diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 855ed6fd..21aa74b8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2034,7 +2034,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.7",
  "bip39",
  "bitcoincore-rpc",
- "bitcoind",
  "electrum-client",
  "elements",
  "elements-miniscript",
diff --git a/lwk_wollet/Cargo.toml b/lwk_wollet/Cargo.toml
index 3e114bd0..443a5405 100644
--- a/lwk_wollet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lwk_wollet/Cargo.toml
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ tokio = { version = "1.36.0", features = ["rt", "macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 waterfalls = { version = "0.4.2", default-features = false, features = [
     "test_env",
 ] }
-bitcoind = { version = "0.36" } # TODO: remove once we're able to broadcast through waterfalls
 
 [features]
 default = ["esplora", "electrum", "elements_rpc"]
diff --git a/lwk_wollet/tests/e2e.rs b/lwk_wollet/tests/e2e.rs
index ca39abf0..b1c2e524 100644
--- a/lwk_wollet/tests/e2e.rs
+++ b/lwk_wollet/tests/e2e.rs
@@ -1657,26 +1657,7 @@ fn test_waterfalls_esplora() {
     let rt = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap();
     let exe = std::env::var("ELEMENTSD_EXEC").unwrap();
 
-    // Launch waterfalls with node otherwise it attempt to broadcast to the esplora testnet
-    // instance.
-    // TODO: remove bitcoind test dep
-    // let test_env = rt.block_on(waterfalls::test_env::launch(exe));
-    let mut conf = bitcoind::Conf::default();
-    let args = vec![
-        "-fallbackfee=0.0001",
-        "-dustrelayfee=0.00000001",
-        "-chain=liquidregtest",
-        "-initialfreecoins=2100000000",
-        "-validatepegin=0",
-        "-txindex=1",
-        "-rest=1",
-    ];
-    conf.args = args;
-    conf.view_stdout = std::env::var("RUST_LOG").is_ok();
-    conf.network = "liquidregtest";
-
-    let elementsd = bitcoind::BitcoinD::with_conf(exe, &conf).unwrap();
-    let test_env = rt.block_on(waterfalls::test_env::launch_with_node(elementsd));
+    let test_env = rt.block_on(waterfalls::test_env::launch(exe));
 
     let url = format!("{}/blocks/tip/hash", test_env.base_url());
     let _r = reqwest::blocking::get(url).unwrap().text().unwrap();