diff --git a/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/contract.rs b/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/contract.rs
index f287304c..d8b05b92 100644
--- a/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/contract.rs
+++ b/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/contract.rs
@@ -7,12 +7,9 @@ pub(crate) mod structs;
 mod types;
 
 use super::{util, Abigen};
-use crate::{
-    contract::{methods::MethodAlias, structs::InternalStructs},
-    rawabi::JsonAbi,
-};
+use crate::contract::{methods::MethodAlias, structs::InternalStructs};
 use ethers_core::{
-    abi::{Abi, AbiParser, ErrorExt, EventExt},
+    abi::{Abi, AbiParser, ErrorExt, EventExt, JsonAbi},
     macros::{ethers_contract_crate, ethers_core_crate, ethers_providers_crate},
     types::Bytes,
 };
diff --git a/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/contract/structs.rs b/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/contract/structs.rs
index 1add4f6a..850f65e8 100644
--- a/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/contract/structs.rs
+++ b/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/contract/structs.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 //! Methods for expanding structs
 use crate::{
     contract::{types, Context},
-    rawabi::{Component, RawAbi},
     util,
 };
 use ethers_core::{
     abi::{
         struct_def::{FieldDeclaration, FieldType, StructFieldType, StructType},
-        HumanReadableParser, ParamType, SolStruct,
+        Component, HumanReadableParser, ParamType, RawAbi, SolStruct,
     },
     macros::ethers_contract_crate,
 };
diff --git a/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/lib.rs b/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/lib.rs
index 3c7e537f..3b69d575 100644
--- a/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ pub mod contract;
 pub use contract::structs::InternalStructs;
 use contract::Context;
 
-pub mod rawabi;
-pub use rawabi::RawAbi;
-
 mod rustfmt;
 mod source;
 mod util;
diff --git a/ethers-contract/src/lib.rs b/ethers-contract/src/lib.rs
index f8672669..27617918 100644
--- a/ethers-contract/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ethers-contract/src/lib.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pub mod builders {
 #[cfg(any(test, feature = "abigen"))]
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "abigen")))]
 pub use ethers_contract_abigen::{
-    Abigen, ContractFilter, ExcludeContracts, InternalStructs, MultiAbigen, RawAbi, SelectContracts,
+    Abigen, ContractFilter, ExcludeContracts, InternalStructs, MultiAbigen, SelectContracts,
 };
 
 #[cfg(any(test, feature = "abigen"))]
diff --git a/ethers-core/src/abi/mod.rs b/ethers-core/src/abi/mod.rs
index a13e729b..547433f2 100644
--- a/ethers-core/src/abi/mod.rs
+++ b/ethers-core/src/abi/mod.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ mod human_readable;
 pub use human_readable::{
     lexer::HumanReadableParser, parse as parse_abi, parse_str as parse_abi_str, AbiParser,
 };
+
+mod raw;
+pub use raw::{AbiObject, Component, Item, JsonAbi, RawAbi};
+
 mod sealed {
     use ethabi::{Event, Function};
 
diff --git a/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/rawabi.rs b/ethers-core/src/abi/raw.rs
similarity index 93%
rename from ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/rawabi.rs
rename to ethers-core/src/abi/raw.rs
index c25618f7..98c4ef7f 100644
--- a/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/rawabi.rs
+++ b/ethers-core/src/abi/raw.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //! raw content of the ABI.
 
 #![allow(missing_docs)]
-use ethers_core::types::Bytes;
+use crate::types::Bytes;
 use serde::{
     de::{MapAccess, SeqAccess, Visitor},
     Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize,
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ pub struct Component {
 /// Represents contract ABI input variants
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 #[serde(untagged)]
-pub(crate) enum JsonAbi {
+pub enum JsonAbi {
     /// json object input as `{"abi": [..], "bin": "..."}`
     Object(AbiObject),
     /// json array input as `[]`
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ where
 }
 
 /// Contract ABI and optional bytecode as JSON object
-pub(crate) struct AbiObject {
+pub struct AbiObject {
     pub abi: RawAbi,
     pub bytecode: Option<Bytes>,
 }
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for AbiObjectVisitor {
             where
                 D: Deserializer<'de>,
             {
-                Ok(DeserializeBytes(ethers_core::types::deserialize_bytes(deserializer)?.into()))
+                Ok(DeserializeBytes(crate::types::deserialize_bytes(deserializer)?.into()))
             }
         }
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for AbiObject {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use ethers_core::abi::Abi;
+    use crate::abi::Abi;
 
     fn assert_has_bytecode(s: &str) {
         match serde_json::from_str::<JsonAbi>(s).unwrap() {
@@ -219,14 +219,16 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn can_parse_raw_abi() {
-        const VERIFIER_ABI: &str = include_str!("../../tests/solidity-contracts/verifier_abi.json");
+        const VERIFIER_ABI: &str =
+            include_str!("../../../ethers-contract/tests/solidity-contracts/verifier_abi.json");
         let _ = serde_json::from_str::<RawAbi>(VERIFIER_ABI).unwrap();
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn can_parse_hardhat_raw_abi() {
-        const VERIFIER_ABI: &str =
-            include_str!("../../tests/solidity-contracts/verifier_abi_hardhat.json");
+        const VERIFIER_ABI: &str = include_str!(
+            "../../../ethers-contract/tests/solidity-contracts/verifier_abi_hardhat.json"
+        );
         let _ = serde_json::from_str::<RawAbi>(VERIFIER_ABI).unwrap();
     }
 
@@ -261,7 +263,9 @@ mod tests {
         let s = format!(r#"{{"abi": {}, "bytecode" : {{ "object": "{}" }} }}"#, abi_str, code);
         assert_has_bytecode(&s);
 
-        let hh_artifact = include_str!("../../tests/solidity-contracts/verifier_abi_hardhat.json");
+        let hh_artifact = include_str!(
+            "../../../ethers-contract/tests/solidity-contracts/verifier_abi_hardhat.json"
+        );
         match serde_json::from_str::<JsonAbi>(hh_artifact).unwrap() {
             JsonAbi::Object(abi) => {
                 assert!(abi.bytecode.is_none());
@@ -274,7 +278,8 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn can_parse_greeter_bytecode() {
-        let artifact = include_str!("../../tests/solidity-contracts/greeter.json");
+        let artifact =
+            include_str!("../../../ethers-contract/tests/solidity-contracts/greeter.json");
         assert_has_bytecode(artifact);
     }
 
diff --git a/ethers-etherscan/src/contract.rs b/ethers-etherscan/src/contract.rs
index 86427cec..86aedda2 100644
--- a/ethers-etherscan/src/contract.rs
+++ b/ethers-etherscan/src/contract.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 use crate::{
     source_tree::{SourceTree, SourceTreeEntry},
-    utils::{
-        deserialize_address_opt, deserialize_stringified_abi, deserialize_stringified_source_code,
-    },
+    utils::{deserialize_address_opt, deserialize_stringified_source_code},
     Client, EtherscanError, Response, Result,
 };
 use ethers_core::{
-    abi::{Abi, Address},
+    abi::{Abi, Address, RawAbi},
     types::{serde_helpers::deserialize_stringified_u64, Bytes},
 };
 use semver::Version;
@@ -113,8 +111,8 @@ pub struct Metadata {
     pub source_code: SourceCodeMetadata,
 
     /// The ABI of the contract.
-    #[serde(rename = "ABI", deserialize_with = "deserialize_stringified_abi")]
-    pub abi: Abi,
+    #[serde(rename = "ABI")]
+    pub abi: String,
 
     /// The name of the contract.
     pub contract_name: String,
@@ -179,6 +177,16 @@ impl Metadata {
         self.source_code.sources()
     }
 
+    /// Parses the Abi String as an [RawAbi] struct.
+    pub fn raw_abi(&self) -> Result<RawAbi> {
+        Ok(serde_json::from_str(&self.abi)?)
+    }
+
+    /// Parses the Abi String as an [Abi] struct.
+    pub fn abi(&self) -> Result<Abi> {
+        Ok(serde_json::from_str(&self.abi)?)
+    }
+
     /// Parses the compiler version.
     pub fn compiler_version(&self) -> Result<Version> {
         let v = &self.compiler_version;
@@ -274,8 +282,13 @@ impl IntoIterator for ContractMetadata {
 
 impl ContractMetadata {
     /// Returns the ABI of all contracts.
-    pub fn abis(&self) -> Vec<&Abi> {
-        self.items.iter().map(|c| &c.abi).collect()
+    pub fn abis(&self) -> Result<Vec<Abi>> {
+        self.items.iter().map(|c| c.abi()).collect()
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the raw ABI of all contracts.
+    pub fn raw_abis(&self) -> Result<Vec<RawAbi>> {
+        self.items.iter().map(|c| c.raw_abi()).collect()
     }
 
     /// Returns the combined source code of all contracts.
@@ -460,7 +473,7 @@ mod tests {
             let item = &meta.items[0];
             assert!(matches!(item.source_code, SourceCodeMetadata::SourceCode(_)));
             assert_eq!(item.source_code.sources().len(), 1);
-            assert_eq!(item.abi, serde_json::from_str(DAO_ABI).unwrap());
+            assert_eq!(item.abi().unwrap(), serde_json::from_str(DAO_ABI).unwrap());
         })
         .await
     }
@@ -497,7 +510,7 @@ mod tests {
             let item = &meta.items[0];
             assert!(matches!(item.source_code, SourceCodeMetadata::SourceCode(_)));
             assert_eq!(item.source_code.sources().len(), 1);
-            assert_eq!(item.abi, serde_json::from_str(DAO_ABI).unwrap());
+            assert_eq!(item.abi().unwrap(), serde_json::from_str(DAO_ABI).unwrap());
         })
         .await
     }
diff --git a/ethers-etherscan/src/utils.rs b/ethers-etherscan/src/utils.rs
index 8a808dbb..f3588bab 100644
--- a/ethers-etherscan/src/utils.rs
+++ b/ethers-etherscan/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::{contract::SourceCodeMetadata, EtherscanError, Result};
-use ethers_core::{abi::Abi, types::Address};
+use ethers_core::types::Address;
 use semver::Version;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
 
@@ -53,14 +53,6 @@ pub fn deserialize_stringified_source_code<'de, D: Deserializer<'de>>(
     }
 }
 
-/// Deserializes as JSON: "\[...\]"
-pub fn deserialize_stringified_abi<'de, D: Deserializer<'de>>(
-    deserializer: D,
-) -> std::result::Result<Abi, D::Error> {
-    let s = String::deserialize(deserializer)?;
-    serde_json::from_str(&s).map_err(serde::de::Error::custom)
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -115,19 +107,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(de.address, Some(expected));
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn can_deserialize_stringified_abi() {
-        #[derive(Deserialize)]
-        struct Test {
-            #[serde(deserialize_with = "deserialize_stringified_abi")]
-            abi: Abi,
-        }
-
-        let json = r#"{"abi": "[]"}"#;
-        let de: Test = serde_json::from_str(json).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(de.abi, Abi::default());
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn can_deserialize_stringified_source_code() {
         #[derive(Deserialize)]