diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 59e8f2b27..b3cd15385 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8835,6 +8835,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "reth-rpc-types-compat"
 version = "1.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "alloy-consensus",
  "alloy-eips",
  "alloy-primitives",
  "alloy-rlp",
diff --git a/crates/primitives/src/alloy_compat.rs b/crates/primitives/src/alloy_compat.rs
index 65099967e..c9bdfad89 100644
--- a/crates/primitives/src/alloy_compat.rs
+++ b/crates/primitives/src/alloy_compat.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::{
     Transaction, TransactionSigned, TransactionSignedEcRecovered, TransactionSignedNoHash, TxType,
 };
 use alloc::{string::ToString, vec::Vec};
-use alloy_consensus::{TxEip1559, TxEip2930, TxEip4844, TxLegacy};
+use alloy_consensus::{Transaction as _, TxEip1559, TxEip2930, TxEip4844, TxLegacy};
 use alloy_primitives::{Parity, TxKind};
 use alloy_rlp::Error as RlpError;
 use alloy_serde::WithOtherFields;
diff --git a/crates/primitives/src/transaction/mod.rs b/crates/primitives/src/transaction/mod.rs
index 0cb860ff6..0463cd9ea 100644
--- a/crates/primitives/src/transaction/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/primitives/src/transaction/mod.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ use crate::BlockHashOrNumber;
 use alloy_eips::eip7702::SignedAuthorization;
 use alloy_primitives::{keccak256, Address, ChainId, TxKind, B256, U256};
 
-use alloy_consensus::{SignableTransaction, TxEip1559, TxEip2930, TxEip4844, TxEip7702, TxLegacy};
+use alloy_consensus::{
+    SignableTransaction, Transaction as AlloyTransaction, TxEip1559, TxEip2930, TxEip4844,
+    TxEip7702, TxLegacy,
+};
 use alloy_eips::{
     eip2718::{Decodable2718, Eip2718Error, Eip2718Result, Encodable2718},
     eip2930::AccessList,
@@ -197,19 +200,6 @@ impl Transaction {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Get `chain_id`.
-    pub const fn chain_id(&self) -> Option<u64> {
-        match self {
-            Self::Legacy(TxLegacy { chain_id, .. }) => *chain_id,
-            Self::Eip2930(TxEip2930 { chain_id, .. }) |
-            Self::Eip1559(TxEip1559 { chain_id, .. }) |
-            Self::Eip4844(TxEip4844 { chain_id, .. }) |
-            Self::Eip7702(TxEip7702 { chain_id, .. }) => Some(*chain_id),
-            #[cfg(feature = "optimism")]
-            Self::Deposit(_) => None,
-        }
-    }
-
     /// Sets the transaction's chain id to the provided value.
     pub fn set_chain_id(&mut self, chain_id: u64) {
         match self {
@@ -824,7 +814,7 @@ impl Encodable for Transaction {
     }
 }
 
-impl alloy_consensus::Transaction for Transaction {
+impl AlloyTransaction for Transaction {
     fn chain_id(&self) -> Option<ChainId> {
         match self {
             Self::Legacy(tx) => tx.chain_id(),
@@ -1974,6 +1964,7 @@ mod tests {
         transaction::{signature::Signature, TxEip1559, TxKind, TxLegacy},
         Transaction, TransactionSigned, TransactionSignedEcRecovered, TransactionSignedNoHash,
     };
+    use alloy_consensus::Transaction as _;
     use alloy_eips::eip2718::{Decodable2718, Encodable2718};
     use alloy_primitives::{address, b256, bytes, hex, Address, Bytes, Parity, B256, U256};
     use alloy_rlp::{Decodable, Encodable, Error as RlpError};
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-types-compat/Cargo.toml b/crates/rpc/rpc-types-compat/Cargo.toml
index 81b4def20..8e436f0d3 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc-types-compat/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-types-compat/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ alloy-rpc-types.workspace = true
 alloy-rpc-types-eth = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["serde"] }
 alloy-serde.workspace = true
 alloy-rpc-types-engine.workspace = true
+alloy-consensus.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 serde_json.workspace = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-types-compat/src/transaction/mod.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc-types-compat/src/transaction/mod.rs
index 9bb2a8b5d..a489a5886 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc-types-compat/src/transaction/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-types-compat/src/transaction/mod.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ mod signature;
 pub use signature::*;
 use std::fmt;
 
+use alloy_consensus::Transaction as _;
 use alloy_rpc_types::{
     request::{TransactionInput, TransactionRequest},
     Transaction, TransactionInfo,
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc/src/eth/helpers/types.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc/src/eth/helpers/types.rs
index d2b9c268e..982afdcac 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc/src/eth/helpers/types.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc/src/eth/helpers/types.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! L1 `eth` API types.
 
+use alloy_consensus::Transaction as _;
 use alloy_network::{AnyNetwork, Network};
 use alloy_primitives::{Address, TxKind};
 use alloy_rpc_types::{Transaction, TransactionInfo};
diff --git a/crates/transaction-pool/Cargo.toml b/crates/transaction-pool/Cargo.toml
index 41abbb4b6..887543b52 100644
--- a/crates/transaction-pool/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/transaction-pool/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ revm.workspace = true
 alloy-eips.workspace = true
 alloy-primitives.workspace = true
 alloy-rlp.workspace = true
+alloy-consensus.workspace = true
 
 # async/futures
 futures-util.workspace = true
@@ -54,7 +55,6 @@ rand = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 paste = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 proptest = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 proptest-arbitrary-interop = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-alloy-consensus = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 reth-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["arbitrary"] }
@@ -69,12 +69,11 @@ pprof = { workspace = true, features = ["criterion", "flamegraph"] }
 assert_matches.workspace = true
 tempfile.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
-alloy-consensus.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 default = ["serde"]
 serde = ["dep:serde"]
-test-utils = ["rand", "paste", "serde", "alloy-consensus"]
+test-utils = ["rand", "paste", "serde"]
 arbitrary = ["proptest", "reth-primitives/arbitrary", "proptest-arbitrary-interop"]
 
 [[bench]]
diff --git a/crates/transaction-pool/src/traits.rs b/crates/transaction-pool/src/traits.rs
index 07fe9b9c2..9a6eda03d 100644
--- a/crates/transaction-pool/src/traits.rs
+++ b/crates/transaction-pool/src/traits.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use crate::{
     validate::ValidPoolTransaction,
     AllTransactionsEvents,
 };
+use alloy_consensus::Transaction as _;
 use alloy_eips::{eip2718::Encodable2718, eip2930::AccessList, eip4844::BlobAndProofV1};
 use alloy_primitives::{Address, TxHash, TxKind, B256, U256};
 use futures_util::{ready, Stream};
diff --git a/testing/testing-utils/src/generators.rs b/testing/testing-utils/src/generators.rs
index 70d6cc02b..d07af00ce 100644
--- a/testing/testing-utils/src/generators.rs
+++ b/testing/testing-utils/src/generators.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! Generators for different data structures like block headers, block bodies and ranges of those.
 
-use alloy_consensus::TxLegacy;
+use alloy_consensus::{Transaction as _, TxLegacy};
 use alloy_eips::{
     eip6110::DepositRequest, eip7002::WithdrawalRequest, eip7251::ConsolidationRequest,
 };