diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 821ae7e65e..66c134bad5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5015,7 +5015,6 @@ version = "0.43.0"
 dependencies = [
  "borsh",
  "borsh-ext",
- "namada_io",
  "namada_sdk",
  "prost 0.12.3",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/crates/light_sdk/Cargo.toml b/crates/light_sdk/Cargo.toml
index 398425cf76..bad4cde8af 100644
--- a/crates/light_sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/light_sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ blocking = ["tokio"]
 namada-eth-bridge = ["namada_sdk/namada-eth-bridge"]
 
 [dependencies]
-namada_io = { path = "../io" }
 namada_sdk = { path = "../sdk" }
 
 borsh.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/light_sdk/src/reading/asynchronous/mod.rs b/crates/light_sdk/src/reading/asynchronous/mod.rs
index f278b96088..0b40764955 100644
--- a/crates/light_sdk/src/reading/asynchronous/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/light_sdk/src/reading/asynchronous/mod.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
-use namada_io::StdIo;
 use namada_sdk::address::Address;
 use namada_sdk::error::{EncodingError, Error};
+use namada_sdk::io::StdIo;
 use namada_sdk::queries::RPC;
 use namada_sdk::rpc;
 use namada_sdk::state::LastBlock;
diff --git a/crates/light_sdk/src/writing/asynchronous/mod.rs b/crates/light_sdk/src/writing/asynchronous/mod.rs
index 8a145e9e3e..a71b747bfb 100644
--- a/crates/light_sdk/src/writing/asynchronous/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/light_sdk/src/writing/asynchronous/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
-use namada_io::Client;
 use namada_sdk::error::{EncodingError, Error, TxSubmitError};
+use namada_sdk::io::Client;
 use namada_sdk::tx::Tx;
 use tendermint_config::net::Address as TendermintAddress;
 use tendermint_rpc::endpoint::broadcast::tx_sync::Response;