diff --git a/packages/cli/src/internal/cmdFunctions/downloader.ts b/packages/cli/src/internal/cmdFunctions/downloader.ts
index b3f4254f..2b1c244d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/internal/cmdFunctions/downloader.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/internal/cmdFunctions/downloader.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ export async function downloader(url: string, outputPath: string): Promise<void>
   const writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(tempPath);
   let transferredBytes = 0;
 
+  if (url.startsWith("ws")) {
+    console.log("you've passed a websocket to fetch, is this intended?");
+  }
+
   const response = await fetch(url);
 
   if (!response.body) {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/internal/cmdFunctions/fetchArtifact.ts b/packages/cli/src/internal/cmdFunctions/fetchArtifact.ts
index 487ba7dc..018ab181 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/internal/cmdFunctions/fetchArtifact.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/internal/cmdFunctions/fetchArtifact.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ export async function fetchArtifact(args: fetchArtifactArgs) {
     throw new Error(`No releases found for ${repo.ghAuthor}.${repo.ghRepo}, try again later.`);
   }
 
-  // const releases = (await (await fetch(url)).json()) as Release[];
   const release = binary.includes("-runtime")
     ? releases.data.find((release) => {
         if (args.ver === "latest") {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/rpcFunctions.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/rpcFunctions.ts
index 6baf9011..451fd56a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/rpcFunctions.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/rpcFunctions.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import { vitestAutoUrl } from "../internal/providerFactories";
 import { getEnvironmentFromConfig } from "./configReader";
-import fetch from "node-fetch";
 
 export async function customDevRpcRequest(method: string, params: any[] = []): Promise<any> {
   const env = getEnvironmentFromConfig();
   const endpoint = env.connections
-    ? env.connections[0].endpoints[0].replace("ws://", "http://")
-    : vitestAutoUrl().replace("ws://", "http://").replace("wss://", "https://");
+    ? env.connections[0].endpoints[0].replaceAll("ws://", "http://")
+    : vitestAutoUrl().replaceAll("ws://", "http://").replaceAll("wss://", "https://");
   const data = {
     jsonrpc: "2.0",
     id: 1,
@@ -14,6 +13,10 @@ export async function customDevRpcRequest(method: string, params: any[] = []): P
     params,
   };
 
+  if (endpoint.startsWith("ws")) {
+    console.log("you've passed a websocket to fetch, is this intended?");
+  }
+
   const response = await fetch(endpoint, {
     method: "POST",
     body: JSON.stringify(data),
diff --git a/packages/util/package.json b/packages/util/package.json
index 65eb916b..736def49 100644
--- a/packages/util/package.json
+++ b/packages/util/package.json
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@
     "ethers": "6.13.1",
     "inquirer": "9.3.3",
     "inquirer-press-to-continue": "1.2.0",
-    "node-fetch": "3.3.2",
     "rlp": "3.0.0",
     "semver": "7.6.2",
     "viem": "2.17.0",
diff --git a/packages/util/src/functions/common.ts b/packages/util/src/functions/common.ts
index eedcde70..b48d35ae 100644
--- a/packages/util/src/functions/common.ts
+++ b/packages/util/src/functions/common.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import "@moonbeam-network/api-augment";
 import { BN } from "@polkadot/util";
-import fetch from "node-fetch";
 
 // Sort dict by key
 export function sortObjectByKeys(obj: Record<string, any>): Record<string, any> {
@@ -124,6 +123,10 @@ export async function directRpcRequest(
     params,
   };
 
+  if (endpoint.startsWith("ws")) {
+    console.log("you've passed a websocket to fetch, is this intended?");
+  }
+
   const response = await fetch(endpoint, {
     method: "POST",
     body: JSON.stringify(data),
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 04a05a37..9a68c430 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -302,9 +302,6 @@ importers:
       inquirer-press-to-continue:
         specifier: 1.2.0
         version: 1.2.0(inquirer@9.3.3)
-      node-fetch:
-        specifier: 3.3.2
-        version: 3.3.2
       rlp:
         specifier: 3.0.0
         version: 3.0.0