diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b439d259b7a9a..6404ad637a762 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5931,6 +5931,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "reth-evm"
+version = "0.2.0-beta.4"
+dependencies = [
+ "reth-primitives",
+ "revm",
+ "revm-primitives",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "reth-interfaces"
 version = "0.2.0-beta.4"
@@ -6141,10 +6150,9 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "reth-node-api"
 version = "0.2.0-beta.4"
 dependencies = [
+ "reth-evm",
  "reth-primitives",
  "reth-rpc-types",
- "revm",
- "revm-primitives",
  "serde",
  "thiserror",
 ]
@@ -6417,10 +6425,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "rayon",
  "reth-codecs",
  "reth-db",
+ "reth-evm",
  "reth-interfaces",
  "reth-metrics",
  "reth-nippy-jar",
- "reth-node-api",
  "reth-primitives",
  "reth-trie",
  "revm",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 65cdbf6a80e43..4f3d41ffd7c3c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ members = [
     "crates/consensus/beacon-core/",
     "crates/consensus/common/",
     "crates/ethereum-forks/",
-    "crates/etl",
+    "crates/etl/",
+    "crates/evm/",
     "crates/interfaces/",
     "crates/metrics/",
     "crates/metrics/metrics-derive/",
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ reth-eth-wire = { path = "crates/net/eth-wire" }
 reth-ethereum-forks = { path = "crates/ethereum-forks" }
 reth-ethereum-payload-builder = { path = "crates/payload/ethereum" }
 reth-etl = { path = "crates/etl" }
+reth-evm = { path = "crates/evm" }
 reth-optimism-payload-builder = { path = "crates/payload/optimism" }
 reth-interfaces = { path = "crates/interfaces" }
 reth-ipc = { path = "crates/rpc/ipc" }
diff --git a/crates/evm/Cargo.toml b/crates/evm/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b100c83b7b668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/evm/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[package]
+name = "reth-evm"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+# reth
+reth-primitives.workspace = true
+revm-primitives.workspace = true
+revm.workspace = true
+
diff --git a/crates/node-api/src/evm/traits.rs b/crates/evm/src/lib.rs
similarity index 86%
rename from crates/node-api/src/evm/traits.rs
rename to crates/evm/src/lib.rs
index bc0b900719a35..2bf1f72a1cc84 100644
--- a/crates/node-api/src/evm/traits.rs
+++ b/crates/evm/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+//! Traits for configuring an EVM specifics.
+
+#![doc(
+    html_logo_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paradigmxyz/reth/main/assets/reth-docs.png",
+    html_favicon_url = "https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/97369466?s=256",
+    issue_tracker_base_url = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/issues/"
+)]
+#![cfg_attr(not(test), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
+#![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
+
 use reth_primitives::{revm::env::fill_block_env, Address, ChainSpec, Header, Transaction, U256};
 use revm::{Database, Evm, EvmBuilder};
 use revm_primitives::{BlockEnv, CfgEnvWithHandlerCfg, SpecId, TxEnv};
diff --git a/crates/node-api/Cargo.toml b/crates/node-api/Cargo.toml
index 6b01dd8c07542..0dbd20adee83f 100644
--- a/crates/node-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/node-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ workspace = true
 # reth
 reth-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-rpc-types.workspace = true
-revm-primitives.workspace = true
-thiserror.workspace = true
-revm.workspace = true
+reth-evm.workspace = true
 
-# io
+# misc
 serde.workspace = true
+thiserror.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/node-api/src/evm/mod.rs b/crates/node-api/src/evm/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index e93d66480f6f5..0000000000000
--- a/crates/node-api/src/evm/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-//! Traits and structs for working with a configurable EVM.
-
-/// Traits for working with a configurable EVM.
-mod traits;
-pub use traits::{ConfigureEvm, ConfigureEvmEnv};
diff --git a/crates/node-api/src/lib.rs b/crates/node-api/src/lib.rs
index e103f59ff6f31..d3e08fc9be914 100644
--- a/crates/node-api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/node-api/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ pub use engine::{
 };
 
 /// Traits and helper types used to abstract over EVM methods and types.
-pub mod evm;
-pub use evm::{ConfigureEvm, ConfigureEvmEnv};
+pub use reth_evm::{ConfigureEvm, ConfigureEvmEnv};
 
 pub mod primitives;
 
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/Cargo.toml b/crates/storage/provider/Cargo.toml
index 26e6a84b5df21..c54adc050c5e9 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ reth-db.workspace = true
 reth-trie = { workspace = true, features = ["metrics"] }
 reth-nippy-jar.workspace = true
 reth-codecs.workspace = true
-reth-node-api.workspace = true
+reth-evm.workspace = true
 
 revm.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/mod.rs b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/mod.rs
index 639cc74663727..2540336544b31 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/mod.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ use crate::{
     TransactionVariant, TransactionsProvider, WithdrawalsProvider,
 };
 use reth_db::{database::Database, init_db, models::StoredBlockBodyIndices, DatabaseEnv};
+use reth_evm::ConfigureEvmEnv;
 use reth_interfaces::{provider::ProviderResult, RethError, RethResult};
-use reth_node_api::ConfigureEvmEnv;
 use reth_primitives::{
     stage::{StageCheckpoint, StageId},
     Address, Block, BlockHash, BlockHashOrNumber, BlockNumber, BlockWithSenders, ChainInfo,
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/provider.rs b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/provider.rs
index 85b46550d993e..df51b19b8c6ff 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/provider.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/provider.rs
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ use reth_db::{
     transaction::{DbTx, DbTxMut},
     BlockNumberList, DatabaseError,
 };
+use reth_evm::ConfigureEvmEnv;
 use reth_interfaces::{
     p2p::headers::downloader::SyncTarget,
     provider::{ProviderResult, RootMismatch},
     RethResult,
 };
-use reth_node_api::ConfigureEvmEnv;
 use reth_primitives::{
     keccak256,
     revm::{config::revm_spec, env::fill_block_env},
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/mod.rs b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/mod.rs
index 4af73fcbad4e4..611aca349591c 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/mod.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use reth_db::{
     database::Database,
     models::{AccountBeforeTx, StoredBlockBodyIndices},
 };
+use reth_evm::ConfigureEvmEnv;
 use reth_interfaces::{
     blockchain_tree::{
         error::{CanonicalError, InsertBlockError},
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ use reth_interfaces::{
     provider::ProviderResult,
     RethResult,
 };
-use reth_node_api::ConfigureEvmEnv;
 use reth_primitives::{
     stage::{StageCheckpoint, StageId},
     Account, Address, Block, BlockHash, BlockHashOrNumber, BlockId, BlockNumHash, BlockNumber,
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/src/test_utils/mock.rs b/crates/storage/provider/src/test_utils/mock.rs
index 26e09e5a1a59f..13e4a5a8ff595 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/src/test_utils/mock.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/src/test_utils/mock.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use reth_db::models::{AccountBeforeTx, StoredBlockBodyIndices};
+use reth_evm::ConfigureEvmEnv;
 use reth_interfaces::provider::{ProviderError, ProviderResult};
-use reth_node_api::ConfigureEvmEnv;
 use reth_primitives::{
     keccak256, trie::AccountProof, Account, Address, Block, BlockHash, BlockHashOrNumber, BlockId,
     BlockNumber, BlockWithSenders, Bytecode, Bytes, ChainInfo, ChainSpec, Header, Receipt,
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/src/test_utils/noop.rs b/crates/storage/provider/src/test_utils/noop.rs
index 2272f09a03b9a..13a2f3b4018f5 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/src/test_utils/noop.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/src/test_utils/noop.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ use crate::{
     WithdrawalsProvider,
 };
 use reth_db::models::{AccountBeforeTx, StoredBlockBodyIndices};
+use reth_evm::ConfigureEvmEnv;
 use reth_interfaces::provider::ProviderResult;
-use reth_node_api::ConfigureEvmEnv;
 use reth_primitives::{
     stage::{StageCheckpoint, StageId},
     trie::AccountProof,
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/src/traits/evm_env.rs b/crates/storage/provider/src/traits/evm_env.rs
index 2eb8f3e5d889b..8c821984601d9 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/src/traits/evm_env.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/src/traits/evm_env.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+use reth_evm::ConfigureEvmEnv;
 use reth_interfaces::provider::ProviderResult;
-use reth_node_api::ConfigureEvmEnv;
 use reth_primitives::{BlockHashOrNumber, Header};
 use revm::primitives::{BlockEnv, CfgEnv, CfgEnvWithHandlerCfg, SpecId};