diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c09abbde73..a5b24585ec 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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- "cipher",
- "cpufeatures",
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-
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-
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@@ -312,15 +295,10 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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- "bitcoin_hashes 0.12.0",
  "bitcoincore-rpc",
- "flate2",
  "log",
- "minreq",
- "tar",
  "tempfile",
  "which",
- "zip",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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- "generic-array",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -362,34 +331,12 @@ version = "1.5.0"
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- "libc",
-]
-
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-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
- "pkg-config",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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 checksum = "f1174fb0b6ec23863f8b971027804a42614e347eafb0a95bf0b12cdae21fc4d0"
 dependencies = [
- "jobserver",
  "libc",
 ]
 
@@ -399,16 +346,6 @@ version = "1.0.0"
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- "crypto-common",
- "inout",
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-
 [[package]]
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 version = "3.2.25"
@@ -448,12 +385,6 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
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-
 [[package]]
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@@ -470,15 +401,6 @@ version = "0.8.4"
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-dependencies = [
- "libc",
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-
 [[package]]
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@@ -488,25 +410,6 @@ dependencies = [
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- "typenum",
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-
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@@ -518,23 +421,6 @@ dependencies = [
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-[[package]]
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-dependencies = [
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- "crypto-common",
- "subtle",
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-
 [[package]]
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@@ -678,18 +564,6 @@ version = "2.0.1"
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-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "redox_syscall 0.3.5",
- "windows-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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 version = "1.0.28"
@@ -819,16 +693,6 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
-[[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
- "typenum",
- "version_check",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -910,15 +774,6 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
- "digest",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -1065,15 +920,6 @@ dependencies = [
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -1095,15 +941,6 @@ version = "1.0.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-[[package]]
-name = "jobserver"
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8c37f63953c4c63420ed5fd3d6d398c719489b9f872b9fa683262f8edd363c7d"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.64"
@@ -1164,9 +1001,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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 name = "log"
-version = "0.4.18"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "518ef76f2f87365916b142844c16d8fefd85039bc5699050210a7778ee1cd1de"
+checksum = "b5e6163cb8c49088c2c36f57875e58ccd8c87c7427f7fbd50ea6710b2f3f2e8f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "matches"
@@ -1221,19 +1058,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "adler",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
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-version = "2.10.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
- "log",
- "once_cell",
- "rustls",
- "rustls-webpki",
- "webpki-roots 0.25.2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
 version = "0.8.8"
@@ -1377,17 +1201,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "password-hash"
-version = "0.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
- "base64ct",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
- "subtle",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "paste"
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@@ -1407,18 +1220,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-hack",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
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-version = "0.11.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
- "digest",
- "hmac",
- "password-hash",
- "sha2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -1861,28 +1662,6 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "cpufeatures",
- "digest",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "sha2"
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "cpufeatures",
- "digest",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -1956,12 +1735,6 @@ version = "0.10.0"
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-
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@@ -2005,17 +1778,6 @@ dependencies = [
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-[[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b16afcea1f22891c49a00c751c7b63b2233284064f11a200fc624137c51e2ddb"
-dependencies = [
- "filetime",
- "libc",
- "xattr",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
 version = "3.8.0"
@@ -2064,23 +1826,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.38",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
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-version = "0.3.29"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
- "deranged",
- "serde",
- "time-core",
-]
-
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-
 [[package]]
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-
 [[package]]
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@@ -2538,61 +2277,3 @@ dependencies = [
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  "windows-sys",
 ]
-
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-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
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-name = "zip"
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-dependencies = [
- "aes",
- "byteorder",
- "bzip2",
- "constant_time_eq",
- "crc32fast",
- "crossbeam-utils",
- "flate2",
- "hmac",
- "pbkdf2",
- "sha1",
- "time",
- "zstd",
-]
-
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- "zstd-safe",
-]
-
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-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "zstd-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zstd-sys"
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-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "pkg-config",
-]
diff --git a/CargoMSRV.lock b/CargoMSRV.lock
index 1866d7b067..38112f5f95 100644
--- a/CargoMSRV.lock
+++ b/CargoMSRV.lock
@@ -313,15 +313,10 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8a90c6c68ab263b2d10dbfa88b24ccce2493239778d873ca236a44077555d067"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "bitcoin_hashes 0.12.0",
  "bitcoincore-rpc",
- "flate2",
  "log",
- "minreq",
- "tar",
  "tempfile",
  "which",
- "zip",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/bitcoind_rpc/Cargo.toml b/crates/bitcoind_rpc/Cargo.toml
index 7b91be1f3c..03a0bc0ba6 100644
--- a/crates/bitcoind_rpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bitcoind_rpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ bitcoincore-rpc = { version = "0.17" }
 bdk_chain = { path = "../chain", version = "0.6", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-bitcoind = { version = "0.33", features = ["25_0"] }
+bitcoind = "0.33"
 anyhow = { version = "1" }
 
 [features]
diff --git a/crates/bitcoind_rpc/tests/test_emitter.rs b/crates/bitcoind_rpc/tests/test_emitter.rs
index 9540b01cb9..4ea4ab0b28 100644
--- a/crates/bitcoind_rpc/tests/test_emitter.rs
+++ b/crates/bitcoind_rpc/tests/test_emitter.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use core::panic;
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet};
 
 use bdk_bitcoind_rpc::Emitter;
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ impl TestEnv {
     fn new() -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
         let daemon = match std::env::var_os("BITCOIND_EXEC") {
             Some(bitcoind_path) => bitcoind::BitcoinD::new(bitcoind_path),
-            None => bitcoind::BitcoinD::from_downloaded(),
+            None => panic!("Cannot find bitcoind daemon, set BITCOIND_EXEC environment variable with the path to bitcoind"),
         }?;
         let client = bitcoincore_rpc::Client::new(
             &daemon.rpc_url(),