diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ab66b3b568c..2fb48d4bf9d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6725,8 +6725,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "reth-chainspec",
  "reth-ethereum-forks",
- "reth-net-common",
  "reth-network-peers",
+ "reth-tokio-util",
  "reth-tracing",
  "schnellru",
  "secp256k1",
@@ -7213,7 +7213,6 @@ name = "reth-net-common"
 version = "1.0.0-rc.2"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-primitives",
- "tokio",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/net/common/Cargo.toml b/crates/net/common/Cargo.toml
index 975c2bdecc7..360c27c0aeb 100644
--- a/crates/net/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/net/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,4 @@ workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 # ethereum
-alloy-primitives.workspace = true
-
-# async
-tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["time"] }
+alloy-primitives.workspace = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/net/common/src/lib.rs b/crates/net/common/src/lib.rs
index 3020abf26d6..b4fcc48d675 100644
--- a/crates/net/common/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/net/common/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,5 +9,3 @@
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
 
 pub mod ban_list;
-
-pub mod ratelimit;
diff --git a/crates/net/dns/Cargo.toml b/crates/net/dns/Cargo.toml
index b20253a5bf3..64419db96f2 100644
--- a/crates/net/dns/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/net/dns/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 # reth
 reth-ethereum-forks.workspace = true
-reth-net-common.workspace = true
 reth-network-peers = { workspace = true, features = ["secp256k1"] }
+reth-tokio-util = { workspace = true, features = ["time"] }
 
 # ethereum
 alloy-primitives.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/net/dns/src/query.rs b/crates/net/dns/src/query.rs
index a1c67740ed7..6023f82dcf2 100644
--- a/crates/net/dns/src/query.rs
+++ b/crates/net/dns/src/query.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use crate::{
     tree::{DnsEntry, LinkEntry, TreeRootEntry},
 };
 use enr::EnrKeyUnambiguous;
-use reth_net_common::ratelimit::{Rate, RateLimit};
+use reth_tokio_util::ratelimit::{Rate, RateLimit};
 use std::{
     collections::VecDeque,
     future::Future,
diff --git a/crates/tokio-util/Cargo.toml b/crates/tokio-util/Cargo.toml
index ccace030c0f..3a8ad768d59 100644
--- a/crates/tokio-util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tokio-util/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,4 +19,7 @@ tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["sync"] }
 tokio-stream = { workspace = true, features = ["sync"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full", "macros"] }
\ No newline at end of file
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full", "macros"] }
+
+[features]
+time = ["tokio/time"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/tokio-util/src/lib.rs b/crates/tokio-util/src/lib.rs
index 2053bf60bc5..e476c4063d9 100644
--- a/crates/tokio-util/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/tokio-util/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ mod event_sender;
 mod event_stream;
 pub use event_sender::EventSender;
 pub use event_stream::EventStream;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "time")]
+pub mod ratelimit;
diff --git a/crates/net/common/src/ratelimit.rs b/crates/tokio-util/src/ratelimit.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/net/common/src/ratelimit.rs
rename to crates/tokio-util/src/ratelimit.rs