diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5236fb38ee33..324971882324 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7168,7 +7168,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "proptest-derive 0.5.0",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "reth-chainspec",
- "reth-codecs",
  "reth-codecs-derive",
  "reth-primitives",
  "serde",
diff --git a/crates/net/eth-wire-types/Cargo.toml b/crates/net/eth-wire-types/Cargo.toml
index e9d502850ab3..671883dae68e 100644
--- a/crates/net/eth-wire-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/net/eth-wire-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 # reth
 reth-chainspec.workspace = true
-reth-codecs.workspace = true
 reth-codecs-derive.workspace = true
 reth-primitives.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/crates/net/eth-wire-types/src/header.rs b/crates/net/eth-wire-types/src/header.rs
index f6b3b8ac4cdb..607d6ba3e2cb 100644
--- a/crates/net/eth-wire-types/src/header.rs
+++ b/crates/net/eth-wire-types/src/header.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use alloy_rlp::{Decodable, Encodable};
 use bytes::BufMut;
-use reth_codecs::derive_arbitrary;
+use reth_codecs_derive::derive_arbitrary;
 
 /// Represents the direction for a headers request depending on the `reverse` field of the request.
 /// > The response must contain a number of block headers, of rising number when reverse is 0,