diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b2f1335f..9c6cb141 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -750,7 +750,6 @@ checksum = "96c51067fd44124faa7f870b4b1c969379ad32b2ba805aa959430ceaa384f695"
 name = "celestia-grpc"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
  "bytes",
  "celestia-grpc-macros",
  "celestia-proto",
diff --git a/grpc/Cargo.toml b/grpc/Cargo.toml
index 65809faa..02172ad8 100644
--- a/grpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/grpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ tonic = { version = "0.12.3", default-features = false, features = [ "transport"
 getrandom = { version = "0.2.15", features = ["js"] }
 tonic-web-wasm-client = "0.6"
 
-[dev-dependencies]
-anyhow = "1.0.86"
-
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dev-dependencies]
 dotenvy = "0.15.7"
 tokio = { version = "1.38.0", features = ["rt", "macros"] }
diff --git a/grpc/tests/tonic.rs b/grpc/tests/tonic.rs
index cc1226d6..61f76a37 100644
--- a/grpc/tests/tonic.rs
+++ b/grpc/tests/tonic.rs
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ wasm_bindgen_test::wasm_bindgen_test_configure!(run_in_browser);
 
 #[async_test]
 async fn get_min_gas_price() {
-    let mut client = new_test_client().unwrap();
+    let mut client = new_test_client();
     let gas_price = client.get_min_gas_price().await.unwrap();
     assert!(gas_price > 0.0);
 }
 
 #[async_test]
 async fn get_blob_params() {
-    let mut client = new_test_client().unwrap();
+    let mut client = new_test_client();
     let params = client.get_blob_params().await.unwrap();
     assert!(params.gas_per_blob_byte > 0);
     assert!(params.gov_max_square_size > 0);
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ async fn get_blob_params() {
 
 #[async_test]
 async fn get_auth_params() {
-    let mut client = new_test_client().unwrap();
+    let mut client = new_test_client();
     let params = client.get_auth_params().await.unwrap();
     assert!(params.max_memo_characters > 0);
     assert!(params.tx_sig_limit > 0);
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ async fn get_auth_params() {
 
 #[async_test]
 async fn get_block() {
-    let mut client = new_test_client().unwrap();
+    let mut client = new_test_client();
 
     let latest_block = client.get_latest_block().await.unwrap();
     let height = latest_block.header.height.value() as i64;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ async fn get_block() {
 
 #[async_test]
 async fn get_account() {
-    let mut client = new_test_client().unwrap();
+    let mut client = new_test_client();
 
     let accounts = client.get_accounts().await.unwrap();
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ async fn get_account() {
 
 #[async_test]
 async fn submit_blob() {
-    let mut client = new_test_client().unwrap();
+    let mut client = new_test_client();
 
     let account_credentials = load_account();
     let namespace = Namespace::new_v0(&[1, 2, 3]).unwrap();
diff --git a/grpc/tests/utils/mod.rs b/grpc/tests/utils/mod.rs
index 32a45b4b..9aca9770 100644
--- a/grpc/tests/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/grpc/tests/utils/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use anyhow::Result;
 use celestia_grpc::GrpcClient;
 use celestia_types::state::Address;
 use tendermint::crypto::default::ecdsa_secp256k1::SigningKey;
@@ -24,16 +23,16 @@ pub struct TestAccount {
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-pub fn new_test_client() -> Result<GrpcClient<tonic::transport::Channel>> {
+pub fn new_test_client() -> GrpcClient<tonic::transport::Channel> {
     let _ = dotenvy::dotenv();
     let url = std::env::var("CELESTIA_GRPC_URL").unwrap_or_else(|_| CELESTIA_GRPC_URL.into());
 
-    Ok(GrpcClient::with_url(url)?)
+    GrpcClient::with_url(url).expect("creating client failed")
 }
 
 #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
-pub fn new_test_client() -> Result<GrpcClient<tonic_web_wasm_client::Client>> {
-    Ok(GrpcClient::with_grpcweb_url(CELESTIA_GRPCWEB_PROXY_URL))
+pub fn new_test_client() -> GrpcClient<tonic_web_wasm_client::Client> {
+    GrpcClient::with_grpcweb_url(CELESTIA_GRPCWEB_PROXY_URL)
 }
 
 pub fn load_account() -> TestAccount {