diff --git a/cardano-wallet.cabal b/cardano-wallet.cabal
index ed63a621eef..c92316673ed 100644
--- a/cardano-wallet.cabal
+++ b/cardano-wallet.cabal
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ library
     , http-client
     , http-media
     , memory
-    , mtl
     , say
     , servant
     , servant-client
@@ -105,7 +104,6 @@ test-suite unit
     , fmt
     , hspec
     , memory
-    , mtl
     , process
     , QuickCheck
     , text
diff --git a/src/Cardano/NetworkLayer.hs b/src/Cardano/NetworkLayer.hs
index ba220376ff1..53fd50f4c31 100644
--- a/src/Cardano/NetworkLayer.hs
+++ b/src/Cardano/NetworkLayer.hs
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ import Cardano.Wallet.Primitive
     ( Block (..), BlockHeader (..), Hash (..), SlotId (..) )
 import Control.Concurrent
     ( threadDelay )
-import Control.Monad.Except
-    ( ExceptT, runExceptT )
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class
     ( MonadIO, liftIO )
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Except
+    ( ExceptT, runExceptT )
 import Data.Time.Units
     ( Millisecond, toMicroseconds )
 import Fmt
diff --git a/src/Cardano/NetworkLayer/HttpBridge.hs b/src/Cardano/NetworkLayer/HttpBridge.hs
index 52e8e3d17f0..7fd0ba6ca1b 100644
--- a/src/Cardano/NetworkLayer/HttpBridge.hs
+++ b/src/Cardano/NetworkLayer/HttpBridge.hs
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ import Cardano.Wallet.Primitive
     ( Block (..), BlockHeader (..), Hash (..), SlotId (..) )
 import Control.Exception
     ( Exception (..) )
-import Control.Monad.Except
-    ( ExceptT (..), lift, runExceptT, throwError )
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Class
+    ( lift )
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Except
+    ( ExceptT (..), runExceptT, throwE )
 import Crypto.Hash
     ( HashAlgorithm, digestFromByteString )
 import Crypto.Hash.Algorithms
@@ -240,7 +242,7 @@ hashToApi'
     -> ExceptT HttpBridgeError m (Api.Hash algorithm b)
 hashToApi' h = case hashToApi h of
     Just h' -> pure h'
-    Nothing -> throwError
+    Nothing -> throwE
         $ BadResponseFromNode "hashToApi: Digest was of the wrong length"
 
 -- | Creates a cardano-http-bridge API with the given connection settings.
diff --git a/test/unit/Cardano/NetworkLayer/HttpBridgeSpec.hs b/test/unit/Cardano/NetworkLayer/HttpBridgeSpec.hs
index dff6e3286a9..17d7bf08a4a 100644
--- a/test/unit/Cardano/NetworkLayer/HttpBridgeSpec.hs
+++ b/test/unit/Cardano/NetworkLayer/HttpBridgeSpec.hs
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ import Cardano.Wallet.Primitive
     ( Block (..), BlockHeader (..), Hash (..), SlotId (..), slotsPerEpoch )
 import Control.Monad.Catch
     ( MonadThrow (..) )
-import Control.Monad.Except
-    ( lift, runExceptT, throwError )
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Class
+    ( lift )
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Except
+    ( runExceptT, throwE )
 import Data.Word
     ( Word64 )
 import Test.Hspec
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ mockHttpBridge logLine firstUnstableEpoch tip = HttpBridge
         if ep < firstUnstableEpoch then
             pure $ mockEpoch ep
         else
-            throwError $
+            throwE $
                 "mock epoch " ++ show ep ++ " > firstUnstableEpoch " ++
                 show firstUnstableEpoch