diff --git a/evm/evm-codec/README.md b/evm/evm-codec/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6c58e6ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evm/evm-codec/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# @subsquid/evm-codec
+
+Encoder and decoder for EVM arguments
diff --git a/evm/evm-utils/package.json b/evm/evm-codec/package.json
similarity index 94%
rename from evm/evm-utils/package.json
rename to evm/evm-codec/package.json
index 4e8509779..40eb6bd40 100644
--- a/evm/evm-utils/package.json
+++ b/evm/evm-codec/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "name": "@subsquid/evm-utils",
+  "name": "@subsquid/evm-codec",
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "description": "EVM encoder/decoder tools",
   "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
diff --git a/evm/evm-utils/src/abi-components/event.ts b/evm/evm-codec/src/abi-components/event.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from evm/evm-utils/src/abi-components/event.ts
rename to evm/evm-codec/src/abi-components/event.ts
index 0a17b81bf..ed3bc8cce 100644
--- a/evm/evm-utils/src/abi-components/event.ts
+++ b/evm/evm-codec/src/abi-components/event.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { bytes, bytes32 } from "../codecs/primitives";
+import { bytes32 } from "../codecs/primitives";
 import { Src } from "../src";
 import { IndexedCodec, ParsedNamedCodecList } from "../codec";
 
diff --git a/evm/evm-utils/src/abi-components/function.ts b/evm/evm-codec/src/abi-components/function.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from evm/evm-utils/src/abi-components/function.ts
rename to evm/evm-codec/src/abi-components/function.ts
diff --git a/evm/evm-utils/src/codec.ts b/evm/evm-codec/src/codec.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from evm/evm-utils/src/codec.ts
rename to evm/evm-codec/src/codec.ts
diff --git a/evm/evm-utils/src/codecs/array.ts b/evm/evm-codec/src/codecs/array.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from evm/evm-utils/src/codecs/array.ts
rename to evm/evm-codec/src/codecs/array.ts
diff --git a/evm/evm-utils/src/codecs/primitives.ts b/evm/evm-codec/src/codecs/primitives.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from evm/evm-utils/src/codecs/primitives.ts
rename to evm/evm-codec/src/codecs/primitives.ts
diff --git a/evm/evm-utils/src/codecs/struct.ts b/evm/evm-codec/src/codecs/struct.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from evm/evm-utils/src/codecs/struct.ts
rename to evm/evm-codec/src/codecs/struct.ts
diff --git a/evm/evm-utils/src/index.ts b/evm/evm-codec/src/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from evm/evm-utils/src/index.ts
rename to evm/evm-codec/src/index.ts
diff --git a/evm/evm-utils/src/sink.ts b/evm/evm-codec/src/sink.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from evm/evm-utils/src/sink.ts
rename to evm/evm-codec/src/sink.ts
diff --git a/evm/evm-utils/src/src.ts b/evm/evm-codec/src/src.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from evm/evm-utils/src/src.ts
rename to evm/evm-codec/src/src.ts
diff --git a/evm/evm-utils/src/utils.ts b/evm/evm-codec/src/utils.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from evm/evm-utils/src/utils.ts
rename to evm/evm-codec/src/utils.ts
diff --git a/evm/evm-utils/test/array.test.ts b/evm/evm-codec/test/array.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from evm/evm-utils/test/array.test.ts
rename to evm/evm-codec/test/array.test.ts
diff --git a/evm/evm-utils/test/event.test.ts b/evm/evm-codec/test/event.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from evm/evm-utils/test/event.test.ts
rename to evm/evm-codec/test/event.test.ts
diff --git a/evm/evm-utils/test/function.test.ts b/evm/evm-codec/test/function.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from evm/evm-utils/test/function.test.ts
rename to evm/evm-codec/test/function.test.ts
diff --git a/evm/evm-utils/test/sink.test.ts b/evm/evm-codec/test/sink.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from evm/evm-utils/test/sink.test.ts
rename to evm/evm-codec/test/sink.test.ts
diff --git a/evm/evm-utils/test/src.test.ts b/evm/evm-codec/test/src.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from evm/evm-utils/test/src.test.ts
rename to evm/evm-codec/test/src.test.ts
diff --git a/evm/evm-utils/test/struct.bench.ts b/evm/evm-codec/test/struct.bench.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from evm/evm-utils/test/struct.bench.ts
rename to evm/evm-codec/test/struct.bench.ts
diff --git a/evm/evm-utils/test/struct.test.ts b/evm/evm-codec/test/struct.test.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from evm/evm-utils/test/struct.test.ts
rename to evm/evm-codec/test/struct.test.ts
index c9a9850c6..7645ca630 100644
--- a/evm/evm-utils/test/struct.test.ts
+++ b/evm/evm-codec/test/struct.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { AbiParameter, encodeAbiParameters } from "viem";
 import {
   address,
+  arg,
   array,
   bytes4,
   int8,
@@ -9,8 +11,6 @@ import {
   struct,
   uint256,
 } from "../src";
-import { AbiParameter, encodeAbiParameters } from "viem";
-import { arg } from "../src/utils";
 
 function compareTypes(sink: Sink, types: AbiParameter[], values: any[]) {
   expect(sink.toString()).toEqual(encodeAbiParameters(types, values));
diff --git a/evm/evm-utils/tsconfig.build.json b/evm/evm-codec/tsconfig.build.json
similarity index 100%
rename from evm/evm-utils/tsconfig.build.json
rename to evm/evm-codec/tsconfig.build.json
diff --git a/evm/evm-utils/tsconfig.json b/evm/evm-codec/tsconfig.json
similarity index 100%
rename from evm/evm-utils/tsconfig.json
rename to evm/evm-codec/tsconfig.json
diff --git a/evm/evm-utils/README.md b/evm/evm-utils/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 79aed2d56..000000000
--- a/evm/evm-utils/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# @subsquid/borsh
-
-Encoder and decoder for [Borsh](https://borsh.io) binary serialization format.
diff --git a/rush.json b/rush.json
index e670f12bd..c202be676 100644
--- a/rush.json
+++ b/rush.json
@@ -425,6 +425,12 @@
       "shouldPublish": true,
       "versionPolicyName": "npm"
     },
+    {
+      "packageName": "@subsquid/evm-codec",
+      "projectFolder": "evm/evm-codec",
+      "shouldPublish": true,
+      "versionPolicyName": "npm"
+    },
     {
       "packageName": "@subsquid/evm-typegen",
       "projectFolder": "evm/evm-typegen",