diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2371ef6df05..906e49df6ce 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -606,16 +606,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "ark-ec",
  "ark-ff",
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
- "flate2",
  "getrandom 0.2.10",
  "js-sys",
  "noir_grumpkin",
  "num-bigint",
  "num-traits",
- "pkg-config",
- "reqwest",
- "rust-embed",
- "tar",
  "thiserror",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "wasmer",
@@ -4037,7 +4032,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "rust-embed-utils",
- "shellexpand",
  "syn 2.0.32",
  "walkdir",
 ]
@@ -4048,7 +4042,6 @@ version = "7.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9d38ff6bf570dc3bb7100fce9f7b60c33fa71d80e88da3f2580df4ff2bdded74"
 dependencies = [
- "globset",
  "sha2",
  "walkdir",
 ]
@@ -4469,15 +4462,6 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "24188a676b6ae68c3b2cb3a01be17fbf7240ce009799bb56d5b1409051e78fde"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "shellexpand"
-version = "2.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7ccc8076840c4da029af4f87e4e8daeb0fca6b87bbb02e10cb60b791450e11e4"
-dependencies = [
- "dirs",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "signature"
 version = "1.6.4"
diff --git a/acvm-repo/bn254_blackbox_solver/Cargo.toml b/acvm-repo/bn254_blackbox_solver/Cargo.toml
index 8658c37420b..1ad5103d2cb 100644
--- a/acvm-repo/bn254_blackbox_solver/Cargo.toml
+++ b/acvm-repo/bn254_blackbox_solver/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,15 +19,8 @@ thiserror.workspace = true
 num-traits.workspace = true
 cfg-if = "1.0.0"
 
-rust-embed = { version = "6.6.0", features = [
-    "debug-embed",
-    "interpolate-folder-path",
-    "include-exclude",
-] }
-
-grumpkin = { version = "0.1.0", package = "noir_grumpkin", features = [
-    "std",
-] } # BN254 fixed base scalar multiplication solver
+# BN254 fixed base scalar multiplication solver
+grumpkin = { version = "0.1.0", package = "noir_grumpkin", features = ["std"] } 
 ark-ec = { version = "^0.4.0", default-features = false }
 ark-ff = { version = "^0.4.0", default-features = false }
 num-bigint.workspace = true
@@ -45,15 +38,6 @@ js-sys.workspace = true
 getrandom.workspace = true
 wasmer = "4.2.6"
 
-[build-dependencies]
-pkg-config = "0.3"
-tar = "~0.4.15"
-flate2 = "~1.0.1"
-reqwest = { version = "0.11.20", default-features = false, features = [
-    "rustls-tls",
-    "blocking",
-] }
-
 [features]
 default = ["bn254"]
 bn254 = ["acir/bn254"]
diff --git a/acvm-repo/bn254_blackbox_solver/build.rs b/acvm-repo/bn254_blackbox_solver/build.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4269c86aba0..00000000000
--- a/acvm-repo/bn254_blackbox_solver/build.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-
-const BARRETENBERG_BIN_DIR: &str = "BARRETENBERG_BIN_DIR";
-
-fn main() -> Result<(), String> {
-    let out_dir = std::env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
-
-    let dest_path = PathBuf::from(out_dir.clone()).join("acvm_backend.wasm");
-
-    println!("cargo:rustc-env={BARRETENBERG_BIN_DIR}={out_dir}");
-    std::fs::copy("./src/acvm_backend.wasm", dest_path).unwrap();
-
-    Ok(())
-}
diff --git a/acvm-repo/bn254_blackbox_solver/src/acvm_backend.wasm b/acvm-repo/bn254_blackbox_solver/src/wasm/acvm_backend.wasm
similarity index 100%
rename from acvm-repo/bn254_blackbox_solver/src/acvm_backend.wasm
rename to acvm-repo/bn254_blackbox_solver/src/wasm/acvm_backend.wasm
diff --git a/acvm-repo/bn254_blackbox_solver/src/wasm/mod.rs b/acvm-repo/bn254_blackbox_solver/src/wasm/mod.rs
index 3c867ae48dd..f4f6f56aa99 100644
--- a/acvm-repo/bn254_blackbox_solver/src/wasm/mod.rs
+++ b/acvm-repo/bn254_blackbox_solver/src/wasm/mod.rs
@@ -76,10 +76,7 @@ use wasmer::{
 pub(super) const WASM_SCRATCH_BYTES: usize = 1024;
 
 /// Embed the Barretenberg WASM file
-#[derive(rust_embed::RustEmbed)]
-#[folder = "$BARRETENBERG_BIN_DIR"]
-#[include = "acvm_backend.wasm"]
-struct Wasm;
+const WASM_BIN: &[u8] = include_bytes!("./acvm_backend.wasm");
 
 impl Barretenberg {
     #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
@@ -287,7 +284,7 @@ fn instance_load() -> (Instance, Memory, Store) {
 
     let (memory, mut store, custom_imports) = init_memory_and_state();
 
-    let module = Module::new(&store, Wasm::get("acvm_backend.wasm").unwrap().data).unwrap();
+    let module = Module::new(&store, WASM_BIN).unwrap();
 
     (Instance::new(&mut store, &module, &custom_imports).unwrap(), memory, store)
 }
@@ -299,9 +296,7 @@ async fn instance_load() -> (Instance, Memory, Store) {
 
     let (memory, mut store, custom_imports) = init_memory_and_state();
 
-    let wasm_binary = Wasm::get("acvm_backend.wasm").unwrap().data;
-
-    let js_bytes = unsafe { js_sys::Uint8Array::view(&wasm_binary) };
+    let js_bytes = unsafe { js_sys::Uint8Array::view(&WASM_BIN) };
     let js_module_promise = WebAssembly::compile(&js_bytes);
     let js_module: js_sys::WebAssembly::Module =
         wasm_bindgen_futures::JsFuture::from(js_module_promise).await.unwrap().into();
@@ -309,7 +304,7 @@ async fn instance_load() -> (Instance, Memory, Store) {
     let js_instance_promise =
         WebAssembly::instantiate_module(&js_module, &custom_imports.as_jsvalue(&store).into());
     let js_instance = wasm_bindgen_futures::JsFuture::from(js_instance_promise).await.unwrap();
-    let module: wasmer::Module = (js_module, wasm_binary).into();
+    let module = wasmer::Module::from((js_module, WASM_BIN));
     let instance: wasmer::Instance = Instance::from_jsvalue(&mut store, &module, &js_instance)
         .map_err(|_| "Error while creating BlackBox Functions vendor instance")
         .unwrap();