diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 318b2ae6af..927c0d9662 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -10488,7 +10488,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "starknet_integration_tests"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
  "assert_matches",
  "blockifier",
  "cairo-lang-starknet-classes",
diff --git a/crates/starknet_integration_tests/Cargo.toml b/crates/starknet_integration_tests/Cargo.toml
index 95a07bf215..441b0bfd61 100644
--- a/crates/starknet_integration_tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/starknet_integration_tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ license.workspace = true
 workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-anyhow.workspace = true
 assert_matches.workspace = true
 blockifier.workspace = true
 cairo-lang-starknet-classes.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/starknet_integration_tests/src/flow_test_setup.rs b/crates/starknet_integration_tests/src/flow_test_setup.rs
index b60e067d82..9f6cddac28 100644
--- a/crates/starknet_integration_tests/src/flow_test_setup.rs
+++ b/crates/starknet_integration_tests/src/flow_test_setup.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ use starknet_sequencer_node::config::node_config::SequencerNodeConfig;
 use starknet_sequencer_node::servers::run_component_servers;
 use starknet_sequencer_node::utils::create_node_modules;
 use tempfile::TempDir;
-use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
 use tracing::{debug, instrument};
 
 use crate::state_reader::{spawn_test_rpc_state_reader, StorageTestSetup};
@@ -94,9 +93,7 @@ pub struct SequencerSetup {
     pub rpc_storage_file_handle: TempDir,
     pub state_sync_storage_file_handle: TempDir,
 
-    // Handle of the sequencer node.
-    pub sequencer_node_handle: JoinHandle<Result<(), anyhow::Error>>,
-
+    // Node configuration.
     pub config: SequencerNodeConfig,
 
     // Monitoring client.
@@ -142,9 +139,8 @@ impl SequencerSetup {
         let HttpServerConfig { ip, port } = config.http_server_config;
         let add_tx_http_client = HttpTestClient::new(SocketAddr::from((ip, port)));
 
-        // Build and run the sequencer node.
-        let sequencer_node_future = run_component_servers(servers);
-        let sequencer_node_handle = tokio::spawn(sequencer_node_future);
+        // Run the sequencer node.
+        tokio::spawn(run_component_servers(servers));
 
         Self {
             sequencer_index,
@@ -152,7 +148,6 @@ impl SequencerSetup {
             batcher_storage_file_handle: storage_for_test.batcher_storage_handle,
             rpc_storage_file_handle: storage_for_test.rpc_storage_handle,
             state_sync_storage_file_handle: storage_for_test.state_sync_storage_handle,
-            sequencer_node_handle,
             config,
             is_alive_test_client,
         }