diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 24ec4eb9d831..e191b69ebf53 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7097,6 +7097,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-codecs",
  "reth-primitives-traits",
  "serde",
+ "test-fuzz",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7641,6 +7642,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-primitives-traits",
  "reth-zstd-compressors",
  "serde",
+ "test-fuzz",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8762,6 +8764,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_with",
+ "test-fuzz",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8789,6 +8792,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_with",
+ "test-fuzz",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8887,6 +8891,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-codecs",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "test-fuzz",
  "thiserror 2.0.5",
  "toml",
 ]
@@ -9340,6 +9345,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-codecs",
  "reth-trie-common",
  "serde",
+ "test-fuzz",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/ethereum/primitives/Cargo.toml b/crates/ethereum/primitives/Cargo.toml
index 61f9f0672cfa..15190219cae8 100644
--- a/crates/ethereum/primitives/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ethereum/primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ modular-bitfield = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 serde.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-reth-codecs = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
+test-fuzz.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
diff --git a/crates/primitives-traits/Cargo.toml b/crates/primitives-traits/Cargo.toml
index 9c4be07fd7da..459fdbde1a70 100644
--- a/crates/primitives-traits/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/primitives-traits/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ proptest-arbitrary-interop.workspace = true
 proptest.workspace = true
 rand.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
+test-fuzz.workspace = true
 modular-bitfield.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml b/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml
index 7fb4b783cb0e..109b20ec2bcc 100644
--- a/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ proptest-arbitrary-interop.workspace = true
 proptest.workspace = true
 rand.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
+test-fuzz.workspace = true
 rstest.workspace = true
 
 criterion.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/prune/types/Cargo.toml b/crates/prune/types/Cargo.toml
index 7477124caf84..75093511310d 100644
--- a/crates/prune/types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/prune/types/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ assert_matches.workspace = true
 proptest.workspace = true
 proptest-arbitrary-interop.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
+test-fuzz.workspace = true
 toml.workspace = true
 
 [features]
diff --git a/crates/stages/types/Cargo.toml b/crates/stages/types/Cargo.toml
index 8927ec2955ec..0243415942b5 100644
--- a/crates/stages/types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/stages/types/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ arbitrary = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 modular-bitfield.workspace = true
 proptest.workspace = true
 proptest-arbitrary-interop.workspace = true
+test-fuzz.workspace = true
 rand.workspace = true
 bytes.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/crates/storage/codecs/Cargo.toml b/crates/storage/codecs/Cargo.toml
index cfb54691bac4..6fd0764c22ad 100644
--- a/crates/storage/codecs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/storage/codecs/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ modular-bitfield.workspace = true
 visibility = { version = "0.1.1", optional = true}
 serde.workspace = true
 arbitrary = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"], optional = true }
-test-fuzz = { workspace = true, optional = true}
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 alloy-eips = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = [
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ alloy-consensus = { workspace = true, features = ["arbitrary"] }
 serde_json.workspace = true
 
 arbitrary = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
+test-fuzz.workspace = true
 proptest.workspace = true
 proptest-arbitrary-interop.workspace = true
 rstest.workspace = true
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ test-utils = [
 	"arbitrary",
     "dep:visibility",
     "dep:arbitrary",
-    "dep:test-fuzz"
 ]
 serde = [
 	"alloy-consensus?/serde",
diff --git a/crates/storage/codecs/derive/src/compact/generator.rs b/crates/storage/codecs/derive/src/compact/generator.rs
index 4537a267a7d4..a84913f59e81 100644
--- a/crates/storage/codecs/derive/src/compact/generator.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/codecs/derive/src/compact/generator.rs
@@ -55,25 +55,20 @@ pub fn generate_from_to(
     } else {
         quote! {
             #[cfg(test)]
-            mod #test {
-                use super::*;
-                use #reth_codecs::__private::test_fuzz;
-
-                #[allow(dead_code)]
-                #[test_fuzz::test_fuzz]
-                fn #fuzz(obj: #ident)  {
-                    use #reth_codecs::Compact;
-                    let mut buf = vec![];
-                    let len = obj.clone().to_compact(&mut buf);
-                    let (same_obj, buf) = #ident::from_compact(buf.as_ref(), len);
-                    assert_eq!(obj, same_obj);
-                }
+            #[allow(dead_code)]
+            #[test_fuzz::test_fuzz]
+            fn #fuzz(obj: #ident)  {
+                use #reth_codecs::Compact;
+                let mut buf = vec![];
+                let len = obj.clone().to_compact(&mut buf);
+                let (same_obj, buf) = #ident::from_compact(buf.as_ref(), len);
+                assert_eq!(obj, same_obj);
+            }
 
-                #[test]
-                #[allow(missing_docs)]
-                pub fn #test() {
-                    #fuzz(#ident::default())
-                }
+            #[test]
+            #[allow(missing_docs)]
+            pub fn #test() {
+                #fuzz(#ident::default())
             }
         }
     };
diff --git a/crates/storage/codecs/derive/src/compact/mod.rs b/crates/storage/codecs/derive/src/compact/mod.rs
index e91bbed5aef4..ab9ed78e164e 100644
--- a/crates/storage/codecs/derive/src/compact/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/codecs/derive/src/compact/mod.rs
@@ -284,29 +284,21 @@ mod tests {
                     }
                 }
             }
-
             #[cfg(test)]
-            mod fuzz_test_struct {
-                use super::*;
-                use reth_codecs::__private::test_fuzz;
-
-                #[allow(dead_code)]
-                #[test_fuzz::test_fuzz]
-                fn fuzz_test_test_struct(obj: TestStruct) {
-                    use reth_codecs::Compact;
-                    let mut buf = vec![];
-                    let len = obj.clone().to_compact(&mut buf);
-                    let (same_obj, buf) = TestStruct::from_compact(buf.as_ref(), len);
-                    assert_eq!(obj, same_obj);
-                }
-
-                #[test]
-                #[allow(missing_docs)]
-                pub fn fuzz_test_struct() {
-                    fuzz_test_test_struct(TestStruct::default())
-                }
+            #[allow(dead_code)]
+            #[test_fuzz::test_fuzz]
+            fn fuzz_test_test_struct(obj: TestStruct) {
+                use reth_codecs::Compact;
+                let mut buf = vec![];
+                let len = obj.clone().to_compact(&mut buf);
+                let (same_obj, buf) = TestStruct::from_compact(buf.as_ref(), len);
+                assert_eq!(obj, same_obj);
+            }
+            #[test]
+            #[allow(missing_docs)]
+            pub fn fuzz_test_struct() {
+                fuzz_test_test_struct(TestStruct::default())
             }
-
             impl reth_codecs::Compact for TestStruct {
                 fn to_compact<B>(&self, buf: &mut B) -> usize where B: reth_codecs::__private::bytes::BufMut + AsMut<[u8]> {
                     let mut flags = TestStructFlags::default();
diff --git a/crates/storage/codecs/src/private.rs b/crates/storage/codecs/src/private.rs
index 0729fd5e30aa..440310ffd3df 100644
--- a/crates/storage/codecs/src/private.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/codecs/src/private.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 pub use modular_bitfield;
 
 pub use bytes::{self, Buf};
-
-#[cfg(feature = "test-utils")]
-pub use test_fuzz;
diff --git a/crates/storage/db-models/Cargo.toml b/crates/storage/db-models/Cargo.toml
index fd37231283bd..0997c08b784d 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db-models/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/storage/db-models/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ arbitrary = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 
 proptest.workspace = true
 proptest-arbitrary-interop.workspace = true
+test-fuzz.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 test-utils = [