diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1e488deb5..798324f75 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2978,7 +2978,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "committable",
  "contract-bindings",
  "derive_more 0.99.18",
- "dyn-clone 1.0.17 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "ethers",
  "fluent-asserter",
  "futures",
@@ -8809,7 +8808,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "derivative",
  "derive_more 0.99.18",
  "dotenvy",
- "dyn-clone 1.0.17 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "escargot",
  "espresso-macros",
  "espresso-types",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 458bf6435..931c710f6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ cld = "0.5"
 derive_more = "0.99.17"
 es-version = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/es-version.git", branch = "main" }
 dotenvy = "0.15"
-dyn-clone = "1.0"
 ethers = { version = "2.0", features = ["solc"] }
 futures = "0.3"
 
diff --git a/sequencer/Cargo.toml b/sequencer/Cargo.toml
index 3f39749b4..2ed8bcbac 100644
--- a/sequencer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sequencer/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ csv = "1"
 derivative = "2.2"
 derive_more = { workspace = true }
 dotenvy = { workspace = true }
-dyn-clone = { workspace = true }
 espresso-types = { path = "../types", features = ["testing"] }
 ethers = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/types/Cargo.toml b/types/Cargo.toml
index e044ddd93..ca135af96 100644
--- a/types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/types/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ cld = { workspace = true }
 committable = { workspace = true }
 contract-bindings = { path = "../contract-bindings" }
 derive_more = { workspace = true }
-dyn-clone = { workspace = true }
 ethers = { workspace = true }
 fluent-asserter = "0.1.9"
 futures = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/types/src/v0/traits.rs b/types/src/v0/traits.rs
index 590ef827d..7bfb713a0 100644
--- a/types/src/v0/traits.rs
+++ b/types/src/v0/traits.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use std::{cmp::max, collections::BTreeMap, fmt::Debug, ops::Range, sync::Arc};
 use anyhow::{bail, ensure, Context};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use committable::Commitment;
-use dyn_clone::DynClone;
 use futures::{FutureExt, TryFutureExt};
 use hotshot::{types::EventType, HotShotInitializer};
 use hotshot_types::{
@@ -615,16 +614,13 @@ pub trait SequencerPersistence: Sized + Send + Sync + 'static {
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
-pub trait EventConsumer: Debug + DynClone + Send + Sync {
+pub trait EventConsumer: Debug + Send + Sync {
     async fn handle_event(&self, event: &Event) -> anyhow::Result<()>;
 }
 
-dyn_clone::clone_trait_object!(EventConsumer);
-
 #[async_trait]
 impl<T> EventConsumer for Box<T>
 where
-    Self: Clone,
     T: EventConsumer + ?Sized,
 {
     async fn handle_event(&self, event: &Event) -> anyhow::Result<()> {