diff --git a/libs/remix-lib/src/hash.ts b/libs/remix-lib/src/hash.ts
index 4b5fec18cc..b7d56237b1 100644
--- a/libs/remix-lib/src/hash.ts
+++ b/libs/remix-lib/src/hash.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { keccak224, keccak384, keccak256 as k256, keccak512 } from 'ethereum-cryptography/keccak'
 const createHash = require('create-hash')
-import * as rlp from 'rlp'
+import { encode, Input } from 'rlp'
 import { toBuffer, setLengthLeft, isHexString } from '@ethereumjs/util'
 
 /**
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ export const ripemd160FromArray = function(a: number[], padded: boolean): Buffer
  * Creates SHA-3 hash of the RLP encoded version of the input.
  * @param a The input data
  */
-export const rlphash = function(a: rlp.Input): Buffer {
-  return keccak(rlp.encode(a))
+export const rlphash = function(a: Input): Buffer {
+  return keccak(encode(a))
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/libs/remix-simulator/src/vm-context.ts b/libs/remix-simulator/src/vm-context.ts
index d3b4842fce..4bd9bb2481 100644
--- a/libs/remix-simulator/src/vm-context.ts
+++ b/libs/remix-simulator/src/vm-context.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 'use strict'
 import { hash } from '@remix-project/remix-lib'
 import { bufferToHex } from '@ethereumjs/util'
-import rlp from 'rlp'
+import { decode } from 'rlp'
 import { execution } from '@remix-project/remix-lib'
 const { LogsManager } = execution
 import { VmProxy } from './VmProxy'
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class StateManagerCommonStorageDump extends DefaultStateManager {
           const stream = trie.createReadStream()
 
           stream.on('data', (val) => {
-            const value = rlp.decode(val.value)
+            const value = decode(val.value)
             storage['0x' + val.key.toString('hex')] = {
               key: this.keyHashes[val.key.toString('hex')],
               value: '0x' + value.toString('hex')