diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6c11466404f9..043802649147 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7625,8 +7625,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-payload-builder-primitives",
  "reth-payload-primitives",
  "reth-primitives",
- "reth-provider",
  "reth-revm",
+ "reth-storage-api",
  "reth-transaction-pool",
  "revm",
  "tracing",
diff --git a/crates/ethereum/payload/Cargo.toml b/crates/ethereum/payload/Cargo.toml
index b01f4c5bc74f..bec0b094c077 100644
--- a/crates/ethereum/payload/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ethereum/payload/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ workspace = true
 reth-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-revm.workspace = true
 reth-transaction-pool.workspace = true
-reth-provider.workspace = true
 reth-payload-builder.workspace = true
+reth-storage-api.workspace = true
 reth-payload-builder-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-payload-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-execution-types.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/ethereum/payload/src/lib.rs b/crates/ethereum/payload/src/lib.rs
index 575b12659c76..757b75018253 100644
--- a/crates/ethereum/payload/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum/payload/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use reth_basic_payload_builder::{
     PayloadConfig,
 };
 use reth_chain_state::ExecutedBlock;
-use reth_chainspec::ChainSpec;
+use reth_chainspec::{ChainSpec, ChainSpecProvider};
 use reth_errors::RethError;
 use reth_evm::{system_calls::SystemCaller, ConfigureEvm, NextBlockEnvAttributes};
 use reth_evm_ethereum::{eip6110::parse_deposits_from_receipts, EthEvmConfig};
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ use reth_primitives::{
     Block, BlockBody, BlockExt, EthereumHardforks, InvalidTransactionError, Receipt,
     TransactionSigned,
 };
-use reth_provider::{ChainSpecProvider, StateProviderFactory};
 use reth_revm::database::StateProviderDatabase;
 use reth_transaction_pool::{
     error::InvalidPoolTransactionError, noop::NoopTransactionPool, BestTransactions,
@@ -52,6 +51,7 @@ use tracing::{debug, trace, warn};
 
 mod config;
 pub use config::*;
+use reth_storage_api::StateProviderFactory;
 
 type BestTransactionsIter<Pool> = Box<
     dyn BestTransactions<Item = Arc<ValidPoolTransaction<<Pool as TransactionPool>::Transaction>>>,