diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0962f0fd2..9d1b17780 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2239,13 +2239,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloc-no-stdlib",
  "alloy-consensus",
  "alloy-eips",
- "alloy-node-bindings",
  "alloy-primitives",
  "alloy-rlp",
- "alloy-rpc-client",
  "alloy-rpc-types-engine",
- "alloy-transport-http",
- "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
  "brotli",
  "derive_more",
diff --git a/crates/derive/Cargo.toml b/crates/derive/Cargo.toml
index 58d25c22f..e1554acaa 100644
--- a/crates/derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,20 +39,12 @@ serde = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
 
 # `test-utils` feature dependencies
 spin = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-anyhow = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-alloy-rpc-client = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-alloy-node-bindings = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-alloy-transport-http = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["fmt"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 spin.workspace = true
-anyhow.workspace = true
 proptest.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
-alloy-rpc-client.workspace = true
-alloy-node-bindings.workspace = true
-alloy-transport-http.workspace = true
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, features = ["fmt"] }
 alloy-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["rlp", "k256", "map", "arbitrary"] }
@@ -70,10 +62,5 @@ serde = [
 ]
 test-utils = [
   "dep:spin",
-  "dep:anyhow",
-  "dep:alloy-transport-http",
-  "dep:alloy-node-bindings",
   "dep:tracing-subscriber",
-  "dep:alloy-rpc-client",
-  "alloy-transport-http/reqwest"
 ]
diff --git a/crates/derive/src/lib.rs b/crates/derive/src/lib.rs
index ad603141c..2e6691467 100644
--- a/crates/derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     html_favicon_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anton-rs/kona/main/assets/favicon.ico"
 )]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
-#![cfg_attr(not(any(test, feature = "test-utils")), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
+#![cfg_attr(not(test), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
 #![cfg_attr(not(test), no_std)]
 
 extern crate alloc;
diff --git a/crates/derive/src/test_utils/attributes_queue.rs b/crates/derive/src/test_utils/attributes_queue.rs
index 3e2aaf1e6..c015ac97a 100644
--- a/crates/derive/src/test_utils/attributes_queue.rs
+++ b/crates/derive/src/test_utils/attributes_queue.rs
@@ -14,11 +14,17 @@ use async_trait::async_trait;
 use op_alloy_protocol::{BlockInfo, L2BlockInfo};
 use op_alloy_rpc_types_engine::OpPayloadAttributes;
 
+/// An error returned by the [`TestAttributesBuilder`].
+#[derive(derive_more::Display, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum TestAttributesBuilderError {}
+
+impl core::error::Error for TestAttributesBuilderError {}
+
 /// A mock implementation of the [`AttributesBuilder`] for testing.
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
 pub struct TestAttributesBuilder {
     /// The attributes to return.
-    pub attributes: Vec<anyhow::Result<OpPayloadAttributes>>,
+    pub attributes: Vec<Result<OpPayloadAttributes, TestAttributesBuilderError>>,
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
diff --git a/crates/derive/src/test_utils/mod.rs b/crates/derive/src/test_utils/mod.rs
index 55bb9795f..8be980757 100644
--- a/crates/derive/src/test_utils/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/derive/src/test_utils/mod.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ pub use batch_provider::TestNextBatchProvider;
 
 mod attributes_queue;
 pub use attributes_queue::{
-    new_test_attributes_provider, TestAttributesBuilder, TestAttributesProvider,
+    new_test_attributes_provider, TestAttributesBuilder, TestAttributesBuilderError,
+    TestAttributesProvider,
 };
 
 mod batch_stream;
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ mod tracing;
 pub use tracing::{CollectingLayer, TraceStorage};
 
 mod sys_config_fetcher;
-pub use sys_config_fetcher::TestSystemConfigL2Fetcher;
+pub use sys_config_fetcher::{TestSystemConfigL2Fetcher, TestSystemConfigL2FetcherError};
 
 mod frames;
 pub use frames::{FrameQueueAsserter, FrameQueueBuilder};
diff --git a/crates/derive/src/test_utils/sys_config_fetcher.rs b/crates/derive/src/test_utils/sys_config_fetcher.rs
index 291bcd281..2a37085ab 100644
--- a/crates/derive/src/test_utils/sys_config_fetcher.rs
+++ b/crates/derive/src/test_utils/sys_config_fetcher.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 use crate::traits::L2ChainProvider;
 use alloc::{boxed::Box, sync::Arc};
 use alloy_primitives::map::HashMap;
-use anyhow::Result;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use op_alloy_consensus::OpBlock;
 use op_alloy_genesis::{RollupConfig, SystemConfig};
@@ -28,26 +27,36 @@ impl TestSystemConfigL2Fetcher {
     }
 }
 
+/// An error returned by the [TestSystemConfigL2Fetcher].
+#[derive(derive_more::Display, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum TestSystemConfigL2FetcherError {
+    /// The system config was not found.
+    #[display("system config not found: {_0}")]
+    NotFound(u64),
+}
+
+impl core::error::Error for TestSystemConfigL2FetcherError {}
+
 #[async_trait]
 impl L2ChainProvider for TestSystemConfigL2Fetcher {
-    type Error = anyhow::Error;
+    type Error = TestSystemConfigL2FetcherError;
 
     async fn system_config_by_number(
         &mut self,
         number: u64,
         _: Arc<RollupConfig>,
-    ) -> Result<SystemConfig> {
+    ) -> Result<SystemConfig, Self::Error> {
         self.system_configs
             .get(&number)
             .cloned()
-            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("system config not found: {number}"))
+            .ok_or_else(|| TestSystemConfigL2FetcherError::NotFound(number))
     }
 
-    async fn l2_block_info_by_number(&mut self, _: u64) -> Result<L2BlockInfo> {
+    async fn l2_block_info_by_number(&mut self, _: u64) -> Result<L2BlockInfo, Self::Error> {
         unimplemented!()
     }
 
-    async fn block_by_number(&mut self, _: u64) -> Result<OpBlock> {
+    async fn block_by_number(&mut self, _: u64) -> Result<OpBlock, Self::Error> {
         unimplemented!()
     }
 }