diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ed06ee544396..a51c4e0d343f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -582,9 +582,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloy-rpc-types",
  "anvil-core",
  "bytes",
- "ethers-contract",
- "ethers-middleware",
- "ethers-providers",
  "foundry-common",
  "foundry-evm",
  "hash-db",
diff --git a/crates/anvil/core/Cargo.toml b/crates/anvil/core/Cargo.toml
index 5919c0d7d417..3b164a9d8120 100644
--- a/crates/anvil/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/anvil/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ alloy-eips.workspace = true
 alloy-network = { workspace = true, features = ["k256"] }
 alloy-consensus.workspace = true
 alloy-dyn-abi = { workspace = true, features = ["std", "eip712"] }
-# theses are not used by anvil-core, but are required by ethers, because pulled in via foundry-common
-ethers-contract = { workspace = true, features = ["optimism"] }
-ethers-providers = { workspace = true, features = ["optimism"] }
-ethers-middleware = { workspace = true, features = ["optimism"] }
 
 serde = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 serde_json.workspace = true