFLAGS="$RUSTFLAGS"
 
-RUN cargo chef cook --profile $BUILD_PROFILE --features "optimism" --recipe-path recipe.json --manifest-path /app/crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml
+RUN cargo chef cook --profile $BUILD_PROFILE --recipe-path recipe.json --manifest-path /app/crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml
 
 COPY . .
-RUN cargo build --profile $BUILD_PROFILE --bin op-reth --features "optimism" --manifest-path /app/crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml
+RUN cargo build --profile $BUILD_PROFILE --bin op-reth --manifest-path /app/crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml
 
 RUN ls -la /app/target/$BUILD_PROFILE/op-reth
 RUN cp /app/target/$BUILD_PROFILE/op-reth /app/op-reth
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2d3078bac..8d1e5180a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ EF_TESTS_DIR := ./testing/ef-tests/ethereum-tests
 # The docker image name
 DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME ?= ghcr.io/paradigmxyz/reth
 
-# Features in reth/op-reth binary crate other than "ethereum" and "optimism"
-BIN_OTHER_FEATURES := asm-keccak jemalloc jemalloc-prof min-error-logs min-warn-logs min-info-logs min-debug-logs min-trace-logs
-
 ##@ Help
 
 .PHONY: help
@@ -54,7 +51,7 @@ install: ## Build and install the reth binary under `~/.cargo/bin`.
 .PHONY: install-op
 install-op: ## Build and install the op-reth binary under `~/.cargo/bin`.
 	cargo install --path crates/optimism/bin --bin op-reth --force --locked \
-		--features "optimism $(FEATURES)" \
+		--features "$(FEATURES)" \
 		--profile "$(PROFILE)" \
 		$(CARGO_INSTALL_EXTRA_FLAGS)
 
@@ -97,14 +94,14 @@ build-debug: ## Build the reth binary into `target/debug` directory.
 
 .PHONY: build-op
 build-op: ## Build the op-reth binary into `target` directory.
-	cargo build --bin op-reth --features "optimism $(FEATURES)" --profile "$(PROFILE)" --manifest-path crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml
+	cargo build --bin op-reth --features "$(FEATURES)" --profile "$(PROFILE)" --manifest-path crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml
 
 # Builds the reth binary natively.
 build-native-%:
 	cargo build --bin reth --target $* --features "$(FEATURES)" --profile "$(PROFILE)"
 
 op-build-native-%:
-	cargo build --bin op-reth --target $* --features "optimism $(FEATURES)" --profile "$(PROFILE)" --manifest-path crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml
+	cargo build --bin op-reth --target $* --features "$(FEATURES)" --profile "$(PROFILE)" --manifest-path crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml
 
 # The following commands use `cross` to build a cross-compile.
 #
@@ -136,7 +133,7 @@ build-%:
 
 op-build-%:
 	RUSTFLAGS="-C link-arg=-lgcc -Clink-arg=-static-libgcc" \
-		cross build --bin op-reth --target $* --features "optimism $(FEATURES)" --profile "$(PROFILE)" --manifest-path crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml
+		cross build --bin op-reth --target $* --features "$(FEATURES)" --profile "$(PROFILE)" --manifest-path crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml
 
 # Unfortunately we can't easily use cross to build for Darwin because of licensing issues.
 # If we wanted to, we would need to build a custom Docker image with the SDK available.
@@ -178,7 +175,6 @@ build-release-tarballs: ## Create a series of `.tar.gz` files in the BIN_DIR dir
 ##@ Test
 
 UNIT_TEST_ARGS := --locked --workspace --features 'jemalloc-prof' -E 'kind(lib)' -E 'kind(bin)' -E 'kind(proc-macro)'
-UNIT_TEST_ARGS_OP := --locked --workspace --features 'jemalloc-prof,optimism' -E 'kind(lib)' -E 'kind(bin)' -E 'kind(proc-macro)'
 COV_FILE := lcov.info
 
 .PHONY: test-unit
@@ -186,21 +182,12 @@ test-unit: ## Run unit tests.
 	cargo install cargo-nextest --locked
 	cargo nextest run $(UNIT_TEST_ARGS)
 
-.PHONY: test-unit-op
-test-unit-op: ## Run unit tests (with optimism feature flag enabled).
-	cargo install cargo-nextest --locked
-	cargo nextest run $(UNIT_TEST_ARGS_OP)
 
 .PHONY: cov-unit
 cov-unit: ## Run unit tests with coverage.
 	rm -f $(COV_FILE)
 	cargo llvm-cov nextest --lcov --output-path $(COV_FILE) $(UNIT_TEST_ARGS)
 
-.PHONY: cov-unit-op
-cov-unit-op: ## Run unit tests with coverage (with optimism feature flag enabled).
-	rm -f $(COV_FILE)
-	cargo llvm-cov nextest --lcov --output-path $(COV_FILE) $(UNIT_TEST_ARGS_OP)
-
 .PHONY: cov-report-html
 cov-report-html: cov-unit ## Generate a HTML coverage report and open it in the browser.
 	cargo llvm-cov report --html
@@ -364,7 +351,7 @@ maxperf: ## Builds `reth` with the most aggressive optimisations.
 
 .PHONY: maxperf-op
 maxperf-op: ## Builds `op-reth` with the most aggressive optimisations.
-	RUSTFLAGS="-C target-cpu=native" cargo build --profile maxperf --features jemalloc,asm-keccak,optimism --bin op-reth --manifest-path crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml
+	RUSTFLAGS="-C target-cpu=native" cargo build --profile maxperf --features jemalloc,asm-keccak --bin op-reth --manifest-path crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml
 
 .PHONY: maxperf-no-asm
 maxperf-no-asm: ## Builds `reth` with the most aggressive optimisations, minus the "asm-keccak" feature.
@@ -374,29 +361,7 @@ maxperf-no-asm: ## Builds `reth` with the most aggressive optimisations, minus t
 fmt:
 	cargo +nightly fmt
 
-lint-reth:
-	cargo +nightly clippy \
-	--workspace \
-	--bin "reth" \
-	--lib \
-	--examples \
-	--tests \
-	--benches \
-	--features "ethereum $(BIN_OTHER_FEATURES)" \
-	-- -D warnings
-
-lint-op-reth:
-	cargo +nightly clippy \
-	--workspace \
-	--bin "op-reth" \
-	--lib \
-	--examples \
-	--tests \
-	--benches \
-	--features "optimism $(BIN_OTHER_FEATURES)" \
-	-- -D warnings
-
-lint-other-targets:
+clippy:
 	cargo +nightly clippy \
 	--workspace \
 	--lib \
@@ -436,41 +401,11 @@ ensure-dprint:
 
 lint:
 	make fmt && \
-	make lint-reth && \
-	make lint-op-reth && \
-	make lint-other-targets && \
+	make clippy && \
 	make lint-codespell && \
 	make lint-toml
 
-fix-lint-reth:
-	cargo +nightly clippy \
-	--workspace \
-	--bin "reth" \
-	--lib \
-	--examples \
-	--tests \
-	--benches \
-	--features "ethereum $(BIN_OTHER_FEATURES)" \
-	--fix \
-	--allow-staged \
-	--allow-dirty \
-	-- -D warnings
-
-fix-lint-op-reth:
-	cargo +nightly clippy \
-	--workspace \
-	--bin "op-reth" \
-	--lib \
-	--examples \
-	--tests \
-	--benches \
-	--features "optimism $(BIN_OTHER_FEATURES)" \
-	--fix \
-	--allow-staged \
-	--allow-dirty \
-	-- -D warnings
-
-fix-lint-other-targets:
+clippy-fix:
 	cargo +nightly clippy \
 	--workspace \
 	--lib \
@@ -484,9 +419,7 @@ fix-lint-other-targets:
 	-- -D warnings
 
 fix-lint:
-	make fix-lint-reth && \
-	make fix-lint-op-reth && \
-	make fix-lint-other-targets && \
+	make clippy-fix && \
 	make fmt
 
 .PHONY: rustdocs
@@ -499,43 +432,21 @@ rustdocs: ## Runs `cargo docs` to generate the Rust documents in the `target/doc
 	cargo +nightly docs \
 	--document-private-items
 
-test-reth:
-	cargo test \
-	--workspace \
-	--bin "reth" \
-	--lib \
-	--examples \
-	--tests \
-	--benches \
-	--features "ethereum $(BIN_OTHER_FEATURES)"
-
-test-op-reth:
+test:
 	cargo test \
 	--workspace \
 	--bin "op-reth" \
 	--lib --examples \
 	--tests \
 	--benches \
-	--features "optimism $(BIN_OTHER_FEATURES)"
-
-test-other-targets:
-	cargo test \
-	--workspace \
-	--lib \
-	--examples \
-	--tests \
-	--benches \
 	--all-features
 
 test-doc:
-	cargo test --doc --workspace --features "ethereum"
-	cargo test --doc --workspace --features "optimism"
+	cargo test --doc --workspace --all-features
 
 test:
-	make test-reth && \
-	make test-op-reth && \
-	make test-doc && \
-	make test-other-targets
+	make test && \
+	make test-doc
 
 pr:
 	make lint && \
diff --git a/bin/reth-bench/Cargo.toml b/bin/reth-bench/Cargo.toml
index 3fc7a8952..3e891890a 100644
--- a/bin/reth-bench/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/reth-bench/Cargo.toml
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ min-info-logs = ["tracing/release_max_level_info"]
 min-debug-logs = ["tracing/release_max_level_debug"]
 min-trace-logs = ["tracing/release_max_level_trace"]
 
-optimism = ["reth-node-core/optimism"]
-
 # no-op feature flag for switching between the `optimism` and default functionality in CI matrices
 ethereum = []
 
diff --git a/crates/e2e-test-utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/e2e-test-utils/Cargo.toml
index 1df1a20f8..9600977c7 100644
--- a/crates/e2e-test-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/e2e-test-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ reth-network-peers.workspace = true
 reth-engine-local.workspace = true
 reth-tasks.workspace = true
 
-# currently need to enable this for workspace level
-reth-optimism-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["arbitrary", "serde", "serde-bincode-compat"] }
-
 # rpc
 jsonrpsee.workspace = true
 url.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/engine/util/Cargo.toml b/crates/engine/util/Cargo.toml
index 5010f261c..e07864d4b 100644
--- a/crates/engine/util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/engine/util/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,8 +51,3 @@ itertools.workspace = true
 
 # tracing
 tracing.workspace = true
-
-[features]
-optimism = [
-    "reth-provider/optimism",
-]
diff --git a/crates/evm/execution-types/Cargo.toml b/crates/evm/execution-types/Cargo.toml
index 19a75c3ed..b860dd893 100644
--- a/crates/evm/execution-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/evm/execution-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ reth-ethereum-primitives.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
-optimism = []
 serde = [
     "dep:serde",
     "rand/serde",
diff --git a/crates/net/downloaders/Cargo.toml b/crates/net/downloaders/Cargo.toml
index 56ca9197d..40bc2e6f5 100644
--- a/crates/net/downloaders/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/net/downloaders/Cargo.toml
@@ -72,12 +72,6 @@ rand.workspace = true
 tempfile.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-optimism = [
-    "reth-db?/optimism",
-    "reth-db-api?/optimism",
-    "reth-provider/optimism",
-]
-
 test-utils = [
     "tempfile",
     "reth-db-api",
diff --git a/crates/node/core/Cargo.toml b/crates/node/core/Cargo.toml
index 07473eb07..fe488afc3 100644
--- a/crates/node/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/node/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ proptest.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-optimism = ["reth-db/optimism"]
 # Features for vergen to generate correct env vars
 jemalloc = ["reth-cli-util/jemalloc"]
 asm-keccak = ["reth-primitives/asm-keccak", "alloy-primitives/asm-keccak"]
diff --git a/crates/node/core/src/args/network.rs b/crates/node/core/src/args/network.rs
index cb784e5fd..d97ba2faf 100644
--- a/crates/node/core/src/args/network.rs
+++ b/crates/node/core/src/args/network.rs
@@ -594,7 +594,6 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "optimism"))]
     #[test]
     fn network_args_default_sanity_test() {
         let default_args = NetworkArgs::default();
diff --git a/crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml
index 4d136c370..61b4c9beb 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,16 +35,6 @@ tracy-allocator = ["reth-cli-util/tracy-allocator"]
 
 asm-keccak = ["reth-optimism-cli/asm-keccak", "reth-optimism-node/asm-keccak"]
 
-optimism = [
-    "reth-optimism-cli/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-node/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-consensus/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-evm/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-payload-builder/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-rpc/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-primitives/optimism",
-]
-
 dev = [
     "reth-optimism-cli/dev",
     "reth-optimism-primitives/arbitrary",
diff --git a/crates/optimism/bin/src/lib.rs b/crates/optimism/bin/src/lib.rs
index 9f257b8be..2a452c016 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/bin/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/bin/src/lib.rs
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
     issue_tracker_base_url = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/issues/"
 )]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
-// The `optimism` feature must be enabled to use this crate.
-#![cfg(feature = "optimism")]
 
 /// Re-exported from `reth_optimism_cli`.
 pub mod cli {
diff --git a/crates/optimism/bin/src/main.rs b/crates/optimism/bin/src/main.rs
index 06a578681..07cdf841c 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/bin/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/bin/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #![allow(missing_docs, rustdoc::missing_crate_level_docs)]
-// The `optimism` feature must be enabled to use this crate.
-#![cfg(feature = "optimism")]
 
 use clap::Parser;
 use reth_optimism_cli::{chainspec::OpChainSpecParser, Cli};
diff --git a/crates/optimism/cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/cli/Cargo.toml
index 89912c8c0..81d5bc59d 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ reth-tracing.workspace = true
 
 # eth
 alloy-eips.workspace = true
-alloy-consensus = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+alloy-consensus.workspace = true
 alloy-primitives.workspace = true
 alloy-rlp.workspace = true
 
 # misc
 futures-util.workspace = true
-derive_more = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-serde = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+derive_more.workspace = true
+serde.workspace = true
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive", "env"] }
 
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["sync", "macros", "time", "rt-multi-thread"] }
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ eyre.workspace = true
 
 # reth test-vectors
 proptest = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-op-alloy-consensus = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+op-alloy-consensus.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile.workspace = true
@@ -72,22 +72,6 @@ reth-db-common.workspace = true
 reth-cli-commands.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-optimism = [
-    "op-alloy-consensus",
-    "alloy-consensus",
-    "dep:derive_more",
-    "dep:serde",
-    "reth-optimism-evm/optimism",
-    "reth-node-core/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-node/optimism",
-    "reth-execution-types/optimism",
-    "reth-db/optimism",
-    "reth-db-api/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-primitives/optimism",
-    "reth-downloaders/optimism",
-    "reth-provider/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-consensus/optimism",
-]
 asm-keccak = [
     "alloy-primitives/asm-keccak",
     "reth-node-core/asm-keccak",
@@ -105,11 +89,12 @@ dev = [
     "dep:proptest",
     "reth-cli-commands/arbitrary",
 ]
+
 serde = [
-    "alloy-consensus?/serde",
+    "alloy-consensus/serde",
     "alloy-eips/serde",
     "alloy-primitives/serde",
-    "op-alloy-consensus?/serde",
+    "op-alloy-consensus/serde",
     "reth-execution-types/serde",
     "reth-provider/serde",
     "reth-optimism-primitives/serde",
diff --git a/crates/optimism/cli/src/lib.rs b/crates/optimism/cli/src/lib.rs
index 76c4d9a74..c2050af4a 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@
     html_favicon_url = "https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/97369466?s=256",
     issue_tracker_base_url = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/issues/"
 )]
-#![cfg_attr(all(not(test), feature = "optimism"), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
+#![cfg_attr(not(test), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
-// The `optimism` feature must be enabled to use this crate.
-#![cfg(feature = "optimism")]
 
 /// Optimism chain specification parser.
 pub mod chainspec;
diff --git a/crates/optimism/consensus/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/consensus/Cargo.toml
index 393ea6be2..3a0d15901 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/consensus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/consensus/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ reth-trie-common.workspace = true
 reth-optimism-forks.workspace = true
 reth-optimism-chainspec.workspace = true
 # TODO: remove this after feature cleanup
-reth-optimism-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
+reth-optimism-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["serde", "reth-codec"] }
 
 # ethereum
 alloy-eips.workspace = true
@@ -79,9 +79,3 @@ std = [
     "thiserror/std",
     "reth-execution-types/std",
 ]
-optimism = [
-    "reth-optimism-primitives/optimism",
-    "reth-execution-types/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-node/optimism",
-    "reth-provider/optimism",
-]
diff --git a/crates/optimism/consensus/src/lib.rs b/crates/optimism/consensus/src/lib.rs
index 59d33cf8e..c39e84569 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/consensus/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/consensus/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 )]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
 #![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
-// The `optimism` feature must be enabled to use this crate.
-#![cfg(feature = "optimism")]
 
 extern crate alloc;
 
diff --git a/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml
index a49826a1c..846e1903a 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml
@@ -83,8 +83,3 @@ std = [
     "revm-database/std",
     "revm-optimism/std",
 ]
-optimism = [
-    "reth-execution-types/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-consensus/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-primitives/optimism",
-]
diff --git a/crates/optimism/evm/src/lib.rs b/crates/optimism/evm/src/lib.rs
index 13374bbbe..5f5989e61 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/evm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/evm/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 )]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
 #![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
-// The `optimism` feature must be enabled to use this crate.
-#![cfg(feature = "optimism")]
 
 extern crate alloc;
 
diff --git a/crates/optimism/node/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/node/Cargo.toml
index 245846a5f..79a3906a3 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 # reth
 reth-chainspec.workspace = true
-reth-db.workspace = true
-reth-engine-local.workspace = true
+reth-db = { workspace = true, features = ["op"] }
+reth-engine-local = { workspace = true, features = ["op"] }
 reth-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-primitives-traits.workspace = true
 reth-payload-builder.workspace = true
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ reth-optimism-txpool.workspace = true
 reth-optimism-chainspec.workspace = true
 reth-optimism-consensus.workspace = true
 reth-optimism-forks.workspace = true
-reth-optimism-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["serde", "serde-bincode-compat"] }
+reth-optimism-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["serde", "serde-bincode-compat", "reth-codec"] }
 
 # revm with required optimism features
 revm = { workspace = true, features = ["secp256k1", "blst", "c-kzg"] }
@@ -87,19 +87,6 @@ futures.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 default = ["reth-codec"]
-optimism = [
-    "reth-provider/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-evm/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-payload-builder/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-rpc/optimism",
-    "reth-engine-local/op",
-    "reth-optimism-consensus/optimism",
-    "reth-db/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-node/optimism",
-    "reth-node-core/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-primitives/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-txpool/optimism",
-]
 asm-keccak = [
     "reth-primitives/asm-keccak",
     "alloy-primitives/asm-keccak",
diff --git a/crates/optimism/node/src/lib.rs b/crates/optimism/node/src/lib.rs
index 729ef65c2..222298681 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/node/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/node/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
     issue_tracker_base_url = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/issues/"
 )]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
-// The `optimism` feature must be enabled to use this crate.
-#![cfg(feature = "optimism")]
 
 /// CLI argument parsing for the optimism node.
 pub mod args;
diff --git a/crates/optimism/node/tests/e2e/main.rs b/crates/optimism/node/tests/e2e/main.rs
index 7f4b22ba7..3fb8201b2 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/node/tests/e2e/main.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/node/tests/e2e/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #![allow(missing_docs)]
 
-#[cfg(feature = "optimism")]
 mod p2p;
 
 const fn main() {}
diff --git a/crates/optimism/node/tests/it/main.rs b/crates/optimism/node/tests/it/main.rs
index d0533fc45..fbd49d4c1 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/node/tests/it/main.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/node/tests/it/main.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #![allow(missing_docs)]
 
-#[cfg(feature = "optimism")]
 mod builder;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "optimism")]
 mod priority;
 
 const fn main() {}
diff --git a/crates/optimism/payload/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/payload/Cargo.toml
index 935bea058..5fa4e9ac0 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/payload/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/payload/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,12 +51,3 @@ derive_more.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 sha2.workspace = true
-
-[features]
-optimism = [
-    "reth-provider/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-evm/optimism",
-    "reth-execution-types/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-consensus/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-primitives/optimism",
-]
diff --git a/crates/optimism/payload/src/lib.rs b/crates/optimism/payload/src/lib.rs
index 2bb66f0cf..659dc2350 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/payload/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/payload/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@
     html_favicon_url = "https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/97369466?s=256",
     issue_tracker_base_url = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/issues/"
 )]
-#![cfg_attr(all(not(test), feature = "optimism"), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
+#![cfg_attr(not(test), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
 #![allow(clippy::useless_let_if_seq)]
-// The `optimism` feature must be enabled to use this crate.
-#![cfg(feature = "optimism")]
 
 pub mod builder;
 pub use builder::OpPayloadBuilder;
diff --git a/crates/optimism/primitives/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/primitives/Cargo.toml
index b531303d6..3f33436f4 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/primitives/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -121,4 +121,3 @@ arbitrary = [
     "alloy-rpc-types-eth?/arbitrary",
     "alloy-serde?/arbitrary",
 ]
-optimism = []
diff --git a/crates/optimism/primitives/src/lib.rs b/crates/optimism/primitives/src/lib.rs
index 926ca0878..741eae0f0 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/primitives/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/primitives/src/lib.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ pub type OpBlockBody = <OpBlock as reth_primitives_traits::Block>::Body;
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 pub struct OpPrimitives;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "optimism")]
 impl reth_primitives_traits::NodePrimitives for OpPrimitives {
     type Block = OpBlock;
     type BlockHeader = alloy_consensus::Header;
diff --git a/crates/optimism/reth/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/reth/Cargo.toml
index 485fd5f3d..edc5b2546 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/reth/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/reth/Cargo.toml
@@ -82,12 +82,3 @@ network = ["dep:reth-network"]
 provider = ["storage-api", "dep:reth-provider", "dep:reth-db"]
 storage-api = ["dep:reth-storage-api"]
 trie = ["dep:reth-trie"]
-optimism = [
-    "reth-db?/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-consensus?/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-evm?/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-node?/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-primitives/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-rpc?/optimism",
-    "reth-provider?/optimism",
-]
diff --git a/crates/optimism/reth/src/lib.rs b/crates/optimism/reth/src/lib.rs
index 3d75b0e19..d6b64153a 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/reth/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/reth/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
 #![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
 #![allow(unused_crate_dependencies)]
-// The `optimism` feature must be enabled to use this crate.
-#![cfg(feature = "optimism")]
 
 /// Re-exported ethereum types
 #[doc(inline)]
diff --git a/crates/optimism/rpc/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/rpc/Cargo.toml
index 75fca7e33..7a78af7f2 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/rpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/rpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -76,14 +76,6 @@ derive_more = { workspace = true, features = ["constructor"] }
 reth-optimism-chainspec.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-optimism = [
-    "reth-optimism-evm/optimism",
-    "reth-provider/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-consensus/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-payload-builder/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-primitives/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-txpool/optimism",
-]
 client = [
     "jsonrpsee/client",
     "jsonrpsee/async-client",
diff --git a/crates/optimism/rpc/src/lib.rs b/crates/optimism/rpc/src/lib.rs
index be17084a9..b92e0c106 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/rpc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/rpc/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@
     html_favicon_url = "https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/97369466?s=256",
     issue_tracker_base_url = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/issues/"
 )]
-#![cfg_attr(all(not(test), feature = "optimism"), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
+#![cfg_attr(not(test), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
-// The `optimism` feature must be enabled to use this crate.
-#![cfg(feature = "optimism")]
 
 pub mod engine;
 pub mod error;
diff --git a/crates/optimism/storage/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/storage/Cargo.toml
index 708ae151a..4583f1367 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/storage/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/storage/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,9 +18,3 @@ reth-codecs.workspace = true
 reth-db-api.workspace = true
 reth-prune-types.workspace = true
 reth-stages-types.workspace = true
-
-[features]
-optimism = [
-    "reth-codecs/op",
-    "reth-db-api/optimism",
-]
diff --git a/crates/optimism/storage/src/lib.rs b/crates/optimism/storage/src/lib.rs
index 3f13133dd..0d7fa5310 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/storage/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/storage/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
     issue_tracker_base_url = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/issues/"
 )]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
-// The `optimism` feature must be enabled to use this crate.
-#![cfg(feature = "optimism")]
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
diff --git a/crates/optimism/txpool/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/txpool/Cargo.toml
index 4af571263..8f5d489ac 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/txpool/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/txpool/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,10 +48,3 @@ parking_lot.workspace = true
 [dev-dependencies]
 reth-optimism-chainspec.workspace = true
 reth-provider = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
-
-[features]
-optimism = [
-    "reth-optimism-evm/optimism",
-    "reth-optimism-primitives/optimism",
-    "reth-provider/optimism",
-]
diff --git a/crates/optimism/txpool/src/lib.rs b/crates/optimism/txpool/src/lib.rs
index 793fa7a28..efbcb0e53 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/txpool/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/txpool/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@
     html_favicon_url = "https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/97369466?s=256",
     issue_tracker_base_url = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/issues/"
 )]
-#![cfg_attr(all(not(test), feature = "optimism"), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
+#![cfg_attr(not(test), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
-// The `optimism` feature must be enabled to use this crate.
-#![cfg(feature = "optimism")]
 
 mod validator;
 pub use validator::{OpL1BlockInfo, OpTransactionValidator};
diff --git a/crates/storage/db-api/Cargo.toml b/crates/storage/db-api/Cargo.toml
index 3a3dc7482..ddd806de7 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/storage/db-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -86,11 +86,6 @@ arbitrary = [
     "alloy-consensus/arbitrary",
     "reth-optimism-primitives?/arbitrary",
 ]
-optimism = [
-    "reth-codecs/op",
-    "reth-optimism-primitives?/optimism",
-    "op",
-]
 op = [
     "dep:reth-optimism-primitives",
     "reth-codecs/op",
diff --git a/crates/storage/db-api/src/models/mod.rs b/crates/storage/db-api/src/models/mod.rs
index 7a4cbe669..59a32a053 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db-api/src/models/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/db-api/src/models/mod.rs
@@ -319,7 +319,6 @@ mod tests {
     //
     // this check is to ensure we do not inadvertently add too many fields to a struct which would
     // expand the flags field and break backwards compatibility
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "optimism"))]
     #[test]
     fn test_ensure_backwards_compatibility() {
         use super::*;
diff --git a/crates/storage/db/Cargo.toml b/crates/storage/db/Cargo.toml
index ff1276346..35b2b4a2c 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/storage/db/Cargo.toml
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ arbitrary = [
     "alloy-consensus/arbitrary",
     "reth-primitives-traits/arbitrary",
 ]
-optimism = ["reth-db-api/optimism"]
 op = [
     "reth-db-api/op",
     "reth-primitives-traits/op",
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/Cargo.toml b/crates/storage/provider/Cargo.toml
index 9a084932a..4b5c9f623 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/Cargo.toml
@@ -87,12 +87,6 @@ eyre.workspace = true
 alloy-consensus.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-optimism = [
-    "reth-execution-types/optimism",
-    "reth-codecs/op",
-    "reth-db/optimism",
-    "reth-db-api/optimism",
-]
 serde = [
     "dashmap/serde",
     "notify/serde",
diff --git a/examples/custom-beacon-withdrawals/Cargo.toml b/examples/custom-beacon-withdrawals/Cargo.toml
index 1ec27c671..d58da7d2c 100644
--- a/examples/custom-beacon-withdrawals/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/custom-beacon-withdrawals/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,3 @@ alloy-eips.workspace = true
 alloy-consensus.workspace = true
 
 eyre.workspace = true
-
-[features]
-optimism = []