diff --git a/crates/evm/execution-types/Cargo.toml b/crates/evm/execution-types/Cargo.toml
index 36b36fc02166..c7fbad673db1 100644
--- a/crates/evm/execution-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/evm/execution-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ workspace = true
 reth-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-primitives-traits.workspace = true
 reth-execution-errors.workspace = true
-reth-trie-common.workspace = true
+reth-trie-common = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 reth-trie.workspace = true
 
 revm.workspace = true
@@ -43,14 +43,15 @@ serde = [
 	"alloy-eips/serde",
 	"alloy-primitives/serde",
 	"reth-primitives-traits/serde",
-  "alloy-consensus/serde",
-	"reth-trie-common/serde",
+	"alloy-consensus/serde",
 	"reth-trie/serde",
+	"reth-trie-common?/serde"
 ]
 serde-bincode-compat = [
+	"serde",
+	"reth-trie-common/serde-bincode-compat",
 	"reth-primitives/serde-bincode-compat",
 	"reth-primitives-traits/serde-bincode-compat",
-	"reth-trie-common/serde-bincode-compat",
 	"serde_with",
 	"alloy-eips/serde-bincode-compat",
     "alloy-consensus/serde-bincode-compat",
diff --git a/crates/evm/execution-types/src/chain.rs b/crates/evm/execution-types/src/chain.rs
index 339a188166dc..1767a7f43f65 100644
--- a/crates/evm/execution-types/src/chain.rs
+++ b/crates/evm/execution-types/src/chain.rs
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ pub enum ChainSplit<N: NodePrimitives = reth_primitives::EthPrimitives> {
 }
 
 /// Bincode-compatible [`Chain`] serde implementation.
-#[cfg(all(feature = "serde", feature = "serde-bincode-compat"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-bincode-compat")]
 pub(super) mod serde_bincode_compat {
     use crate::ExecutionOutcome;
     use alloc::borrow::Cow;
diff --git a/crates/evm/execution-types/src/lib.rs b/crates/evm/execution-types/src/lib.rs
index f98ebfe73a5f..fb872cd596e4 100644
--- a/crates/evm/execution-types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/evm/execution-types/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub use execution_outcome::*;
 /// all fields are serialized.
 ///
 /// Read more: <https://github.com/bincode-org/bincode/issues/326>
-#[cfg(all(feature = "serde", feature = "serde-bincode-compat"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-bincode-compat")]
 pub mod serde_bincode_compat {
     pub use super::chain::serde_bincode_compat::*;
 }