diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 087ecef86878..3c6e3ed92f49 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -9660,7 +9660,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-trie-common",
  "reth-trie-db",
  "thiserror 2.0.7",
- "tokio",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
diff --git a/crates/trie/parallel/Cargo.toml b/crates/trie/parallel/Cargo.toml
index 1b3e2d59be10..489d59fc92fe 100644
--- a/crates/trie/parallel/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/trie/parallel/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,13 +46,8 @@ reth-trie = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
 
 # misc
 rand.workspace = true
-tokio = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = [
-    "sync",
-    "rt",
-    "macros",
-] }
 rayon.workspace = true
-criterion = { workspace = true, features = ["async_tokio"] }
+criterion.workspace = true
 proptest.workspace = true
 proptest-arbitrary-interop.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/crates/trie/parallel/benches/root.rs b/crates/trie/parallel/benches/root.rs
index a9300efa9b0d..37da18039050 100644
--- a/crates/trie/parallel/benches/root.rs
+++ b/crates/trie/parallel/benches/root.rs
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ pub fn calculate_state_root(c: &mut Criterion) {
     let mut group = c.benchmark_group("Calculate State Root");
     group.sample_size(20);
 
-    let runtime = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap();
-
     for size in [1_000, 3_000, 5_000, 10_000] {
         let (db_state, updated_state) = generate_test_data(size);
         let provider_factory = create_test_provider_factory();
@@ -37,14 +35,14 @@ pub fn calculate_state_root(c: &mut Criterion) {
 
         // state root
         group.bench_function(BenchmarkId::new("sync root", size), |b| {
-            b.to_async(&runtime).iter_with_setup(
+            b.iter_with_setup(
                 || {
                     let sorted_state = updated_state.clone().into_sorted();
                     let prefix_sets = updated_state.construct_prefix_sets().freeze();
                     let provider = provider_factory.provider().unwrap();
                     (provider, sorted_state, prefix_sets)
                 },
-                |(provider, sorted_state, prefix_sets)| async move {
+                |(provider, sorted_state, prefix_sets)| {
                     let hashed_cursor_factory = HashedPostStateCursorFactory::new(
                         DatabaseHashedCursorFactory::new(provider.tx_ref()),
                         &sorted_state,
@@ -59,14 +57,14 @@ pub fn calculate_state_root(c: &mut Criterion) {
 
         // parallel root
         group.bench_function(BenchmarkId::new("parallel root", size), |b| {
-            b.to_async(&runtime).iter_with_setup(
+            b.iter_with_setup(
                 || {
                     ParallelStateRoot::new(
                         view.clone(),
                         TrieInput::from_state(updated_state.clone()),
                     )
                 },
-                |calculator| async { calculator.incremental_root() },
+                |calculator| calculator.incremental_root(),
             );
         });
     }
diff --git a/crates/trie/parallel/src/root.rs b/crates/trie/parallel/src/root.rs
index 1ae1a6026c8f..9ee8ed71e3c4 100644
--- a/crates/trie/parallel/src/root.rs
+++ b/crates/trie/parallel/src/root.rs
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ mod tests {
     use reth_provider::{test_utils::create_test_provider_factory, HashingWriter};
     use reth_trie::{test_utils, HashedPostState, HashedStorage};
 
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn random_parallel_root() {
+    #[test]
+    fn random_parallel_root() {
         let factory = create_test_provider_factory();
         let consistent_view = ConsistentDbView::new(factory.clone(), None);