diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 72ba1372b7e..5fc83862dc6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6062,7 +6062,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "iota-package-resolver",
  "iota-protocol-config",
  "iota-rest-api",
- "iota-sdk 0.1.4",
  "iota-transaction-builder",
  "iota-types",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
diff --git a/crates/iota-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/iota-core/Cargo.toml
index 9641f04c1d1..6bf0e5ddc08 100644
--- a/crates/iota-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/iota-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ harness = false
 [[bench]]
 name = "batch_verification_bench"
 harness = false
+required-features = ["test-utils"]
 
 [features]
 test-utils = []
diff --git a/crates/iota-indexer/Cargo.toml b/crates/iota-indexer/Cargo.toml
index cd06aca087b..a46222c5d83 100644
--- a/crates/iota-indexer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/iota-indexer/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ iota-open-rpc.workspace = true
 iota-package-resolver.workspace = true
 iota-protocol-config.workspace = true
 iota-rest-api.workspace = true
-iota-sdk.workspace = true
 iota-transaction-builder.workspace = true
 iota-types.workspace = true
 mysten-metrics.workspace = true