diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c8073c551af2..4a9c9f2adc0e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8733,6 +8733,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloy-rpc-types",
  "reth-chainspec",
  "reth-primitives",
+ "reth-primitives-traits",
  "reth-rpc-types-compat",
 ]
 
diff --git a/crates/payload/validator/Cargo.toml b/crates/payload/validator/Cargo.toml
index 2662b987f889..fee8d01d2baa 100644
--- a/crates/payload/validator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/payload/validator/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ workspace = true
 # reth
 reth-chainspec.workspace = true
 reth-primitives.workspace = true
+reth-primitives-traits.workspace = true
 reth-rpc-types-compat.workspace = true
 
 # alloy
diff --git a/crates/payload/validator/src/lib.rs b/crates/payload/validator/src/lib.rs
index 57772de25879..30f1ca02b964 100644
--- a/crates/payload/validator/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/payload/validator/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ use alloy_rpc_types::engine::{
     ExecutionPayload, ExecutionPayloadSidecar, MaybeCancunPayloadFields, PayloadError,
 };
 use reth_chainspec::EthereumHardforks;
-use reth_primitives::{BlockExt, SealedBlock};
+use reth_primitives::{BlockBody, BlockExt, Header, SealedBlock};
+use reth_primitives_traits::SignedTransaction;
 use reth_rpc_types_compat::engine::payload::try_into_block;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -59,9 +60,9 @@ impl<ChainSpec: EthereumHardforks> ExecutionPayloadValidator<ChainSpec> {
     ///
     /// Ensures that the number of blob versioned hashes matches the number hashes included in the
     /// _separate_ `block_versioned_hashes` of the cancun payload fields.
-    fn ensure_matching_blob_versioned_hashes(
+    fn ensure_matching_blob_versioned_hashes<T: SignedTransaction>(
         &self,
-        sealed_block: &SealedBlock,
+        sealed_block: &SealedBlock<Header, BlockBody<T>>,
         cancun_fields: &MaybeCancunPayloadFields,
     ) -> Result<(), PayloadError> {
         let num_blob_versioned_hashes = sealed_block.blob_versioned_hashes_iter().count();
@@ -112,11 +113,11 @@ impl<ChainSpec: EthereumHardforks> ExecutionPayloadValidator<ChainSpec> {
     ///
     /// This validates versioned hashes according to the Engine API Cancun spec:
     /// <https://github.com/ethereum/execution-apis/blob/fe8e13c288c592ec154ce25c534e26cb7ce0530d/src/engine/cancun.md#specification>
-    pub fn ensure_well_formed_payload(
+    pub fn ensure_well_formed_payload<T: SignedTransaction>(
         &self,
         payload: ExecutionPayload,
         sidecar: ExecutionPayloadSidecar,
-    ) -> Result<SealedBlock, PayloadError> {
+    ) -> Result<SealedBlock<Header, BlockBody<T>>, PayloadError> {
         let expected_hash = payload.block_hash();
 
         // First parse the block
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ impl<ChainSpec: EthereumHardforks> ExecutionPayloadValidator<ChainSpec> {
                 return Err(PayloadError::PostCancunWithoutCancunFields)
             }
         } else {
-            if sealed_block.has_eip4844_transactions() {
+            if sealed_block.body.has_eip4844_transactions() {
                 // cancun not active but blob transactions present
                 return Err(PayloadError::PreCancunBlockWithBlobTransactions)
             }
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ impl<ChainSpec: EthereumHardforks> ExecutionPayloadValidator<ChainSpec> {
         }
 
         if !self.is_prague_active_at_timestamp(sealed_block.timestamp) &&
-            sealed_block.has_eip7702_transactions()
+            sealed_block.body.has_eip7702_transactions()
         {
             return Err(PayloadError::PrePragueBlockWithEip7702Transactions)
         }
diff --git a/crates/primitives/src/block.rs b/crates/primitives/src/block.rs
index 8691cfa101bf..36d1b382a33c 100644
--- a/crates/primitives/src/block.rs
+++ b/crates/primitives/src/block.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ use alloy_rlp::{Decodable, Encodable, RlpDecodable, RlpEncodable};
 use derive_more::{Deref, DerefMut};
 #[cfg(any(test, feature = "arbitrary"))]
 pub use reth_primitives_traits::test_utils::{generate_valid_header, valid_header_strategy};
-use reth_primitives_traits::{
-    BlockBody as _, InMemorySize, MaybeSerdeBincodeCompat, SignedTransaction, Transaction,
-};
+use reth_primitives_traits::{BlockBody as _, InMemorySize, SignedTransaction, Transaction};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 /// Ethereum full block.
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ impl<T> Default for Block<T> {
 
 impl<T> reth_primitives_traits::Block for Block<T>
 where
-    T: SignedTransaction + Encodable + Decodable + MaybeSerdeBincodeCompat,
+    T: SignedTransaction,
 {
     type Header = Header;
     type Body = BlockBody<T>;