diff --git a/crypto/Cargo.toml b/crypto/Cargo.toml
index 4980086..87560ab 100644
--- a/crypto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crypto/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 winterfell = { git = "https://github.com/novifinancial/winterfell"}
 winter_utils = { version = "0.4", package = "winter-utils" }
-rand_utils = { version = "0.4", package = "winter-rand-utils" }
-
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-proptest = "1.0.0"
\ No newline at end of file
+proptest = "1.0.0"
+rand_utils = { version = "0.4", package = "winter-rand-utils" }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crypto/src/hash/mod.rs b/crypto/src/hash/mod.rs
index a051c28..367f415 100644
--- a/crypto/src/hash/mod.rs
+++ b/crypto/src/hash/mod.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-use winterfell::crypto::hashers::Rp64_256 as Hasher;
-use winterfell::crypto::ElementHasher;
-use winterfell::crypto::Hasher as HashFn;
-use winterfell::math::StarkField;
-
-mod rpo;
-pub use rpo::Rpo;
+use crate::StarkField;
+pub use winterfell::crypto::hashers::Rp64_256 as Hasher;
+pub use winterfell::crypto::{ElementHasher, Hasher as HashFn};
 
 // TYPE ALIASES
 // ================================================================================================
diff --git a/crypto/src/merkle/merkle_path_set.rs b/crypto/src/merkle/merkle_path_set.rs
index 72f705d..8010676 100644
--- a/crypto/src/merkle/merkle_path_set.rs
+++ b/crypto/src/merkle/merkle_path_set.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-use winter_utils::collections::BTreeMap;
-
 use super::{Felt, FieldElement, MerkleError, Word};
 use crate::hash::merge;
+use winter_utils::collections::{BTreeMap, Vec};
 
 // MERKLE PATH SET
 // ================================================================================================
@@ -255,9 +254,7 @@ fn compute_path_root(path: &[Word], depth: u32, index: u64) -> Word {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::calculate_parent_hash;
-
-    use super::{Felt, FieldElement, Word};
+    use super::{calculate_parent_hash, Felt, FieldElement, Word};
 
     #[test]
     fn get_root() {
diff --git a/crypto/src/merkle/merkle_tree.rs b/crypto/src/merkle/merkle_tree.rs
index bbe976b..d784d30 100644
--- a/crypto/src/merkle/merkle_tree.rs
+++ b/crypto/src/merkle/merkle_tree.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-use core::slice;
-use winter_utils::uninit_vector;
-use winterfell::math::log2;
-
 use super::MerkleError;
 use crate::{
     hash::{merge, Digest},
     Felt, FieldElement, Word,
 };
+use core::slice;
+use winter_utils::uninit_vector;
+use winterfell::math::log2;
 
 // MERKLE TREE
 // ================================================================================================
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ impl MerkleTree {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::{Felt, FieldElement, Word};
-    use winterfell::crypto::{hashers::Rp64_256, ElementHasher, Hasher};
+    use crate::hash::{ElementHasher, HashFn, Hasher};
 
     const LEAVES4: [Word; 4] = [
         int_to_node(1),
@@ -248,9 +247,9 @@ mod tests {
     // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     fn compute_internal_nodes() -> (Word, Word, Word) {
-        let node2 = Rp64_256::hash_elements(&[LEAVES4[0], LEAVES4[1]].concat());
-        let node3 = Rp64_256::hash_elements(&[LEAVES4[2], LEAVES4[3]].concat());
-        let root = Rp64_256::merge(&[node2, node3]);
+        let node2 = Hasher::hash_elements(&[LEAVES4[0], LEAVES4[1]].concat());
+        let node3 = Hasher::hash_elements(&[LEAVES4[2], LEAVES4[3]].concat());
+        let root = Hasher::merge(&[node2, node3]);
 
         (root.into(), node2.into(), node3.into())
     }
diff --git a/crypto/src/merkle/mod.rs b/crypto/src/merkle/mod.rs
index 3ab61e8..290064f 100644
--- a/crypto/src/merkle/mod.rs
+++ b/crypto/src/merkle/mod.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+use crate::{Felt, FieldElement, Word};
+
 pub mod merkle_path_set;
 pub mod merkle_tree;
 
-use crate::{Felt, FieldElement, Word};
-
 // ERRORS
 // ================================================================================================