diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f2d134cb85f7..92a9d6887d61 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6370,6 +6370,7 @@ name = "reth-basic-payload-builder"
 version = "1.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-consensus",
+ "alloy-eips",
  "alloy-primitives",
  "alloy-rlp",
  "futures-core",
@@ -7911,6 +7912,7 @@ name = "reth-node-core"
 version = "1.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-consensus",
+ "alloy-eips",
  "alloy-primitives",
  "alloy-rpc-types-engine",
  "clap",
diff --git a/crates/node/core/Cargo.toml b/crates/node/core/Cargo.toml
index 73c552f4d7a8..0c9672d17779 100644
--- a/crates/node/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/node/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ reth-stages-types.workspace = true
 alloy-primitives.workspace = true
 alloy-rpc-types-engine = { workspace = true, features = ["jwt"] }
 alloy-consensus.workspace = true
+alloy-eips.workspace = true
 
 # misc
 eyre.workspace = true
@@ -76,18 +77,10 @@ proptest.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-optimism = [
-	"reth-primitives/optimism",
-	"reth-db/optimism"
-]
+optimism = ["reth-primitives/optimism", "reth-db/optimism"]
 # Features for vergen to generate correct env vars
-jemalloc = [
-	"reth-cli-util/jemalloc"
-]
-asm-keccak = [
-	"reth-primitives/asm-keccak",
-	"alloy-primitives/asm-keccak"
-]
+jemalloc = ["reth-cli-util/jemalloc"]
+asm-keccak = ["reth-primitives/asm-keccak", "alloy-primitives/asm-keccak"]
 
 [build-dependencies]
 vergen = { version = "8.0.0", features = ["build", "cargo", "git", "gitcl"] }
diff --git a/crates/node/core/src/args/payload_builder.rs b/crates/node/core/src/args/payload_builder.rs
index 4a18fd5b0b7d..dceb10726ff2 100644
--- a/crates/node/core/src/args/payload_builder.rs
+++ b/crates/node/core/src/args/payload_builder.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 use crate::{cli::config::PayloadBuilderConfig, version::default_extradata};
 use alloy_consensus::constants::MAXIMUM_EXTRA_DATA_SIZE;
+use alloy_eips::merge::SLOT_DURATION;
 use clap::{
     builder::{RangedU64ValueParser, TypedValueParser},
     Arg, Args, Command,
 };
 use reth_cli_util::{parse_duration_from_secs, parse_duration_from_secs_or_ms};
-use reth_primitives::constants::{ETHEREUM_BLOCK_GAS_LIMIT, SLOT_DURATION};
+use reth_primitives::constants::ETHEREUM_BLOCK_GAS_LIMIT;
 use std::{borrow::Cow, ffi::OsStr, time::Duration};
 
 /// Parameters for configuring the Payload Builder
diff --git a/crates/payload/basic/Cargo.toml b/crates/payload/basic/Cargo.toml
index 9047768892a9..88ab99272dbd 100644
--- a/crates/payload/basic/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/payload/basic/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ alloy-rlp.workspace = true
 alloy-primitives.workspace = true
 revm.workspace = true
 alloy-consensus.workspace = true
+alloy-eips.workspace = true
 
 # async
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["sync", "time"] }
diff --git a/crates/payload/basic/src/lib.rs b/crates/payload/basic/src/lib.rs
index fcc8be9a88ed..4274d451e43f 100644
--- a/crates/payload/basic/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/payload/basic/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 use crate::metrics::PayloadBuilderMetrics;
 use alloy_consensus::constants::EMPTY_WITHDRAWALS;
+use alloy_eips::merge::SLOT_DURATION;
 use alloy_primitives::{Bytes, B256, U256};
 use futures_core::ready;
 use futures_util::FutureExt;
@@ -22,8 +23,7 @@ use reth_payload_primitives::{
     BuiltPayload, PayloadBuilderAttributes, PayloadBuilderError, PayloadKind,
 };
 use reth_primitives::{
-    constants::{RETH_CLIENT_VERSION, SLOT_DURATION},
-    proofs, BlockNumberOrTag, SealedBlock, Withdrawals,
+    constants::RETH_CLIENT_VERSION, proofs, BlockNumberOrTag, SealedBlock, Withdrawals,
 };
 use reth_provider::{
     BlockReaderIdExt, BlockSource, CanonStateNotification, ProviderError, StateProviderFactory,
diff --git a/crates/primitives-traits/src/constants/mod.rs b/crates/primitives-traits/src/constants/mod.rs
index 2874c596a8a4..a4091a4a9d9c 100644
--- a/crates/primitives-traits/src/constants/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/primitives-traits/src/constants/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 //! Ethereum protocol-related constants
 
 use alloy_primitives::{address, b256, Address, B256, U256};
-use core::time::Duration;
 
 /// Gas units, for example [`GIGAGAS`].
 pub mod gas_units;
@@ -13,15 +12,6 @@ pub const RETH_CLIENT_VERSION: &str = concat!("reth/v", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"
 /// An EPOCH is a series of 32 slots.
 pub const EPOCH_SLOTS: u64 = 32;
 
-/// The duration of a slot in seconds.
-///
-/// This is the time period of 12 seconds in which a randomly chosen validator has time to propose a
-/// block.
-pub const SLOT_DURATION: Duration = Duration::from_secs(12);
-
-/// An EPOCH is a series of 32 slots (~6.4min).
-pub const EPOCH_DURATION: Duration = Duration::from_secs(12 * EPOCH_SLOTS);
-
 /// The default block nonce in the beacon consensus
 pub const BEACON_NONCE: u64 = 0u64;