diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 708910a9..9e45e770 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
             - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
             - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
             - name: live tests
-              run: cargo test -p ethers --test live --all-features
+              run: cargo test -p ethers --all-features
 
     # TODO: [#2191](https://github.com/gakonst/ethers-rs/issues/2191)
     # feature-checks:
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 96a617dc..d4bde293 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1219,6 +1219,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ethers-providers",
  "ethers-signers",
  "ethers-solc",
+ "serde",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -1241,7 +1242,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "ethers-core",
  "ethers-derive-eip712",
  "ethers-providers",
- "ethers-signers",
  "ethers-solc",
  "futures-util",
  "hex",
diff --git a/ethers-contract/Cargo.toml b/ethers-contract/Cargo.toml
index a0c65795..dc0d5483 100644
--- a/ethers-contract/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethers-contract/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ ethers-contract-derive = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 ethers-derive-eip712 = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-ethers-signers.workspace = true
 ethers-solc.workspace = true
+ethers-providers = { workspace = true, features = ["ws"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros"] }
diff --git a/ethers-contract/src/contract.rs b/ethers-contract/src/contract.rs
index 2fa4f888..eae39a46 100644
--- a/ethers-contract/src/contract.rs
+++ b/ethers-contract/src/contract.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ pub type Contract<M> = ContractInstance<std::sync::Arc<M>, M>;
 /// };
 /// use ethers_contract::Contract;
 /// use ethers_providers::{Provider, Http};
-/// use ethers_signers::Wallet;
 /// use std::{convert::TryFrom, sync::Arc};
 ///
 /// # async fn foo() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
@@ -122,7 +121,6 @@ pub type Contract<M> = ContractInstance<std::sync::Arc<M>, M>;
 /// use ethers_core::{abi::Abi, types::Address};
 /// use ethers_contract::{Contract, EthEvent};
 /// use ethers_providers::{Provider, Http, Middleware};
-/// use ethers_signers::Wallet;
 /// use std::{convert::TryFrom, sync::Arc};
 /// use ethers_core::abi::{Detokenize, Token, InvalidOutputType};
 /// # // this is a fake address used just for this example
diff --git a/ethers-contract/src/factory.rs b/ethers-contract/src/factory.rs
index b396ef0b..711e44a2 100644
--- a/ethers-contract/src/factory.rs
+++ b/ethers-contract/src/factory.rs
@@ -323,7 +323,6 @@ where
 /// use ethers_solc::Solc;
 /// use ethers_contract::ContractFactory;
 /// use ethers_providers::{Provider, Http};
-/// use ethers_signers::Wallet;
 /// use std::convert::TryFrom;
 ///
 /// # async fn foo() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
diff --git a/ethers-contract/tests/it/contract.rs b/ethers-contract/tests/it/contract.rs
index 8d4dd44e..88f04ed5 100644
--- a/ethers-contract/tests/it/contract.rs
+++ b/ethers-contract/tests/it/contract.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
 use crate::common::*;
 use ethers_contract::{
-    abigen, ContractFactory, ContractInstance, EthAbiType, EthEvent, LogMeta, Multicall,
-    MulticallError, MulticallVersion,
+    abigen, ContractFactory, ContractInstance, EthEvent, LogMeta, Multicall, MulticallError,
+    MulticallVersion,
 };
 use ethers_core::{
     abi::{encode, AbiEncode, Token, Tokenizable},
-    types::{
-        transaction::eip712::Eip712, Address, BlockId, Bytes, Filter, ValueOrArray, H160, H256,
-        I256, U256,
-    },
+    types::{Address, BlockId, Bytes, Filter, ValueOrArray, H160, H256, U256},
     utils::{keccak256, Anvil},
 };
 use ethers_providers::{Http, Middleware, MiddlewareError, Provider, StreamExt};
-use ethers_signers::{LocalWallet, Signer};
 use std::{sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -330,7 +326,6 @@ async fn call_past_hash_test() {
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
-#[cfg(feature = "abigen")]
 async fn watch_events() {
     let (abi, bytecode) = compile_contract("SimpleStorage", "SimpleStorage.sol");
     let anvil = Anvil::new().spawn();
@@ -784,146 +779,3 @@ async fn multicall_aggregate() {
     assert_eq!(bytes[..4], keccak256("CustomErrorWithData(string)")[..4]);
     assert_eq!(bytes[4..], encode(&[Token::String("Data".to_string())]));
 }
-
-#[tokio::test]
-#[cfg(feature = "eip712")]
-async fn test_derive_eip712() {
-    use ethers_derive_eip712::*;
-
-    // Generate Contract ABI Bindings
-    abigen!(
-        DeriveEip712Test,
-        "./ethers-contract/tests/solidity-contracts/derive_eip712_abi.json",
-        event_derives(serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize)
-    );
-
-    // Create derived structs
-
-    #[derive(Debug, Clone, Eip712, EthAbiType)]
-    #[eip712(
-        name = "Eip712Test",
-        version = "1",
-        chain_id = 1,
-        verifying_contract = "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
-        salt = "eip712-test-75F0CCte"
-    )]
-    struct FooBar {
-        foo: I256,
-        bar: U256,
-        fizz: Bytes,
-        buzz: [u8; 32],
-        far: String,
-        out: Address,
-    }
-
-    // get ABI and bytecode for the DeriveEip712Test contract
-    let (abi, bytecode) = compile_contract("DeriveEip712Test", "DeriveEip712Test.sol");
-
-    // launch the network & connect to it
-    let anvil = Anvil::new().spawn();
-    let from = anvil.addresses()[0];
-    let provider = Provider::try_from(anvil.endpoint())
-        .unwrap()
-        .with_sender(from)
-        .interval(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10));
-    let client = Arc::new(provider);
-
-    let wallet: LocalWallet = anvil.keys()[0].clone().into();
-
-    let factory = ContractFactory::new(abi.clone(), bytecode.clone(), client.clone());
-
-    let contract = factory
-        .deploy(())
-        .expect("failed to deploy DeriveEip712Test contract")
-        .legacy()
-        .send()
-        .await
-        .expect("failed to instantiate factory for DeriveEip712 contract");
-
-    let addr = contract.address();
-
-    let contract = DeriveEip712Test::new(addr, client.clone());
-
-    let foo_bar = FooBar {
-        foo: I256::from(10u64),
-        bar: U256::from(20u64),
-        fizz: b"fizz".into(),
-        buzz: keccak256("buzz"),
-        far: String::from("space"),
-        out: Address::from([0; 20]),
-    };
-
-    let derived_foo_bar = derive_eip_712_test::FooBar {
-        foo: foo_bar.foo,
-        bar: foo_bar.bar,
-        fizz: foo_bar.fizz.clone(),
-        buzz: foo_bar.buzz,
-        far: foo_bar.far.clone(),
-        out: foo_bar.out,
-    };
-
-    let sig = wallet.sign_typed_data(&foo_bar).await.expect("failed to sign typed data");
-
-    let r = <[u8; 32]>::try_from(sig.r)
-        .expect("failed to parse 'r' value from signature into [u8; 32]");
-    let s = <[u8; 32]>::try_from(sig.s)
-        .expect("failed to parse 's' value from signature into [u8; 32]");
-    let v = u8::try_from(sig.v).expect("failed to parse 'v' value from signature into u8");
-
-    let domain_separator = contract
-        .domain_separator()
-        .call()
-        .await
-        .expect("failed to retrieve domain_separator from contract");
-    let type_hash =
-        contract.type_hash().call().await.expect("failed to retrieve type_hash from contract");
-    let struct_hash = contract
-        .struct_hash(derived_foo_bar.clone())
-        .call()
-        .await
-        .expect("failed to retrieve struct_hash from contract");
-    let encoded = contract
-        .encode_eip_712(derived_foo_bar.clone())
-        .call()
-        .await
-        .expect("failed to retrieve eip712 encoded hash from contract");
-    let verify = contract
-        .verify_foo_bar(wallet.address(), derived_foo_bar, r, s, v)
-        .call()
-        .await
-        .expect("failed to verify signed typed data eip712 payload");
-
-    assert_eq!(
-        domain_separator,
-        foo_bar
-            .domain()
-            .expect("failed to return domain_separator from Eip712 implemented struct")
-            .separator(),
-        "domain separator does not match contract domain separator!"
-    );
-
-    assert_eq!(
-        type_hash,
-        FooBar::type_hash().expect("failed to return type_hash from Eip712 implemented struct"),
-        "type hash does not match contract struct type hash!"
-    );
-
-    assert_eq!(
-        struct_hash,
-        foo_bar
-            .clone()
-            .struct_hash()
-            .expect("failed to return struct_hash from Eip712 implemented struct"),
-        "struct hash does not match contract struct hash!"
-    );
-
-    assert_eq!(
-        encoded,
-        foo_bar
-            .encode_eip712()
-            .expect("failed to return domain_separator from Eip712 implemented struct"),
-        "Encoded value does not match!"
-    );
-
-    assert!(verify, "typed data signature failed!");
-}
diff --git a/ethers-solc/src/artifact_output/mod.rs b/ethers-solc/src/artifact_output/mod.rs
index 17da2b87..5f7b2bc3 100644
--- a/ethers-solc/src/artifact_output/mod.rs
+++ b/ethers-solc/src/artifact_output/mod.rs
@@ -659,6 +659,7 @@ pub trait ArtifactOutput {
         if let Ok(stripped) = rel_candidate.strip_prefix(artifacts_folder) {
             rel_candidate = stripped.to_path_buf();
         }
+        #[allow(clippy::redundant_clone)] // false positive
         let mut candidate = rel_candidate.clone();
         let contract_file = contract_file.as_ref();
         let mut current_parent = contract_file.parent();
diff --git a/ethers/Cargo.toml b/ethers/Cargo.toml
index 7dff1300..8a5b36ed 100644
--- a/ethers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethers/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,14 +26,7 @@ all-features = true
 [features]
 default = ["abigen", "rustls"]
 
-celo = [
-    "ethers-core/celo",
-    "ethers-providers/celo",
-    "ethers-signers/celo",
-    "ethers-contract/celo",
-    "ethers-middleware/celo",
-    "legacy",
-]
+celo = ["ethers-core/celo", "ethers-providers/celo", "ethers-signers/celo", "ethers-contract/celo", "ethers-middleware/celo", "legacy"]
 
 legacy = ["ethers-core/legacy", "ethers-contract/legacy"]
 
@@ -43,20 +36,8 @@ eip712 = ["ethers-contract/eip712", "ethers-core/eip712"]
 ## providers
 ws = ["ethers-providers/ws"]
 ipc = ["ethers-providers/ipc"]
-rustls = [
-    "ethers-middleware/rustls",
-    "ethers-providers/rustls",
-    "ethers-etherscan/rustls",
-    "ethers-contract/rustls",
-    "ethers-solc/rustls",
-]
-openssl = [
-    "ethers-middleware/openssl",
-    "ethers-providers/openssl",
-    "ethers-etherscan/openssl",
-    "ethers-contract/openssl",
-    "ethers-solc/openssl",
-]
+rustls = ["ethers-middleware/rustls", "ethers-providers/rustls", "ethers-etherscan/rustls", "ethers-contract/rustls", "ethers-solc/rustls"]
+openssl = ["ethers-middleware/openssl", "ethers-providers/openssl", "ethers-etherscan/openssl", "ethers-contract/openssl", "ethers-solc/openssl"]
 dev-rpc = ["ethers-providers/dev-rpc"]
 ## signers
 ledger = ["ethers-signers/ledger"]
@@ -67,9 +48,8 @@ abigen = ["ethers-contract/abigen"]
 ### abigen without reqwest
 abigen-offline = ["ethers-contract/abigen-offline"]
 ## solc
-ethers-solc = ["dep:ethers-solc", "ethers-etherscan/ethers-solc"]
-solc-full = ["ethers-solc?/full"]
-solc-tests = ["ethers-solc?/tests"]
+solc-full = ["ethers-solc/full"]
+solc-tests = ["ethers-solc/tests"]
 
 # Deprecated
 solc-sha2-asm = []
@@ -78,12 +58,14 @@ solc-sha2-asm = []
 ethers-addressbook.workspace = true
 ethers-contract.workspace = true
 ethers-core.workspace = true
-ethers-etherscan.workspace = true
+ethers-etherscan = { workspace = true, features = ["ethers-solc"] }
 ethers-middleware.workspace = true
 ethers-providers.workspace = true
 ethers-signers.workspace = true
-
-ethers-solc = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+ethers-solc = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+serde.workspace = true
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "rt"] }
+ethers-contract = { workspace = true, features = ["eip712"] }
+ethers-providers = { workspace = true, features = ["rustls"] } # allow https connections
diff --git a/ethers/src/lib.rs b/ethers/src/lib.rs
index 8cdc5983..3d94e43d 100644
--- a/ethers/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ethers/src/lib.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ pub use ethers_providers as providers;
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use ethers_signers as signers;
 #[doc(inline)]
-#[cfg(feature = "ethers-solc")]
 pub use ethers_solc as solc;
 
 #[doc(inline)]
@@ -121,7 +120,6 @@ pub mod prelude {
 
     pub use super::signers::*;
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "ethers-solc")]
     pub use super::solc::*;
 }
 
diff --git a/ethers-contract/tests/solidity-contracts/DeriveEip712Test.sol b/ethers/tests/DeriveEip712Test.sol
similarity index 100%
rename from ethers-contract/tests/solidity-contracts/DeriveEip712Test.sol
rename to ethers/tests/DeriveEip712Test.sol
diff --git a/ethers/tests/live/celo.rs b/ethers/tests/celo.rs
similarity index 96%
rename from ethers/tests/live/celo.rs
rename to ethers/tests/celo.rs
index 7457e0dd..0931decf 100644
--- a/ethers/tests/live/celo.rs
+++ b/ethers/tests/celo.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-use crate::simple_storage::SimpleStorage;
 use ethers::prelude::*;
 use std::{sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
+ethers::contract::abigen!(SimpleStorage, "../testdata/SimpleStorage.json");
+
 static CELO_TESTNET_URL: &str = "https://alfajores-forno.celo-testnet.org";
 
 #[tokio::test]
diff --git a/ethers/tests/eip712.rs b/ethers/tests/eip712.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f23d8295
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ethers/tests/eip712.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+use ethers::{
+    contract::{abigen, ContractFactory, Eip712, EthAbiType},
+    core::{
+        types::{transaction::eip712::Eip712, Address, Bytes, I256, U256},
+        utils::{keccak256, Anvil},
+    },
+    providers::Provider,
+    signers::LocalWallet,
+    solc::Solc,
+};
+use std::{path::PathBuf, sync::Arc};
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_derive_eip712() {
+    // Generate Contract ABI Bindings
+    abigen!(
+        DeriveEip712Test,
+        "./ethers-contract/tests/solidity-contracts/derive_eip712_abi.json",
+        event_derives(serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize)
+    );
+
+    // Create derived structs
+
+    #[derive(Debug, Clone, Eip712, EthAbiType)]
+    #[eip712(
+        name = "Eip712Test",
+        version = "1",
+        chain_id = 1,
+        verifying_contract = "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
+        salt = "eip712-test-75F0CCte"
+    )]
+    struct FooBar {
+        foo: I256,
+        bar: U256,
+        fizz: Bytes,
+        buzz: [u8; 32],
+        far: String,
+        out: Address,
+    }
+
+    // get ABI and bytecode for the DeriveEip712Test contract
+    let path = PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("tests");
+    let result = Solc::default().compile_source(path).unwrap();
+    let (abi, bytecode, _) = result
+        .find("DeriveEip712Test")
+        .expect("failed to get DeriveEip712Test contract")
+        .into_parts_or_default();
+
+    // launch the network & connect to it
+    let anvil = Anvil::new().spawn();
+    let from = anvil.addresses()[0];
+    let provider = Provider::try_from(anvil.endpoint())
+        .unwrap()
+        .with_sender(from)
+        .interval(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10));
+    let client = Arc::new(provider);
+
+    let factory = ContractFactory::new(abi.clone(), bytecode.clone(), client.clone());
+
+    let contract = factory
+        .deploy(())
+        .expect("failed to deploy DeriveEip712Test contract")
+        .legacy()
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .expect("failed to instantiate factory for DeriveEip712 contract");
+
+    let addr = contract.address();
+
+    let contract = DeriveEip712Test::new(addr, client.clone());
+
+    let foo_bar = FooBar {
+        foo: I256::from(10u64),
+        bar: U256::from(20u64),
+        fizz: b"fizz".into(),
+        buzz: keccak256("buzz"),
+        far: String::from("space"),
+        out: Address::from([0; 20]),
+    };
+
+    let derived_foo_bar = derive_eip_712_test::FooBar {
+        foo: foo_bar.foo,
+        bar: foo_bar.bar,
+        fizz: foo_bar.fizz.clone(),
+        buzz: foo_bar.buzz,
+        far: foo_bar.far.clone(),
+        out: foo_bar.out,
+    };
+
+    use ethers::signers::Signer;
+
+    let wallet: LocalWallet = anvil.keys()[0].clone().into();
+    let sig = wallet.sign_typed_data(&foo_bar).await.expect("failed to sign typed data");
+
+    let r = <[u8; 32]>::try_from(sig.r)
+        .expect("failed to parse 'r' value from signature into [u8; 32]");
+    let s = <[u8; 32]>::try_from(sig.s)
+        .expect("failed to parse 's' value from signature into [u8; 32]");
+    let v = u8::try_from(sig.v).expect("failed to parse 'v' value from signature into u8");
+
+    let domain_separator = contract
+        .domain_separator()
+        .call()
+        .await
+        .expect("failed to retrieve domain_separator from contract");
+    let type_hash =
+        contract.type_hash().call().await.expect("failed to retrieve type_hash from contract");
+    let struct_hash = contract
+        .struct_hash(derived_foo_bar.clone())
+        .call()
+        .await
+        .expect("failed to retrieve struct_hash from contract");
+    let encoded = contract
+        .encode_eip_712(derived_foo_bar.clone())
+        .call()
+        .await
+        .expect("failed to retrieve eip712 encoded hash from contract");
+    let verify = contract
+        .verify_foo_bar(wallet.address(), derived_foo_bar, r, s, v)
+        .call()
+        .await
+        .expect("failed to verify signed typed data eip712 payload");
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        domain_separator,
+        foo_bar
+            .domain()
+            .expect("failed to return domain_separator from Eip712 implemented struct")
+            .separator(),
+        "domain separator does not match contract domain separator!"
+    );
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        type_hash,
+        FooBar::type_hash().expect("failed to return type_hash from Eip712 implemented struct"),
+        "type hash does not match contract struct type hash!"
+    );
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        struct_hash,
+        foo_bar
+            .clone()
+            .struct_hash()
+            .expect("failed to return struct_hash from Eip712 implemented struct"),
+        "struct hash does not match contract struct hash!"
+    );
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        encoded,
+        foo_bar
+            .encode_eip712()
+            .expect("failed to return domain_separator from Eip712 implemented struct"),
+        "Encoded value does not match!"
+    );
+
+    assert!(verify, "typed data signature failed!");
+}
diff --git a/ethers/tests/live/main.rs b/ethers/tests/live/main.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index a8828646..00000000
--- a/ethers/tests/live/main.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-//! Ethers live tests.
-//!
-//! If a feature or external binary is added, like Solc, please also update
-//! `.github/workflows/ci.yml` at `job.live-test`.
-
-#![cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-
-#[cfg(feature = "celo")]
-mod celo;
-
-pub(crate) mod simple_storage {
-    ethers::contract::abigen!(SimpleStorage, "../testdata/SimpleStorage.json");
-}
diff --git a/ethers/tests/main.rs b/ethers/tests/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d10133c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ethers/tests/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//! Ethers integration tests.
+#![cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+
+#[cfg(feature = "celo")]
+mod celo;
+
+mod eip712;
diff --git a/examples/contracts/Cargo.toml b/examples/contracts/Cargo.toml
index 3fd9bb5f..8cc0618f 100644
--- a/examples/contracts/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/contracts/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ default = ["legacy"]
 legacy = ["ethers/legacy"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-ethers = { workspace = true, features = ["abigen", "ethers-solc", "rustls", "ws"] }
+ethers = { workspace = true, features = ["abigen", "rustls", "ws"] }
 
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros"] }