diff --git a/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml
index f2dce0a9ba0..9e7bb0295d2 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@ workspace = true
 # Reth
 reth-chainspec.workspace = true
 reth-evm = { workspace = true, features = ["op"] }
-reth-primitives-traits.workspace = true
+reth-primitives-traits = { workspace = true, features = ["op"] }
 reth-execution-errors.workspace = true
 reth-execution-types.workspace = true
 reth-storage-errors.workspace = true
-
 reth-rpc-eth-api = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 # ethereum
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ alloy-consensus.workspace = true
 reth-optimism-chainspec.workspace = true
 reth-optimism-consensus.workspace = true
 reth-optimism-forks.workspace = true
-reth-optimism-primitives.workspace = true
+reth-optimism-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["op"] }
 
 # revm
 revm.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/optimism/evm/src/config.rs b/crates/optimism/evm/src/config.rs
index 47ed2853d0a..46a410b08f8 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/evm/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/evm/src/config.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ pub use alloy_op_evm::{
     spec as revm_spec, spec_by_timestamp_after_bedrock as revm_spec_by_timestamp_after_bedrock,
 };
 
-use alloy_consensus::BlockHeader;
 use revm::primitives::{Address, Bytes, B256};
 
 /// Context relevant for execution of a next block w.r.t OP.
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ pub struct OpNextBlockEnvAttributes {
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "rpc")]
-impl<H: BlockHeader> reth_rpc_eth_api::helpers::pending_block::BuildPendingEnv<H>
+impl<H: alloy_consensus::BlockHeader> reth_rpc_eth_api::helpers::pending_block::BuildPendingEnv<H>
     for OpNextBlockEnvAttributes
 {
     fn build_pending_env(parent: &crate::SealedHeader<H>) -> Self {
diff --git a/crates/optimism/exex/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/exex/Cargo.toml
index bbcefba8953..051d4ee922c 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/exex/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/exex/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,14 +19,12 @@ reth-node-api.workspace = true
 reth-provider.workspace = true
 reth-chainspec.workspace = true
 
-# for ethereum types, `serde-bincode-compat` is added by `reth-storage-api`, however this does not work with `op` until
-# `reth-storage-api` is updated to support `op`, so we add it here.
-reth-optimism-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["reth-codec", "serde-bincode-compat", "serde"] }
-
 # ethereum
 alloy-primitives.workspace = true
 
 # op-reth
+# serde-bincode-compat is enabled for reth-exex-types in reth-exex
+reth-optimism-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["reth-codec", "serde-bincode-compat"] }
 reth-optimism-trie.workspace = true
 
 # misc
diff --git a/crates/optimism/node/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/node/Cargo.toml
index 162700ac0ae..96b0a40d903 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ workspace = true
 # reth
 reth-chainspec.workspace = true
 ## ensure secp256k1 recovery with rayon support is activated
-reth-primitives-traits = { workspace = true, features = ["secp256k1", "rayon"] }
+reth-primitives-traits = { workspace = true, features = ["op", "secp256k1", "rayon", "reth-codec", "serde-bincode-compat"] }
 reth-payload-builder.workspace = true
 reth-consensus.workspace = true
 reth-node-api.workspace = true
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ reth-optimism-txpool.workspace = true
 reth-optimism-chainspec.workspace = true
 reth-optimism-consensus = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
 reth-optimism-forks.workspace = true
-reth-optimism-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["serde", "serde-bincode-compat", "reth-codec"] }
+reth-optimism-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["op", "reth-codec", "serde-bincode-compat"] }
 
 # revm with required optimism features
 # Note: this must be kept to ensure all features are properly enabled/forwarded
diff --git a/crates/optimism/primitives/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/primitives/Cargo.toml
index 30257049c20..07da4363cec 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/primitives/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 # reth
-reth-primitives-traits = { workspace = true, features = ["op"] }
-reth-codecs = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["op"] }
+reth-primitives-traits.workspace = true
+reth-codecs = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 reth-zstd-compressors = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 # ethereum
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ arbitrary = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 reth-codecs = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils", "op"] }
+reth-primitives-traits = { workspace = true, features = ["op"] }
 
 rand.workspace = true
 arbitrary.workspace = true
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ alloy-compat = ["op-alloy-consensus/alloy-compat"]
 reth-codec = [
     "dep:reth-codecs",
     "std",
+    "op",
     "reth-primitives-traits/reth-codec",
     "reth-codecs?/op",
     "dep:bytes",
@@ -107,3 +109,7 @@ arbitrary = [
     "alloy-primitives/arbitrary",
     "alloy-eips/arbitrary",
 ]
+op = [
+    "reth-primitives-traits/op",
+    "reth-codecs?/op",
+]
diff --git a/crates/optimism/primitives/src/lib.rs b/crates/optimism/primitives/src/lib.rs
index 8100d70c916..38de2a82dc5 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/primitives/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/primitives/src/lib.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ pub type OpBlockBody = <OpBlock as reth_primitives_traits::Block>::Body;
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 pub struct OpPrimitives;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "op")]
 impl reth_primitives_traits::NodePrimitives for OpPrimitives {
     type Block = OpBlock;
     type BlockHeader = alloy_consensus::Header;
diff --git a/crates/optimism/primitives/src/receipt.rs b/crates/optimism/primitives/src/receipt.rs
index 74f21eab115..55ada42acd6 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/primitives/src/receipt.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/primitives/src/receipt.rs
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ mod compact {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(all(feature = "serde", feature = "serde-bincode-compat"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-bincode-compat")]
 pub(super) mod serde_bincode_compat {
     use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
     use serde_with::{DeserializeAs, SerializeAs};
diff --git a/crates/optimism/rpc/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/rpc/Cargo.toml
index acbc491f648..45f751f3596 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/rpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/rpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 # reth
-reth-evm.workspace = true
-reth-primitives-traits = { workspace = true, features = ["op"] }
-reth-storage-api.workspace = true
+reth-evm = { workspace = true, features = ["op"] }
+reth-primitives-traits = { workspace = true, features = ["op", "serde-bincode-compat"] }
+reth-storage-api = { workspace = true, features = ["serde-bincode-compat"] }
 reth-rpc-eth-api = { workspace = true, features = ["op"] }
 reth-rpc-eth-types.workspace = true
 reth-rpc-server-types.workspace = true
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ reth-transaction-pool.workspace = true
 reth-rpc.workspace = true
 reth-rpc-api.workspace = true
 reth-node-api.workspace = true
-reth-node-builder.workspace = true
+reth-node-builder = { workspace = true, features = ["op"] }
 reth-chainspec.workspace = true
 reth-chain-state.workspace = true
 reth-rpc-engine-api.workspace = true
-reth-rpc-convert.workspace = true
+reth-rpc-convert = { workspace = true, features = ["op"] }
 
 # op-reth
 reth-optimism-evm.workspace = true
@@ -36,25 +36,25 @@ reth-optimism-flashblocks.workspace = true
 reth-optimism-payload-builder.workspace = true
 reth-optimism-txpool.workspace = true
 # TODO remove node-builder import
-reth-optimism-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["reth-codec", "serde-bincode-compat", "serde"] }
+reth-optimism-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["op", "serde-bincode-compat"] }
 reth-optimism-forks.workspace = true
 
 # ethereum
-alloy-eips.workspace = true
+alloy-eips = { workspace = true, features = ["serde-bincode-compat"] }
 alloy-json-rpc.workspace = true
 alloy-primitives.workspace = true
 alloy-rpc-client.workspace = true
-alloy-rpc-types-eth.workspace = true
+alloy-rpc-types-eth = { workspace = true, features = ["serde-bincode-compat"] }
 alloy-rpc-types-debug.workspace = true
 alloy-transport.workspace = true
 alloy-transport-http.workspace = true
-alloy-consensus.workspace = true
+alloy-consensus = { workspace = true, features = ["serde-bincode-compat"] }
 alloy-rpc-types-engine.workspace = true
 op-alloy-network.workspace = true
 op-alloy-rpc-types.workspace = true
 op-alloy-rpc-types-engine.workspace = true
 op-alloy-rpc-jsonrpsee.workspace = true
-op-alloy-consensus.workspace = true
+op-alloy-consensus = { workspace = true, features = ["serde-bincode-compat"] }
 revm.workspace = true
 op-revm.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-convert/Cargo.toml b/crates/rpc/rpc-convert/Cargo.toml
index af43e9c54a2..ed267680801 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc-convert/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-convert/Cargo.toml
@@ -59,4 +59,5 @@ op = [
     "dep:op-revm",
     "reth-evm/op",
     "reth-primitives-traits/op",
+    "reth-optimism-primitives?/op",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/storage/db-api/Cargo.toml b/crates/storage/db-api/Cargo.toml
index bd77b9d63d7..2f1646493e0 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/storage/db-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -89,5 +89,6 @@ op = [
     "dep:reth-optimism-primitives",
     "reth-codecs/op",
     "reth-primitives-traits/op",
+    "reth-optimism-primitives?/op",
 ]
 bench = []