diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5fb5575f..9d4c67ee 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "ethers-providers 0.1.0",
  "ethers-signers 0.1.0",
  "ethers-types 0.1.0",
- "ethers-utils 0.1.0",
  "rand 0.5.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.110 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_json 1.0.53 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -291,7 +290,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait 0.1.31 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "ethers-types 0.1.0",
- "ethers-utils 0.1.0",
  "reqwest 0.10.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rustc-hex 2.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.110 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -307,7 +305,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ethers-providers 0.1.0",
  "ethers-types 0.1.0",
- "ethers-utils 0.1.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -318,7 +315,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bincode 1.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "ethabi 12.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "ethereum-types 0.9.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "ethers-utils 0.1.0",
  "glob 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rand 0.5.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rlp 0.4.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -327,18 +323,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde 1.0.110 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_json 1.0.53 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "thiserror 1.0.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "zeroize 1.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "ethers-utils"
-version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = [
- "ethereum-types 0.9.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "rustc-hex 2.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.110 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde_json 1.0.53 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tiny-keccak 2.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "zeroize 1.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d8f202d7..ee3b6c6e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@ members = [
     "./crates/ethers-providers",
     "./crates/ethers-signers",
     "./crates/ethers-types",
-    "./crates/ethers-utils",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/ethers-providers/Cargo.toml b/crates/ethers-providers/Cargo.toml
index 232c6910..16a7f91e 100644
--- a/crates/ethers-providers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ethers-providers/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 ethers-types = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../ethers-types" }
-ethers-utils = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../ethers-utils" }
 
 async-trait = { version = "0.1.31", default-features = false }
 reqwest = { version = "0.10.4", default-features = false, features = ["json", "rustls-tls"] }
diff --git a/crates/ethers-providers/src/ens.rs b/crates/ethers-providers/src/ens.rs
index 856dbd22..446f91ad 100644
--- a/crates/ethers-providers/src/ens.rs
+++ b/crates/ethers-providers/src/ens.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 /// [Ethereum Name Service](https://docs.ens.domains/) support
 // Adapted from https://github.com/hhatto/rust-ens/blob/master/src/lib.rs
-use ethers_types::{Address, NameOrAddress, Selector, TransactionRequest, H256};
-use ethers_utils::keccak256;
+use ethers_types::{utils::keccak256, Address, NameOrAddress, Selector, TransactionRequest, H256};
 
 // Selectors
-
 const ENS_REVERSE_REGISTRAR_DOMAIN: &str = "addr.reverse";
 
 /// resolver(bytes32)
diff --git a/crates/ethers-providers/src/provider.rs b/crates/ethers-providers/src/provider.rs
index 8eb52433..948326b3 100644
--- a/crates/ethers-providers/src/provider.rs
+++ b/crates/ethers-providers/src/provider.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ use crate::{ens, http::Provider as HttpProvider, networks::Network, JsonRpcClien
 
 use ethers_types::{
     abi::{self, Detokenize, ParamType},
-    Address, Block, BlockId, BlockNumber, Bytes, Filter, Log, NameOrAddress, Selector, Transaction,
-    TransactionReceipt, TransactionRequest, TxHash, U256,
+    utils, Address, Block, BlockId, BlockNumber, Bytes, Filter, Log, NameOrAddress, Selector,
+    Transaction, TransactionReceipt, TransactionRequest, TxHash, U256,
 };
-use ethers_utils as utils;
 
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use url::{ParseError, Url};
diff --git a/crates/ethers-signers/Cargo.toml b/crates/ethers-signers/Cargo.toml
index 21008092..3b758378 100644
--- a/crates/ethers-signers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ethers-signers/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,3 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 ethers-types = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../ethers-types" }
 ethers-providers = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../ethers-providers" }
-ethers-utils = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../ethers-utils" }
diff --git a/crates/ethers-types/Cargo.toml b/crates/ethers-types/Cargo.toml
index 236460ff..65a6ad0f 100644
--- a/crates/ethers-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ethers-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ authors = ["Georgios Konstantopoulos <me@gakonst.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-ethers-utils = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../ethers-utils" }
-
 # ethereum related
 ethereum-types = { version = "0.9.2", default-features = false, features = ["serialize"] }
 rlp = { version = "0.4.5", default-features = false }
@@ -16,6 +14,8 @@ ethabi = { version = "12.0.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
 secp256k1 = { version = "0.17.2", default-features = false, features = ["std", "recovery", "rand"] }
 rand = { version = "0.5.1", default-features = false } # this should be the same rand crate version as the one in secp
 zeroize = { version = "1.1.0", default-features = false }
+tiny-keccak = { version = "2.0.2", default-features = false }
+
 
 # misc
 serde = { version = "1.0.110", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/crates/ethers-types/src/abi/mod.rs b/crates/ethers-types/src/abi/mod.rs
index 91c7ab26..2d67f96f 100644
--- a/crates/ethers-types/src/abi/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/ethers-types/src/abi/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 //! This module implements extensions to the `ethabi` API.
 // Adapted from [Gnosis' ethcontract](https://github.com/gnosis/ethcontract-rs/blob/master/common/src/abiext.rs)
-use crate::Selector;
-use ethers_utils::id;
+use crate::{utils::id, Selector};
 
 pub use ethabi::Contract as Abi;
 pub use ethabi::*;
diff --git a/crates/ethers-types/src/chainstate/log.rs b/crates/ethers-types/src/chainstate/log.rs
index 2ddd3b79..80cf5d89 100644
--- a/crates/ethers-types/src/chainstate/log.rs
+++ b/crates/ethers-types/src/chainstate/log.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // Adapted from https://github.com/tomusdrw/rust-web3/blob/master/src/types/log.rs
-use crate::{Address, BlockNumber, Bytes, H256, U256, U64};
-use ethers_utils::keccak256;
+use crate::{utils::keccak256, Address, BlockNumber, Bytes, H256, U256, U64};
 use serde::{ser::SerializeSeq, Deserialize, Serialize, Serializer};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
@@ -221,7 +220,7 @@ where
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use ethers_utils::serialize;
+    use crate::utils::serialize;
 
     #[test]
     fn filter_serialization_test() {
diff --git a/crates/ethers-types/src/chainstate/transaction.rs b/crates/ethers-types/src/chainstate/transaction.rs
index b150bb20..3f6a5c34 100644
--- a/crates/ethers-types/src/chainstate/transaction.rs
+++ b/crates/ethers-types/src/chainstate/transaction.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 //! Transaction types
-use crate::{Address, Bloom, Bytes, Log, NameOrAddress, Signature, H256, U256, U64};
-use ethers_utils::keccak256;
+use crate::{
+    utils::keccak256, Address, Bloom, Bytes, Log, NameOrAddress, Signature, H256, U256, U64,
+};
 
 use rlp::RlpStream;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
diff --git a/crates/ethers-types/src/crypto/keys.rs b/crates/ethers-types/src/crypto/keys.rs
index c021426a..a024fd6d 100644
--- a/crates/ethers-types/src/crypto/keys.rs
+++ b/crates/ethers-types/src/crypto/keys.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-use crate::{Address, NameOrAddress, Signature, Transaction, TransactionRequest, H256, U256, U64};
-use ethers_utils::{hash_message, keccak256};
+use crate::{
+    utils::{hash_message, keccak256},
+    Address, NameOrAddress, Signature, Transaction, TransactionRequest, H256, U256, U64,
+};
 
 use rand::Rng;
 use secp256k1::{
diff --git a/crates/ethers-types/src/crypto/signature.rs b/crates/ethers-types/src/crypto/signature.rs
index 71bd8d88..dcd6b96c 100644
--- a/crates/ethers-types/src/crypto/signature.rs
+++ b/crates/ethers-types/src/crypto/signature.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // Code adapted from: https://github.com/tomusdrw/rust-web3/blob/master/src/api/accounts.rs
-use crate::{Address, PublicKey, H256};
-use ethers_utils::hash_message;
+use crate::{utils::hash_message, Address, PublicKey, H256};
 
 use rustc_hex::ToHex;
 use secp256k1::{
diff --git a/crates/ethers-types/src/lib.rs b/crates/ethers-types/src/lib.rs
index b8d22f15..d4ce76ea 100644
--- a/crates/ethers-types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ethers-types/src/lib.rs
@@ -44,8 +44,4 @@ pub use chainstate::*;
 #[cfg(feature = "abi")]
 pub mod abi;
 
-// Convenience re-export
-pub use ethers_utils as utils;
-
-mod solc;
-pub use solc::Solc;
+pub mod utils;
diff --git a/crates/ethers-utils/src/ganache.rs b/crates/ethers-types/src/utils/ganache.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from crates/ethers-utils/src/ganache.rs
rename to crates/ethers-types/src/utils/ganache.rs
index aa3813c9..b3870862 100644
--- a/crates/ethers-utils/src/ganache.rs
+++ b/crates/ethers-types/src/utils/ganache.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ impl Drop for Ganache {
 /// # Example
 ///
 /// ```rust,ignore
-/// use ethers_utils::ganache::GanacheBuilder;
+/// use ethers_types::utils::ganache::GanacheBuilder;
+///
 /// let port = 8545u64;
 /// let url = format!("http://localhost:{}", port).to_string();
 ///
diff --git a/crates/ethers-utils/src/lib.rs b/crates/ethers-types/src/utils/hash.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from crates/ethers-utils/src/lib.rs
rename to crates/ethers-types/src/utils/hash.rs
index 09aa48c7..6c804eb7 100644
--- a/crates/ethers-utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ethers-types/src/utils/hash.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 use ethereum_types::H256;
 use tiny_keccak::{Hasher, Keccak};
 
-/// Utilities for launching a ganache-cli testnet instance
-pub mod ganache;
-
 const PREFIX: &str = "\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n";
 
 /// Hash a message according to EIP-191.
diff --git a/crates/ethers-types/src/utils/mod.rs b/crates/ethers-types/src/utils/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d6d70fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ethers-types/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/// Utilities for launching a ganache-cli testnet instance
+mod ganache;
+pub use ganache::{Ganache, GanacheBuilder};
+
+/// Solidity compiler bindings
+mod solc;
+pub use solc::{CompiledContract, Solc};
+
+mod hash;
+pub use hash::{hash_message, id, keccak256, serialize};
diff --git a/crates/ethers-types/src/solc.rs b/crates/ethers-types/src/utils/solc.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from crates/ethers-types/src/solc.rs
rename to crates/ethers-types/src/utils/solc.rs
index 8c30a99d..d173a806 100644
--- a/crates/ethers-types/src/solc.rs
+++ b/crates/ethers-types/src/utils/solc.rs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ impl Solc {
                     .into();
 
                 let name = name
-                    .rsplit(":")
+                    .rsplit(':')
                     .next()
                     .expect("could not strip fname")
                     .to_owned();
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ impl Solc {
         let command_output = Command::new(SOLC)
             .arg("--version")
             .output()
-            .expect(&format!("`{}` not in user's $PATH", SOLC));
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("`{}` not in user's $PATH", SOLC));
 
         let version = command_output
             .stdout
diff --git a/crates/ethers-utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/ethers-utils/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ce132a6..00000000
--- a/crates/ethers-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "ethers-utils"
-version = "0.1.0"
-authors = ["Georgios Konstantopoulos <me@gakonst.com>"]
-edition = "2018"
-
-[dependencies]
-ethereum-types = { version = "0.9.2", default-features = false, features = ["serialize"] }
-tiny-keccak = { version = "2.0.2", default-features = false }
-serde = { version = "1.0.110", default-features = false }
-serde_json = { version = "1.0.53", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
-
-[dev-dependencies]
-rustc-hex = "2.1.0"
diff --git a/crates/ethers/Cargo.toml b/crates/ethers/Cargo.toml
index 29e443f5..33c3d644 100644
--- a/crates/ethers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ethers/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,25 +11,20 @@ full = [
     "providers",
     "signers",
     "types",
-    "utils",
 ]
 
 contract = ["ethers-contract"]
 providers = ["ethers-providers"]
 signers = ["ethers-signers"]
 types = ["ethers-types"]
-utils = ["ethers-utils"]
 
 [dependencies]
 ethers-contract = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../ethers-contract", features = ["abigen"], optional = true }
 ethers-providers = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../ethers-providers", optional = true }
 ethers-signers = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../ethers-signers", optional = true }
 ethers-types = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../ethers-types", optional = true }
-ethers-utils = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../ethers-utils", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-ethers-contract = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../ethers-contract", features = ["abigen"] }
-
 anyhow = "1.0.31"
 tokio = { version = "0.2.21", features = ["macros"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.53"
diff --git a/crates/ethers/examples/contract.rs b/crates/ethers/examples/contract.rs
index a30e0015..ed73c69d 100644
--- a/crates/ethers/examples/contract.rs
+++ b/crates/ethers/examples/contract.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ use ethers::{
     contract::{abigen, ContractFactory},
     providers::HttpProvider,
     signers::MainnetWallet,
-    types::Solc,
-    utils::ganache::GanacheBuilder,
+    types::utils::{GanacheBuilder, Solc},
 };
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
 
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let addr = contract.address();
 
     // 9. instantiate the contract
-    let contract = SimpleContract::new(addr.clone(), &client);
+    let contract = SimpleContract::new(*addr, &client);
 
     // 10. call the `setValue` method
     let _tx_hash = contract.set_value("hi".to_owned()).send().await?;
diff --git a/crates/ethers/examples/local_signer.rs b/crates/ethers/examples/local_signer.rs
index d4b38dcd..5bf0dfaf 100644
--- a/crates/ethers/examples/local_signer.rs
+++ b/crates/ethers/examples/local_signer.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
 use ethers::{
-    providers::HttpProvider, signers::MainnetWallet, types::TransactionRequest,
-    utils::ganache::GanacheBuilder,
+    providers::HttpProvider,
+    signers::MainnetWallet,
+    types::{utils::GanacheBuilder, TransactionRequest},
 };
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
 
diff --git a/crates/ethers/examples/transfer_eth.rs b/crates/ethers/examples/transfer_eth.rs
index ad0afb79..86ea7f29 100644
--- a/crates/ethers/examples/transfer_eth.rs
+++ b/crates/ethers/examples/transfer_eth.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
 use ethers::{
     providers::{networks::Any, HttpProvider},
-    types::{BlockNumber, TransactionRequest},
-    utils::ganache::GanacheBuilder,
+    types::{utils::GanacheBuilder, BlockNumber, TransactionRequest},
 };
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
 
diff --git a/crates/ethers/src/lib.rs b/crates/ethers/src/lib.rs
index a4324b58..a865986d 100644
--- a/crates/ethers/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ethers/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,8 +34,3 @@ pub mod signers {
 pub mod types {
     pub use ethers_types::*;
 }
-
-#[cfg(feature = "utils")]
-pub mod utils {
-    pub use ethers_utils::*;
-}