diff --git a/graft/subnet-evm/go.mod b/graft/subnet-evm/go.mod
index 335c3022a58f..eb51f1be51a4 100644
--- a/graft/subnet-evm/go.mod
+++ b/graft/subnet-evm/go.mod
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20241215155358-4a5509556b9e
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.18.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.12.0
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.38.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8
 	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.0.0
 )
@@ -182,6 +181,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.37.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.31.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.38.0 // indirect
 	gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.16.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250707201910-8d1bb00bc6a7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250818200422-3122310a409c // indirect
diff --git a/graft/subnet-evm/plugin/evm/imports_test.go b/graft/subnet-evm/plugin/evm/imports_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f0dd8b4baf84..000000000000
--- a/graft/subnet-evm/plugin/evm/imports_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2019-2025, Ava Labs, Inc. All rights reserved.
-// See the file LICENSE for licensing terms.
-
-package evm
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"golang.org/x/tools/go/packages"
-)
-
-// getDependencies takes a fully qualified package name and returns a map of all
-// its recursive package imports (including itself) in the same format.
-func getDependencies(packageName string) (map[string]struct{}, error) {
-	// Configure the load mode to include dependencies
-	cfg := &packages.Config{Mode: packages.NeedImports | packages.NeedName}
-	pkgs, err := packages.Load(cfg, packageName)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load package: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	if len(pkgs) == 0 || pkgs[0].Errors != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load package %s", packageName)
-	}
-
-	deps := make(map[string]struct{})
-	var collectDeps func(pkg *packages.Package)
-	collectDeps = func(pkg *packages.Package) {
-		if _, ok := deps[pkg.PkgPath]; ok {
-			return // Avoid re-processing the same dependency
-		}
-		deps[pkg.PkgPath] = struct{}{}
-		for _, dep := range pkg.Imports {
-			collectDeps(dep)
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Start collecting dependencies
-	for _, pkg := range pkgs {
-		collectDeps(pkg)
-	}
-	return deps, nil
-}
-
-func TestMustNotImport(t *testing.T) {
-	withRepo := func(pkg string) string {
-		const repo = "github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/graft/subnet-evm"
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", repo, pkg)
-	}
-	mustNotImport := map[string][]string{
-		// The following sub-packages of plugin/evm must not import core, core/vm
-		// so clients (e.g., wallets, e2e tests) can import them without pulling in
-		// the entire VM logic.
-		// Importing these packages configures libevm globally and it is not
-		// possible to do so for both coreth and subnet-evm, where the client may
-		// wish to connect to multiple chains.
-		"plugin/evm/client":       {"core", "plugin/evm/customtypes", "core/extstate", "params"},
-		"plugin/evm/config":       {"core", "plugin/evm/customtypes", "core/extstate", "params"},
-		"plugin/evm/customheader": {"core", "core/extstate", "core/vm", "params"},
-		// TODO: ethclient has a dependency on params, see the ethclient.go for more info.
-		// "ethclient":         {"plugin/evm/customtypes", "core/extstate", "params"},
-		"warp": {"plugin/evm/customtypes", "core/extstate", "params"},
-	}
-
-	for packageName, forbiddenImports := range mustNotImport {
-		imports, err := getDependencies(withRepo(packageName))
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-
-		for _, forbiddenImport := range forbiddenImports {
-			fullForbiddenImport := withRepo(forbiddenImport)
-			_, found := imports[fullForbiddenImport]
-			require.False(t, found, "package %s must not import %s, check output of go list -f '{{ .Deps }}' \"%s\" ", packageName, fullForbiddenImport, withRepo(packageName))
-		}
-	}
-}