diff --git a/crates/monitoring_endpoint/Cargo.toml b/crates/monitoring_endpoint/Cargo.toml
index 24c3e8efad..3cce2455fd 100644
--- a/crates/monitoring_endpoint/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/monitoring_endpoint/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 axum.workspace = true
 http-body = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-hyper = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
+hyper = { workspace = true }
 papyrus_config.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 starknet_sequencer_infra.workspace = true
 tokio = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-tower = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["util"] }
+tower = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 tracing.workspace = true
 validator.workspace = true
 
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ validator.workspace = true
 http-body.workspace = true
 pretty_assertions.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
-tower = { workspace = true, features = ["util"] }
+tower.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/monitoring_endpoint/src/monitoring_endpoint_test.rs b/crates/monitoring_endpoint/src/monitoring_endpoint_test.rs
index 150225c0e1..14aa36f4dc 100644
--- a/crates/monitoring_endpoint/src/monitoring_endpoint_test.rs
+++ b/crates/monitoring_endpoint/src/monitoring_endpoint_test.rs
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ use crate::monitoring_endpoint::{
 };
 use crate::test_utils::build_request;
 
-// TODO(Tsabary): Clear feature dependencies and dev dependencies.
-
 const TEST_VERSION: &str = "1.2.3-dev";
 
 fn setup_monitoring_endpoint() -> MonitoringEndpoint {
diff --git a/crates/monitoring_endpoint/src/test_utils.rs b/crates/monitoring_endpoint/src/test_utils.rs
index 0fab401dea..9b7b1ba783 100644
--- a/crates/monitoring_endpoint/src/test_utils.rs
+++ b/crates/monitoring_endpoint/src/test_utils.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use tracing::info;
 
 use crate::monitoring_endpoint::{ALIVE, MONITORING_PREFIX};
 
-// TODO(Tsabary): Clean feature dependencies and dev dependencies.
+// TODO(Tsabary): try avoid having to use http-body crate from the dependencies.
 
 /// Client for querying 'alive' status of an http server.
 pub struct IsAliveClient {
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ impl IsAliveClient {
             .map_or(false, |response| response.status().is_success())
     }
 
+    // TODO(Tsabary/Lev): add sleep time as a parameter, and max retries. Consider using
+    // 'starknet_client::RetryConfig'.
     /// Blocks until 'alive'.
     pub async fn await_alive(&self) {
         let mut counter = 0;