diff --git a/packages/evm/package.json b/packages/evm/package.json
index b5a3d071a7..fba80237d7 100644
--- a/packages/evm/package.json
+++ b/packages/evm/package.json
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
     "@ethereumjs/statemanager": "^2.3.0",
     "@ethereumjs/tx": "^5.3.0",
     "@ethereumjs/util": "^9.0.3",
-    "@ethereumjs/verkle": "^0.0.2",
     "@types/debug": "^4.1.9",
     "debug": "^4.3.3",
     "ethereum-cryptography": "^2.1.3",
diff --git a/packages/evm/src/opcodes/functions.ts b/packages/evm/src/opcodes/functions.ts
index d6bdfc423d..7807bc82c7 100644
--- a/packages/evm/src/opcodes/functions.ts
+++ b/packages/evm/src/opcodes/functions.ts
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ import {
   bytesToHex,
   concatBytes,
   ecrecover,
+  getTreeIndexesForStorageSlot,
   hexToBytes,
   publicToAddress,
   setLengthLeft,
   setLengthRight,
 } from '@ethereumjs/util'
-import { getTreeIndexesForStorageSlot } from '@ethereumjs/verkle'
 import { keccak256 } from 'ethereum-cryptography/keccak.js'
 
 import { ERROR } from '../exceptions.js'
diff --git a/packages/evm/src/opcodes/gas.ts b/packages/evm/src/opcodes/gas.ts
index 0ed6688aea..010f996a92 100644
--- a/packages/evm/src/opcodes/gas.ts
+++ b/packages/evm/src/opcodes/gas.ts
@@ -2,21 +2,19 @@ import { Hardfork } from '@ethereumjs/common'
 import {
   Account,
   Address,
+  BALANCE_LEAF_KEY,
   BIGINT_0,
   BIGINT_1,
   BIGINT_3,
   BIGINT_31,
   BIGINT_32,
-  bigIntToBytes,
-  setLengthLeft,
-} from '@ethereumjs/util'
-import {
-  BALANCE_LEAF_KEY,
   CODE_HASH_LEAF_KEY,
   CODE_SIZE_LEAF_KEY,
   VERSION_LEAF_KEY,
+  bigIntToBytes,
   getTreeIndexesForStorageSlot,
-} from '@ethereumjs/verkle'
+  setLengthLeft,
+} from '@ethereumjs/util'
 
 import { ERROR } from '../exceptions.js'
 
diff --git a/packages/util/src/index.ts b/packages/util/src/index.ts
index 3b99e04a01..bc3e1462cf 100644
--- a/packages/util/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/util/src/index.ts
@@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ export * from './lock.js'
 export * from './mapDB.js'
 export * from './provider.js'
 export * from './requests.js'
+export * from './verkle.js'
diff --git a/packages/util/src/verkle.ts b/packages/util/src/verkle.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75694a4167
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/util/src/verkle.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { concatBytes, intToBytes } from './bytes.js'
+
+/**
+ * Verkle related constants and helper functions
+ *
+ * Experimental (do not use in production!)
+ */
+
+// TODO: this comes with a deprecation of the respective constants and methods within the
+// @ethereumjs/verkle package. Due to ease of parallel work this has not yet been executed upon,
+// so this still needs a small follow-up clean up PR.
+//
+// Along with the PR likely more/additional helper functionality should be moved over
+// (basically everything generic not depending on Verkle cryptography)
+//
+// Holger Drewes, 2024-06-18
+
+export enum LeafType {
+  Version = 0,
+  Balance = 1,
+  Nonce = 2,
+  CodeHash = 3,
+  CodeSize = 4,
+}
+
+export const VERSION_LEAF_KEY = intToBytes(LeafType.Version)
+export const BALANCE_LEAF_KEY = intToBytes(LeafType.Balance)
+export const NONCE_LEAF_KEY = intToBytes(LeafType.Nonce)
+export const CODE_HASH_LEAF_KEY = intToBytes(LeafType.CodeHash)
+export const CODE_SIZE_LEAF_KEY = intToBytes(LeafType.CodeSize)
+
+export const HEADER_STORAGE_OFFSET = 64
+export const CODE_OFFSET = 128
+export const VERKLE_NODE_WIDTH = 256
+export const MAIN_STORAGE_OFFSET = BigInt(256) ** BigInt(31)
+
+/**
+ * @dev Returns the tree key for a given verkle tree stem, and sub index.
+ * @dev Assumes that the verkle node width = 256
+ * @param stem The 31-bytes verkle tree stem as a Uint8Array.
+ * @param subIndex The sub index of the tree to generate the key for as a Uint8Array.
+ * @return The tree key as a Uint8Array.
+ */
+
+export const getKey = (stem: Uint8Array, leaf: LeafType | Uint8Array) => {
+  switch (leaf) {
+    case LeafType.Version:
+      return concatBytes(stem, VERSION_LEAF_KEY)
+    case LeafType.Balance:
+      return concatBytes(stem, BALANCE_LEAF_KEY)
+    case LeafType.Nonce:
+      return concatBytes(stem, NONCE_LEAF_KEY)
+    case LeafType.CodeHash:
+      return concatBytes(stem, CODE_HASH_LEAF_KEY)
+    case LeafType.CodeSize:
+      return concatBytes(stem, CODE_SIZE_LEAF_KEY)
+    default:
+      return concatBytes(stem, leaf)
+  }
+}
+
+export function getTreeIndexesForStorageSlot(storageKey: bigint): {
+  treeIndex: bigint
+  subIndex: number
+} {
+  let position: bigint
+  if (storageKey < CODE_OFFSET - HEADER_STORAGE_OFFSET) {
+    position = BigInt(HEADER_STORAGE_OFFSET) + storageKey
+  } else {
+    position = MAIN_STORAGE_OFFSET + storageKey
+  }
+
+  const treeIndex = position / BigInt(VERKLE_NODE_WIDTH)
+  const subIndex = Number(position % BigInt(VERKLE_NODE_WIDTH))
+
+  return { treeIndex, subIndex }
+}
+
+export function getTreeIndicesForCodeChunk(chunkId: number) {
+  const treeIndex = Math.floor((CODE_OFFSET + chunkId) / VERKLE_NODE_WIDTH)
+  const subIndex = (CODE_OFFSET + chunkId) % VERKLE_NODE_WIDTH
+  return { treeIndex, subIndex }
+}