diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d31239808..855e3de5e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8108,6 +8108,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloy-eips",
  "alloy-genesis",
  "alloy-primitives",
+ "derive_more 1.0.0",
  "op-alloy-consensus",
  "reth-chainspec",
  "reth-consensus",
@@ -8123,7 +8124,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-revm",
  "revm",
  "revm-primitives",
- "thiserror",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
diff --git a/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml
index 0a22dcfdd..a1e2021a4 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ revm.workspace = true
 revm-primitives.workspace = true
 
 # misc
-thiserror.workspace = true
+derive_more.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ alloy-genesis.workspace = true
 alloy-consensus.workspace = true
 
 [features]
+default = ["std"]
+std = []
 optimism = [
     "reth-primitives/optimism",
     "reth-execution-types/optimism",
diff --git a/crates/optimism/evm/src/error.rs b/crates/optimism/evm/src/error.rs
index c5c6a0a4a..71f8709e1 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/evm/src/error.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/evm/src/error.rs
@@ -1,27 +1,30 @@
 //! Error types for the Optimism EVM module.
 
+use alloc::string::String;
 use reth_evm::execute::BlockExecutionError;
 
 /// Optimism Block Executor Errors
-#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, derive_more::Display)]
 pub enum OptimismBlockExecutionError {
     /// Error when trying to parse L1 block info
-    #[error("could not get L1 block info from L2 block: {message:?}")]
+    #[display("could not get L1 block info from L2 block: {message}")]
     L1BlockInfoError {
         /// The inner error message
         message: String,
     },
     /// Thrown when force deploy of create2deployer code fails.
-    #[error("failed to force create2deployer account code")]
+    #[display("failed to force create2deployer account code")]
     ForceCreate2DeployerFail,
     /// Thrown when a blob transaction is included in a sequencer's block.
-    #[error("blob transaction included in sequencer block")]
+    #[display("blob transaction included in sequencer block")]
     BlobTransactionRejected,
     /// Thrown when a database account could not be loaded.
-    #[error("failed to load account {0}")]
+    #[display("failed to load account {_0}")]
     AccountLoadFailed(alloy_primitives::Address),
 }
 
+impl core::error::Error for OptimismBlockExecutionError {}
+
 impl From<OptimismBlockExecutionError> for BlockExecutionError {
     fn from(err: OptimismBlockExecutionError) -> Self {
         Self::other(err)
diff --git a/crates/optimism/evm/src/execute.rs b/crates/optimism/evm/src/execute.rs
index f7da1c250..263420623 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/evm/src/execute.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/evm/src/execute.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 use crate::{
     l1::ensure_create2_deployer, OpChainSpec, OptimismBlockExecutionError, OptimismEvmConfig,
 };
+use alloc::{boxed::Box, sync::Arc, vec::Vec};
 use alloy_consensus::Transaction as _;
 use alloy_primitives::{BlockNumber, U256};
+use core::fmt::Display;
 use reth_chainspec::{ChainSpec, EthereumHardforks};
 use reth_evm::{
     execute::{
@@ -27,7 +29,6 @@ use revm_primitives::{
     db::{Database, DatabaseCommit},
     BlockEnv, CfgEnvWithHandlerCfg, EnvWithHandlerCfg, ResultAndState,
 };
-use std::{fmt::Display, sync::Arc};
 use tracing::trace;
 
 /// Provides executors to execute regular optimism blocks
diff --git a/crates/optimism/evm/src/l1.rs b/crates/optimism/evm/src/l1.rs
index 3412501eb..e0668ab02 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/evm/src/l1.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/evm/src/l1.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 //! Optimism-specific implementation and utilities for the executor
 
 use crate::OptimismBlockExecutionError;
+use alloc::{string::ToString, sync::Arc};
 use alloy_primitives::{address, b256, hex, Address, Bytes, B256, U256};
 use reth_chainspec::ChainSpec;
 use reth_execution_errors::BlockExecutionError;
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ use revm::{
     primitives::{Bytecode, HashMap, SpecId},
     DatabaseCommit, L1BlockInfo,
 };
-use std::sync::Arc;
 use tracing::trace;
 
 /// The address of the create2 deployer
diff --git a/crates/optimism/evm/src/lib.rs b/crates/optimism/evm/src/lib.rs
index 4d0f9d89f..eb067da32 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/evm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/evm/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@
     issue_tracker_base_url = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/issues/"
 )]
 #![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")]
 
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate alloc;
+
+use alloc::{sync::Arc, vec::Vec};
 use alloy_primitives::{Address, U256};
 use reth_evm::{ConfigureEvm, ConfigureEvmEnv, NextBlockEnvAttributes};
 use reth_optimism_chainspec::OpChainSpec;
@@ -18,7 +23,6 @@ use reth_primitives::{
     Head, Header, TransactionSigned,
 };
 use reth_revm::{inspector_handle_register, Database, Evm, EvmBuilder, GetInspector};
-use std::sync::Arc;
 
 mod config;
 pub use config::{revm_spec, revm_spec_by_timestamp_after_bedrock};
diff --git a/crates/optimism/evm/src/strategy.rs b/crates/optimism/evm/src/strategy.rs
index fe8164cc7..9ba43604e 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/evm/src/strategy.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/evm/src/strategy.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 //! Optimism block execution strategy,
 
 use crate::{l1::ensure_create2_deployer, OptimismBlockExecutionError, OptimismEvmConfig};
+use alloc::{boxed::Box, sync::Arc, vec::Vec};
 use alloy_consensus::Transaction as _;
+use core::fmt::Display;
 use reth_chainspec::EthereumHardforks;
 use reth_consensus::ConsensusError;
 use reth_evm::{
@@ -24,7 +26,6 @@ use reth_revm::{
 use revm_primitives::{
     db::DatabaseCommit, BlockEnv, CfgEnvWithHandlerCfg, EnvWithHandlerCfg, ResultAndState, U256,
 };
-use std::{fmt::Display, sync::Arc};
 use tracing::trace;
 
 /// Factory for [`OpExecutionStrategy`].