diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cdc31489b..7ce5daf70 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8405,7 +8405,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-metrics",
  "reth-payload-primitives",
  "reth-primitives",
- "reth-provider",
  "revm",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
diff --git a/crates/payload/builder/Cargo.toml b/crates/payload/builder/Cargo.toml
index 08399b6f9..7a536cdbc 100644
--- a/crates/payload/builder/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/payload/builder/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 # reth
 reth-primitives = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-reth-provider.workspace = true
+reth-chain-state.workspace = true
 reth-payload-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-ethereum-engine-primitives.workspace = true
-reth-chain-state = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 # alloy
 alloy-primitives = { workspace = true, optional = true }
@@ -38,16 +37,13 @@ tracing.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 reth-primitives.workspace = true
-reth-chain-state.workspace = true
 alloy-primitives.workspace = true
 revm.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 test-utils = [
 	"alloy-primitives",
-	"reth-chain-state",
 	"reth-chain-state/test-utils",
 	"reth-primitives/test-utils",
-	"reth-provider/test-utils",
 	"revm/test-utils"
 ]
diff --git a/crates/payload/builder/src/service.rs b/crates/payload/builder/src/service.rs
index 853c69e90..43beaf82c 100644
--- a/crates/payload/builder/src/service.rs
+++ b/crates/payload/builder/src/service.rs
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use alloy_rpc_types::engine::PayloadId;
 use futures_util::{future::FutureExt, Stream, StreamExt};
+use reth_chain_state::CanonStateNotification;
 use reth_payload_primitives::{
     BuiltPayload, Events, PayloadBuilder, PayloadBuilderAttributes, PayloadBuilderError,
     PayloadEvents, PayloadKind, PayloadTypes,
 };
-use reth_provider::CanonStateNotification;
 use std::{
     fmt,
     future::Future,
diff --git a/crates/payload/builder/src/test_utils.rs b/crates/payload/builder/src/test_utils.rs
index 746853b74..780df5c84 100644
--- a/crates/payload/builder/src/test_utils.rs
+++ b/crates/payload/builder/src/test_utils.rs
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ use crate::{
 };
 
 use alloy_primitives::U256;
-use reth_chain_state::ExecutedBlock;
+use reth_chain_state::{CanonStateNotification, ExecutedBlock};
 use reth_payload_primitives::{PayloadBuilderError, PayloadKind, PayloadTypes};
 use reth_primitives::Block;
-use reth_provider::CanonStateNotification;
 use std::{
     future::Future,
     pin::Pin,
diff --git a/crates/payload/builder/src/traits.rs b/crates/payload/builder/src/traits.rs
index 62dadeb45..ba8486b69 100644
--- a/crates/payload/builder/src/traits.rs
+++ b/crates/payload/builder/src/traits.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 //! Trait abstractions used by the payload crate.
 
+use reth_chain_state::CanonStateNotification;
 use reth_payload_primitives::{
     BuiltPayload, PayloadBuilderAttributes, PayloadBuilderError, PayloadKind,
 };
-use reth_provider::CanonStateNotification;
 use std::future::Future;
 
 /// A type that can build a payload.