diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 44bc3c899bf8..1d55ac9a90ae 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7742,7 +7742,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-primitives-traits",
  "reth-static-file-types",
  "reth-trie-common",
- "revm",
  "revm-primitives",
  "roaring",
  "secp256k1",
@@ -8334,6 +8333,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-provider",
  "reth-tasks",
  "reth-tracing",
+ "revm",
  "rustc-hash",
  "schnellru",
  "serde",
diff --git a/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml
index 61c3474c16af..c7886ebf2845 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,4 +40,5 @@ optimism = [
     "reth-primitives/optimism",
     "reth-provider/optimism",
     "reth-optimism-consensus/optimism",
+    "reth-revm/optimism",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/optimism/node/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/node/Cargo.toml
index 607031ea5324..8b9ecf0a03cc 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -66,4 +66,5 @@ optimism = [
     "reth-evm-optimism/optimism",
     "reth-optimism-payload-builder/optimism",
     "reth-beacon-consensus/optimism",
+    "reth-revm/optimism",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/optimism/payload/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/payload/Cargo.toml
index ca6fb8e100d1..357f13956e1a 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/payload/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/payload/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,4 +42,5 @@ optimism = [
     "reth-provider/optimism",
     "reth-rpc-types-compat/optimism",
     "reth-evm-optimism/optimism",
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+    "reth-revm/optimism",
+]
diff --git a/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml b/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml
index 1b2dfab727f5..f5ae16277681 100644
--- a/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ reth-ethereum-forks.workspace = true
 reth-static-file-types.workspace = true
 reth-trie-common.workspace = true
 reth-chainspec.workspace = true
-revm.workspace = true
 revm-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 
 # ethereum
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ once_cell.workspace = true
 rayon.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 tempfile = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-thiserror-no-std = { workspace = true , default-features = false }
+thiserror-no-std = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 zstd = { version = "0.13", features = ["experimental"], optional = true }
 roaring = "0.10.2"
 
@@ -103,24 +102,15 @@ arbitrary = [
     "dep:proptest-derive",
     "zstd-codec",
 ]
-c-kzg = [
-    "dep:c-kzg",
-    "revm/c-kzg",
-    "revm-primitives/c-kzg",
-    "dep:tempfile",
-    "alloy-eips/kzg",
-]
+c-kzg = ["dep:c-kzg", "revm-primitives/c-kzg", "dep:tempfile", "alloy-eips/kzg"]
 zstd-codec = ["dep:zstd"]
 optimism = [
     "reth-chainspec/optimism",
     "reth-codecs/optimism",
     "reth-ethereum-forks/optimism",
-    "revm/optimism",
-]
-alloy-compat = [
-    "reth-primitives-traits/alloy-compat",
-    "alloy-rpc-types",
+    "revm-primitives/optimism",
 ]
+alloy-compat = ["reth-primitives-traits/alloy-compat", "dep:alloy-rpc-types"]
 std = ["thiserror-no-std/std"]
 test-utils = ["reth-primitives-traits/test-utils"]
 
diff --git a/crates/primitives/src/revm/compat.rs b/crates/primitives/src/revm/compat.rs
index cb492e6aa1b7..808ac98bbd9b 100644
--- a/crates/primitives/src/revm/compat.rs
+++ b/crates/primitives/src/revm/compat.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{revm_primitives::AccountInfo, Account, Address, TxKind, KECCAK_EMPTY, U256};
-use revm::{interpreter::gas::validate_initial_tx_gas, primitives::SpecId};
+use crate::{revm_primitives::AccountInfo, Account, KECCAK_EMPTY};
 
 #[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
 use alloc::vec::Vec;
@@ -27,17 +26,3 @@ pub fn into_revm_acc(reth_acc: Account) -> AccountInfo {
         code: None,
     }
 }
-
-/// Calculates the Intrinsic Gas usage for a Transaction
-///
-/// Caution: This only checks past the Merge hardfork.
-#[inline]
-pub fn calculate_intrinsic_gas_after_merge(
-    input: &[u8],
-    kind: &TxKind,
-    access_list: &[(Address, Vec<U256>)],
-    is_shanghai: bool,
-) -> u64 {
-    let spec_id = if is_shanghai { SpecId::SHANGHAI } else { SpecId::MERGE };
-    validate_initial_tx_gas(spec_id, input, kind.is_create(), access_list)
-}
diff --git a/crates/revm/Cargo.toml b/crates/revm/Cargo.toml
index 5462da7383da..4d7a7f684de0 100644
--- a/crates/revm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/revm/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ tracing.workspace = true
 reth-trie.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-default = ["std"]
+default = ["std", "c-kzg"]
 std = []
+c-kzg = ["revm/c-kzg"]
 test-utils = ["dep:reth-trie"]
+optimism = ["revm/optimism"]
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc/Cargo.toml b/crates/rpc/rpc/Cargo.toml
index 378f665bf90b..096409ab251b 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -96,4 +96,5 @@ optimism = [
     "reth-provider/optimism",
     "dep:reth-evm-optimism",
     "reth-evm-optimism/optimism",
+    "reth-revm/optimism",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/transaction-pool/Cargo.toml b/crates/transaction-pool/Cargo.toml
index 03b5d1d5f21a..a90b16083f42 100644
--- a/crates/transaction-pool/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/transaction-pool/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ reth-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-fs-util.workspace = true
 reth-provider.workspace = true
 reth-tasks.workspace = true
+revm.workspace = true
 
 # ethereum
 alloy-rlp.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/transaction-pool/src/validate/eth.rs b/crates/transaction-pool/src/validate/eth.rs
index 3b3779cfdcb5..8bdd68d62154 100644
--- a/crates/transaction-pool/src/validate/eth.rs
+++ b/crates/transaction-pool/src/validate/eth.rs
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ use reth_primitives::{
         ETHEREUM_BLOCK_GAS_LIMIT,
     },
     kzg::KzgSettings,
-    revm::compat::calculate_intrinsic_gas_after_merge,
-    GotExpected, InvalidTransactionError, SealedBlock, EIP1559_TX_TYPE_ID, EIP2930_TX_TYPE_ID,
-    EIP4844_TX_TYPE_ID, LEGACY_TX_TYPE_ID,
+    Address, GotExpected, InvalidTransactionError, SealedBlock, TxKind, EIP1559_TX_TYPE_ID,
+    EIP2930_TX_TYPE_ID, EIP4844_TX_TYPE_ID, LEGACY_TX_TYPE_ID, U256,
 };
 use reth_provider::{AccountReader, BlockReaderIdExt, StateProviderFactory};
 use reth_tasks::TaskSpawner;
+use revm::{interpreter::gas::validate_initial_tx_gas, primitives::SpecId};
 use std::{
     marker::PhantomData,
     sync::{atomic::AtomicBool, Arc},
@@ -728,6 +728,20 @@ pub fn ensure_intrinsic_gas<T: PoolTransaction>(
     }
 }
 
+/// Calculates the Intrinsic Gas usage for a Transaction
+///
+/// Caution: This only checks past the Merge hardfork.
+#[inline]
+pub fn calculate_intrinsic_gas_after_merge(
+    input: &[u8],
+    kind: &TxKind,
+    access_list: &[(Address, Vec<U256>)],
+    is_shanghai: bool,
+) -> u64 {
+    let spec_id = if is_shanghai { SpecId::SHANGHAI } else { SpecId::MERGE };
+    validate_initial_tx_gas(spec_id, input, kind.is_create(), access_list)
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;