diff --git a/examples/oft/package.json b/examples/oft/package.json
index 304dd2790..b7d4a1458 100644
--- a/examples/oft/package.json
+++ b/examples/oft/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     "hardhat": "^2.19.2",
     "hardhat-contract-sizer": "^2.10.0",
     "hardhat-deploy": "^0.11.43",
-    "hardhat-deploy-ethers": "^0.4.1",
     "prettier": "^3.1.0",
     "solhint": "^4.0.0",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
diff --git a/packages/ua-utils-evm-hardhat-test/hardhat.config.ts b/packages/ua-utils-evm-hardhat-test/hardhat.config.ts
index 3b5080e82..2c14c94f5 100644
--- a/packages/ua-utils-evm-hardhat-test/hardhat.config.ts
+++ b/packages/ua-utils-evm-hardhat-test/hardhat.config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import 'hardhat-deploy'
-import 'hardhat-deploy-ethers'
 import assert from 'assert'
 import { withLayerZeroArtifacts } from '@layerzerolabs/utils-evm-hardhat'
 import { EndpointId } from '@layerzerolabs/lz-definitions'
diff --git a/packages/ua-utils-evm-hardhat-test/package.json b/packages/ua-utils-evm-hardhat-test/package.json
index 8cee8830b..481affb4d 100644
--- a/packages/ua-utils-evm-hardhat-test/package.json
+++ b/packages/ua-utils-evm-hardhat-test/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
     "ethers": "^5.7.0",
     "hardhat": "^2.19.2",
     "hardhat-deploy": "^0.11.22",
-    "hardhat-deploy-ethers": "^0.4.1",
     "sinon": "^17.0.1",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
     "typescript": "^5.2.2"
diff --git a/packages/ua-utils-evm-hardhat-test/test/task/getDefaultConfig.test.ts b/packages/ua-utils-evm-hardhat-test/test/task/getDefaultConfig.test.ts
index ac712b807..66c3765bd 100644
--- a/packages/ua-utils-evm-hardhat-test/test/task/getDefaultConfig.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ua-utils-evm-hardhat-test/test/task/getDefaultConfig.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { describe } from 'mocha'
 import { defaultExecutorConfig, defaultUlnConfig, setupDefaultEndpoint } from '../__utils__/endpoint'
-import { getNetworkRuntimeEnvironment } from '@layerzerolabs/utils-evm-hardhat'
+import { createContractFactory, getEidForNetworkName } from '@layerzerolabs/utils-evm-hardhat'
 import hre from 'hardhat'
-import { expect, assert } from 'chai'
+import { expect } from 'chai'
 
 describe('task: getDefaultConfig', () => {
     beforeEach(async () => {
@@ -12,19 +12,21 @@ describe('task: getDefaultConfig', () => {
     it('should return default configurations', async () => {
         const networks = Object.keys(hre.userConfig.networks ?? {})
         const getDefaultConfigTask = await hre.run('getDefaultConfig', { networks: networks.toString() })
+        const contractFactory = createContractFactory()
 
         for (const localNetwork of networks) {
+            const localEid = getEidForNetworkName(localNetwork)
+
             for (const remoteNetwork of networks) {
                 if (localNetwork === remoteNetwork) continue
 
                 const defaultConfig = getDefaultConfigTask[localNetwork][remoteNetwork]
-                const network = await getNetworkRuntimeEnvironment(localNetwork)
-                const sendUln302 = await network.ethers.getContract('SendUln302')
-                const receiveUln302 = await network.ethers.getContract('ReceiveUln302')
+                const sendUln302 = await contractFactory({ contractName: 'SendUln302', eid: localEid })
+                const receiveUln302 = await contractFactory({ contractName: 'ReceiveUln302', eid: localEid })
 
                 // verify defaultSendLibrary & defaultReceiveLibrary
-                expect(defaultConfig.defaultSendLibrary).to.eql(sendUln302.address)
-                expect(defaultConfig.defaultReceiveLibrary).to.eql(receiveUln302.address)
+                expect(defaultConfig.defaultSendLibrary).to.eql(sendUln302.contract.address)
+                expect(defaultConfig.defaultReceiveLibrary).to.eql(receiveUln302.contract.address)
 
                 // verify sendUln
                 expect(defaultConfig.sendExecutorConfig.maxMessageSize).to.eql(defaultExecutorConfig.maxMessageSize)
diff --git a/packages/ua-utils-evm-hardhat/src/tasks/getDefaultConfig.ts b/packages/ua-utils-evm-hardhat/src/tasks/getDefaultConfig.ts
index 491478a45..c33bac58b 100644
--- a/packages/ua-utils-evm-hardhat/src/tasks/getDefaultConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/ua-utils-evm-hardhat/src/tasks/getDefaultConfig.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { ActionType } from 'hardhat/types'
 import { task } from 'hardhat/config'
-import 'hardhat-deploy-ethers/internal/type-extensions'
 import { createConnectedContractFactory, getEidForNetworkName } from '@layerzerolabs/utils-evm-hardhat'
 import { Endpoint, Uln302 } from '@layerzerolabs/protocol-utils-evm'
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a1dbf5a7a..9f953ce72 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6812,11 +6812,6 @@ hardhat-contract-sizer@^2.10.0:
     cli-table3 "^0.6.0"
     strip-ansi "^6.0.0"
 
-hardhat-deploy-ethers@^0.4.1:
-  version "0.4.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hardhat-deploy-ethers/-/hardhat-deploy-ethers-0.4.1.tgz#dd70b0cc413ed99e98994047b383a004cf1c14f8"
-  integrity sha512-RM6JUcD0dOCjemxnKLtK7XQQI7NWn+LxF5qicGYax0PtWayEUXAewOb4WIHZ/yearhj+s2t6dL0MnHyLTENwJg==
-
 hardhat-deploy@^0.11.22, hardhat-deploy@^0.11.43:
   version "0.11.43"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/hardhat-deploy/-/hardhat-deploy-0.11.43.tgz"