diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1131239a8d73..07cd06f18ae7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7597,7 +7597,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "procfs",
  "proptest",
  "rand 0.8.5",
- "reth-beacon-consensus",
  "reth-chainspec",
  "reth-config",
  "reth-consensus-common",
diff --git a/crates/node-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/node-core/Cargo.toml
index ec86bb440893..db72a5e00ee7 100644
--- a/crates/node-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/node-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ reth-net-nat.workspace = true
 reth-network-peers.workspace = true
 reth-tasks.workspace = true
 reth-consensus-common.workspace = true
-reth-beacon-consensus.workspace = true
 reth-prune-types.workspace = true
 reth-stages-types.workspace = true
 
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ optimism = [
     "reth-primitives/optimism",
     "reth-provider/optimism",
     "reth-rpc-types-compat/optimism",
-    "reth-beacon-consensus/optimism",
     "reth-rpc-eth-api/optimism",
     "reth-rpc-eth-types/optimism"
 ]
diff --git a/crates/node-core/src/exit.rs b/crates/node-core/src/exit.rs
index 7957af1854fc..5dc6e5638d80 100644
--- a/crates/node-core/src/exit.rs
+++ b/crates/node-core/src/exit.rs
@@ -1,32 +1,39 @@
 //! Helper types for waiting for the node to exit.
 
-use futures::FutureExt;
-use reth_beacon_consensus::BeaconConsensusEngineError;
+use futures::{future::BoxFuture, FutureExt};
 use std::{
+    fmt,
     future::Future,
     pin::Pin,
     task::{ready, Context, Poll},
 };
-use tokio::sync::oneshot;
 
 /// A Future which resolves when the node exits
-#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct NodeExitFuture {
-    /// The receiver half of the channel for the consensus engine.
-    /// This can be used to wait for the consensus engine to exit.
-    consensus_engine_rx: Option<oneshot::Receiver<Result<(), BeaconConsensusEngineError>>>,
+    /// The consensus engine future.
+    /// This can be polled to wait for the consensus engine to exit.
+    consensus_engine_fut: Option<BoxFuture<'static, eyre::Result<()>>>,
 
     /// Flag indicating whether the node should be terminated after the pipeline sync.
     terminate: bool,
 }
 
+impl fmt::Debug for NodeExitFuture {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("NodeExitFuture")
+            .field("consensus_engine_fut", &"...")
+            .field("terminate", &self.terminate)
+            .finish()
+    }
+}
+
 impl NodeExitFuture {
     /// Create a new `NodeExitFuture`.
-    pub const fn new(
-        consensus_engine_rx: oneshot::Receiver<Result<(), BeaconConsensusEngineError>>,
-        terminate: bool,
-    ) -> Self {
-        Self { consensus_engine_rx: Some(consensus_engine_rx), terminate }
+    pub fn new<F>(consensus_engine_fut: F, terminate: bool) -> Self
+    where
+        F: Future<Output = eyre::Result<()>> + 'static + Send,
+    {
+        Self { consensus_engine_fut: Some(Box::pin(consensus_engine_fut)), terminate }
     }
 }
 
@@ -35,18 +42,17 @@ impl Future for NodeExitFuture {
 
     fn poll(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
         let this = self.get_mut();
-        if let Some(rx) = this.consensus_engine_rx.as_mut() {
+        if let Some(rx) = this.consensus_engine_fut.as_mut() {
             match ready!(rx.poll_unpin(cx)) {
-                Ok(res) => {
-                    this.consensus_engine_rx.take();
-                    res?;
+                Ok(_) => {
+                    this.consensus_engine_fut.take();
                     if this.terminate {
                         Poll::Ready(Ok(()))
                     } else {
                         Poll::Pending
                     }
                 }
-                Err(err) => Poll::Ready(Err(err.into())),
+                Err(err) => Poll::Ready(Err(err)),
             }
         } else {
             Poll::Pending
@@ -61,11 +67,9 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_node_exit_future_terminate_true() {
-        let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel::<Result<(), BeaconConsensusEngineError>>();
+        let fut = async { Ok(()) };
 
-        let _ = tx.send(Ok(()));
-
-        let node_exit_future = NodeExitFuture::new(rx, true);
+        let node_exit_future = NodeExitFuture::new(fut, true);
 
         let res = node_exit_future.await;
 
@@ -74,11 +78,9 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_node_exit_future_terminate_false() {
-        let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel::<Result<(), BeaconConsensusEngineError>>();
-
-        let _ = tx.send(Ok(()));
+        let fut = async { Ok(()) };
 
-        let mut node_exit_future = NodeExitFuture::new(rx, false);
+        let mut node_exit_future = NodeExitFuture::new(fut, false);
         poll_fn(|cx| {
             assert!(node_exit_future.poll_unpin(cx).is_pending());
             Poll::Ready(())
diff --git a/crates/node/builder/src/launch/mod.rs b/crates/node/builder/src/launch/mod.rs
index 532e87fecba5..99dc04310d82 100644
--- a/crates/node/builder/src/launch/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/node/builder/src/launch/mod.rs
@@ -389,7 +389,10 @@ where
         on_node_started.on_event(full_node.clone())?;
 
         let handle = NodeHandle {
-            node_exit_future: NodeExitFuture::new(rx, full_node.config.debug.terminate),
+            node_exit_future: NodeExitFuture::new(
+                async { Ok(rx.await??) },
+                full_node.config.debug.terminate,
+            ),
             node: full_node,
         };