diff --git a/ethdb/pebble/pebble.go b/ethdb/pebble/pebble.go
index d58329c6d6..af4686cf5b 100644
--- a/ethdb/pebble/pebble.go
+++ b/ethdb/pebble/pebble.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/cockroachdb/errors"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/pebble"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/pebble/bloom"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ func (l panicLogger) Errorf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
 }
 
 func (l panicLogger) Fatalf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
-	panic(errors.Errorf("fatal: "+format, args...))
+	panic(fmt.Errorf("fatal: "+format, args...))
 }
 
 // New returns a wrapped pebble DB object. The namespace is the prefix that the
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 75c2b899d6..8f99a00754 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.2.0
 	github.com/cespare/cp v0.1.0
 	github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go v0.79.0
-	github.com/cockroachdb/errors v1.8.1
 	github.com/cockroachdb/pebble v0.0.0-20230928194634-aa077af62593
 	github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto v0.12.1
 	github.com/crate-crypto/go-ipa v0.0.0-20231025140028-3c0104f4b233
@@ -91,6 +90,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/bits-and-blooms/bitset v1.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/cockroachdb/errors v1.8.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cockroachdb/logtags v0.0.0-20190617123548-eb05cc24525f // indirect
 	github.com/cockroachdb/redact v1.0.8 // indirect
 	github.com/cockroachdb/sentry-go v0.6.1-cockroachdb.2 // indirect