diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3072281fb..0856b05a1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2696,6 +2696,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "example-custom-dev-node"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "alloy-genesis",
  "eyre",
  "futures-util",
  "reth",
@@ -6707,6 +6708,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "reth-db-api"
 version = "1.0.7"
 dependencies = [
+ "alloy-genesis",
  "alloy-primitives",
  "arbitrary",
  "bytes",
@@ -7292,6 +7294,7 @@ name = "reth-evm-ethereum"
 version = "1.0.7"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-eips",
+ "alloy-genesis",
  "alloy-primitives",
  "alloy-sol-types",
  "reth-chainspec",
@@ -7312,6 +7315,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "reth-evm-optimism"
 version = "1.0.7"
 dependencies = [
+ "alloy-genesis",
  "alloy-primitives",
  "reth-chainspec",
  "reth-ethereum-forks",
@@ -7363,6 +7367,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "reth-exex"
 version = "1.0.7"
 dependencies = [
+ "alloy-genesis",
  "alloy-primitives",
  "eyre",
  "futures",
diff --git a/crates/ethereum/evm/Cargo.toml b/crates/ethereum/evm/Cargo.toml
index f5af92b15..8a8e23a4c 100644
--- a/crates/ethereum/evm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ethereum/evm/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ reth-revm = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
 reth-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["secp256k1"] }
 secp256k1.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
+alloy-genesis.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
diff --git a/crates/ethereum/evm/src/lib.rs b/crates/ethereum/evm/src/lib.rs
index f791b80f3..1c8b1b6a2 100644
--- a/crates/ethereum/evm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum/evm/src/lib.rs
@@ -194,12 +194,13 @@ impl ConfigureEvm for EthEvmConfig {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use alloy_genesis::Genesis;
     use alloy_primitives::{B256, U256};
     use reth_chainspec::{Chain, ChainSpec, MAINNET};
     use reth_evm::execute::ProviderError;
     use reth_primitives::{
         revm_primitives::{BlockEnv, CfgEnv, SpecId},
-        Genesis, Header, KECCAK_EMPTY,
+        Header, KECCAK_EMPTY,
     };
     use reth_revm::{
         db::{CacheDB, EmptyDBTyped},
diff --git a/crates/exex/exex/Cargo.toml b/crates/exex/exex/Cargo.toml
index 4d0a1638b..9b6146d22 100644
--- a/crates/exex/exex/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/exex/exex/Cargo.toml
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ reth-primitives-traits = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
 reth-provider = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
 reth-testing-utils.workspace = true
 
+alloy-genesis.workspace = true
+
 secp256k1.workspace = true
 tempfile.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/crates/exex/exex/src/backfill/test_utils.rs b/crates/exex/exex/src/backfill/test_utils.rs
index 8c99ea7f1..8fd6071e8 100644
--- a/crates/exex/exex/src/backfill/test_utils.rs
+++ b/crates/exex/exex/src/backfill/test_utils.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+use alloy_genesis::{Genesis, GenesisAccount};
 use alloy_primitives::{b256, Address, TxKind, U256};
 use eyre::OptionExt;
 use reth_chainspec::{ChainSpec, ChainSpecBuilder, EthereumHardfork, MAINNET, MIN_TRANSACTION_GAS};
@@ -8,8 +9,8 @@ use reth_evm::execute::{
 };
 use reth_evm_ethereum::execute::EthExecutorProvider;
 use reth_primitives::{
-    constants::ETH_TO_WEI, Block, BlockBody, BlockWithSenders, Genesis, GenesisAccount, Header,
-    Receipt, Requests, SealedBlockWithSenders, Transaction, TxEip2930,
+    constants::ETH_TO_WEI, Block, BlockBody, BlockWithSenders, Header, Receipt, Requests,
+    SealedBlockWithSenders, Transaction, TxEip2930,
 };
 use reth_provider::{
     providers::ProviderNodeTypes, BlockWriter as _, ExecutionOutcome, LatestStateProviderRef,
diff --git a/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml
index 294ce0e01..567e8c002 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ tracing.workspace = true
 [dev-dependencies]
 reth-revm = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
 reth-optimism-chainspec.workspace = true
+alloy-genesis.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 optimism = [
diff --git a/crates/optimism/evm/src/lib.rs b/crates/optimism/evm/src/lib.rs
index ce95a7653..9c2d28ff3 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/evm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/evm/src/lib.rs
@@ -209,12 +209,13 @@ impl ConfigureEvm for OptimismEvmConfig {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use alloy_genesis::Genesis;
     use alloy_primitives::{B256, U256};
     use reth_chainspec::{Chain, ChainSpec};
     use reth_evm::execute::ProviderError;
     use reth_primitives::{
         revm_primitives::{BlockEnv, CfgEnv, SpecId},
-        Genesis, Header, BASE_MAINNET, KECCAK_EMPTY,
+        Header, BASE_MAINNET, KECCAK_EMPTY,
     };
     use reth_revm::{
         db::{CacheDB, EmptyDBTyped},
diff --git a/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml b/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml
index 0e7cb2c5d..72de34e3f 100644
--- a/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ alloy-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["rand", "rlp"] }
 alloy-rlp = { workspace = true, features = ["arrayvec"] }
 alloy-rpc-types = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 alloy-serde = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-alloy-genesis.workspace = true
 alloy-eips = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 
 # optimism
@@ -70,6 +69,7 @@ revm-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["arbitrary"] }
 reth-chainspec.workspace = true
 reth-codecs.workspace = true
 alloy-eips = { workspace = true, features = ["arbitrary"] }
+alloy-genesis.workspace = true
 
 assert_matches.workspace = true
 arbitrary = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/crates/primitives/src/genesis.rs b/crates/primitives/src/genesis.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index c81d9488d..000000000
--- a/crates/primitives/src/genesis.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-//! Types for genesis configuration of a chain.
-
-// re-export genesis types
-#[doc(inline)]
-pub use alloy_genesis::*;
diff --git a/crates/primitives/src/lib.rs b/crates/primitives/src/lib.rs
index 1ef0d0253..0760897fa 100644
--- a/crates/primitives/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/primitives/src/lib.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ mod compression;
 pub mod constants;
 pub mod eip4844;
 pub mod eip7702;
-pub mod genesis;
 pub mod proofs;
 mod receipt;
 pub use reth_static_file_types as static_file;
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ pub use constants::{
     DEV_GENESIS_HASH, EMPTY_OMMER_ROOT_HASH, HOLESKY_GENESIS_HASH, KECCAK_EMPTY,
     MAINNET_GENESIS_HASH, SEPOLIA_GENESIS_HASH,
 };
-pub use genesis::{ChainConfig, Genesis, GenesisAccount};
 pub use receipt::{
     gas_spent_by_transactions, Receipt, ReceiptWithBloom, ReceiptWithBloomRef, Receipts,
 };
diff --git a/crates/storage/db-api/Cargo.toml b/crates/storage/db-api/Cargo.toml
index 1c2c757fe..a6a600abc 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/storage/db-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ reth-trie-common.workspace = true
 
 # ethereum
 alloy-primitives.workspace = true
+alloy-genesis.workspace = true
 
 # codecs
 modular-bitfield.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/storage/db-api/src/models/mod.rs b/crates/storage/db-api/src/models/mod.rs
index d01f2cc23..af8d7da0d 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db-api/src/models/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/db-api/src/models/mod.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ use crate::{
     table::{Compress, Decode, Decompress, Encode},
     DatabaseError,
 };
+use alloy_genesis::GenesisAccount;
 use alloy_primitives::{Address, Log, B256, U256};
 use reth_codecs::{add_arbitrary_tests, Compact};
 use reth_primitives::{
-    Account, Bytecode, GenesisAccount, Header, Receipt, Requests, SealedHeader, StorageEntry,
+    Account, Bytecode, Header, Receipt, Requests, SealedHeader, StorageEntry,
     TransactionSignedNoHash, TxType,
 };
 use reth_prune_types::{PruneCheckpoint, PruneSegment};
diff --git a/examples/custom-dev-node/Cargo.toml b/examples/custom-dev-node/Cargo.toml
index d40c97ca6..e4c5a9dab 100644
--- a/examples/custom-dev-node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/custom-dev-node/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ futures-util.workspace = true
 eyre.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
+
+alloy-genesis.workspace = true
diff --git a/examples/custom-dev-node/src/main.rs b/examples/custom-dev-node/src/main.rs
index 176e4c503..93e5df628 100644
--- a/examples/custom-dev-node/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/custom-dev-node/src/main.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+use alloy_genesis::Genesis;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
 use reth::{
     builder::{NodeBuilder, NodeHandle},
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ use reth::{
 use reth_chainspec::ChainSpec;
 use reth_node_core::{args::RpcServerArgs, node_config::NodeConfig};
 use reth_node_ethereum::EthereumNode;
-use reth_primitives::{b256, hex, Genesis};
+use reth_primitives::{b256, hex};
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {