diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ed7c3ddd..35cfe17c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5458,7 +5458,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-bigint",
  "num-traits 0.2.19",
  "papyrus_config",
- "papyrus_rpc",
  "pretty_assertions",
  "reqwest",
  "rstest",
@@ -5535,6 +5534,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "starknet_mempool_infra",
  "starknet_mempool_node",
  "starknet_mempool_types",
+ "starknet_state_reader",
  "starknet_task_executor",
  "strum 0.24.1",
  "tempfile",
@@ -5561,6 +5561,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "starknet_mempool",
  "starknet_mempool_infra",
  "starknet_mempool_types",
+ "starknet_state_reader",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "validator",
@@ -5597,10 +5598,21 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "starknet_state_reader"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "axum",
  "blockifier 0.8.0-rc.0 (git+https://github.com/starkware-libs/blockifier.git?rev=32191d41)",
+ "cairo-lang-starknet-classes",
  "mempool_test_utils",
+ "mockito",
+ "papyrus_config",
+ "papyrus_rpc",
+ "reqwest",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "starknet-types-core",
  "starknet_api",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "validator",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/gateway/Cargo.toml b/crates/gateway/Cargo.toml
index 5f99737d..e9fdb60a 100644
--- a/crates/gateway/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/gateway/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ hyper.workspace = true
 mempool_test_utils = { path = "../mempool_test_utils", version = "0.0" }
 num-traits.workspace = true
 papyrus_config.workspace = true
-papyrus_rpc.workspace = true
 reqwest.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/gateway/src/config.rs b/crates/gateway/src/config.rs
index 49970fa7..68e90d66 100644
--- a/crates/gateway/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/gateway/src/config.rs
@@ -147,33 +147,6 @@ impl SerializeConfig for StatelessTransactionValidatorConfig {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, Validate, PartialEq)]
-pub struct RpcStateReaderConfig {
-    pub url: String,
-    pub json_rpc_version: String,
-}
-
-#[cfg(any(feature = "testing", test))]
-impl RpcStateReaderConfig {
-    pub fn create_for_testing() -> Self {
-        Self { url: "http://localhost:8080".to_string(), json_rpc_version: "2.0".to_string() }
-    }
-}
-
-impl SerializeConfig for RpcStateReaderConfig {
-    fn dump(&self) -> BTreeMap<ParamPath, SerializedParam> {
-        BTreeMap::from_iter([
-            ser_param("url", &self.url, "The url of the rpc server.", ParamPrivacyInput::Public),
-            ser_param(
-                "json_rpc_version",
-                &self.json_rpc_version,
-                "The json rpc version.",
-                ParamPrivacyInput::Public,
-            ),
-        ])
-    }
-}
-
 // TODO(Arni): Remove this struct once Chain info supports Papyrus serialization.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Validate, PartialEq)]
 pub struct ChainInfoConfig {
diff --git a/crates/gateway/src/errors.rs b/crates/gateway/src/errors.rs
index 75c30c0d..f1994afc 100644
--- a/crates/gateway/src/errors.rs
+++ b/crates/gateway/src/errors.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use blockifier::execution::errors::ContractClassError;
 use blockifier::state::errors::StateError;
 use blockifier::transaction::errors::TransactionExecutionError;
 use cairo_vm::types::errors::program_errors::ProgramError;
-use serde_json::{Error as SerdeError, Value};
+use serde_json::Value;
 use starknet_api::block::{BlockNumber, GasPrice};
 use starknet_api::core::CompiledClassHash;
 use starknet_api::transaction::{Resource, ResourceBounds};
@@ -134,24 +134,3 @@ pub enum RPCStateReaderError {
     #[error("Unexpected error code: {0}")]
     UnexpectedErrorCode(u16),
 }
-
-pub type RPCStateReaderResult<T> = Result<T, RPCStateReaderError>;
-
-impl From<RPCStateReaderError> for StateError {
-    fn from(err: RPCStateReaderError) -> Self {
-        match err {
-            RPCStateReaderError::ClassHashNotFound(request) => {
-                match serde_json::from_value(request["params"]["class_hash"].clone()) {
-                    Ok(class_hash) => StateError::UndeclaredClassHash(class_hash),
-                    Err(e) => serde_err_to_state_err(e),
-                }
-            }
-            _ => StateError::StateReadError(err.to_string()),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-// Converts a serde error to the error type of the state reader.
-pub fn serde_err_to_state_err(err: SerdeError) -> StateError {
-    StateError::StateReadError(format!("Failed to parse rpc result {:?}", err.to_string()))
-}
diff --git a/crates/gateway/src/gateway.rs b/crates/gateway/src/gateway.rs
index 0d971413..f9cb46fe 100644
--- a/crates/gateway/src/gateway.rs
+++ b/crates/gateway/src/gateway.rs
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ use starknet_api::transaction::TransactionHash;
 use starknet_mempool_infra::component_runner::{ComponentStartError, ComponentStarter};
 use starknet_mempool_types::communication::SharedMempoolClient;
 use starknet_mempool_types::mempool_types::{Account, MempoolInput};
+use starknet_state_reader::config::RpcStateReaderConfig;
+use starknet_state_reader::rpc_state_reader::RpcStateReaderFactory;
 use starknet_state_reader::state_reader::StateReaderFactory;
 use tracing::{info, instrument};
 
 use crate::compilation::GatewayCompiler;
-use crate::config::{GatewayConfig, GatewayNetworkConfig, RpcStateReaderConfig};
+use crate::config::{GatewayConfig, GatewayNetworkConfig};
 use crate::errors::{GatewayError, GatewayResult, GatewayRunError};
-use crate::rpc_state_reader::RpcStateReaderFactory;
 use crate::stateful_transaction_validator::StatefulTransactionValidator;
 use crate::stateless_transaction_validator::StatelessTransactionValidator;
 use crate::utils::{external_tx_to_thin_tx, get_sender_address};
diff --git a/crates/gateway/src/lib.rs b/crates/gateway/src/lib.rs
index 4a724b5b..45f1fb51 100644
--- a/crates/gateway/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/gateway/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ mod compiler_version;
 pub mod config;
 pub mod errors;
 pub mod gateway;
-mod rpc_objects;
-mod rpc_state_reader;
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod rpc_state_reader_test;
 
 mod stateful_transaction_validator;
 mod stateless_transaction_validator;
diff --git a/crates/mempool_node/Cargo.toml b/crates/mempool_node/Cargo.toml
index a4b56262..db9e4046 100644
--- a/crates/mempool_node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/mempool_node/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ starknet_gateway = { path = "../gateway", version = "0.0" }
 starknet_mempool = { path = "../mempool", version = "0.0" }
 starknet_mempool_infra = { path = "../mempool_infra", version = "0.0" }
 starknet_mempool_types = { path = "../mempool_types", version = "0.0" }
+starknet_state_reader = { path = "../state_reader", version = "0.0" }
 tokio.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 validator.workspace = true
@@ -27,6 +28,6 @@ validator.workspace = true
 assert-json-diff.workspace = true
 assert_matches.workspace = true
 colored.workspace = true
+mempool_test_utils = { path = "../mempool_test_utils" }
 pretty_assertions.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
-mempool_test_utils = { path = "../mempool_test_utils" }
diff --git a/crates/mempool_node/src/config/mod.rs b/crates/mempool_node/src/config/mod.rs
index 3533d6a8..9fbd3a59 100644
--- a/crates/mempool_node/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/mempool_node/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ use papyrus_config::dumping::{append_sub_config_name, ser_param, SerializeConfig
 use papyrus_config::loading::load_and_process_config;
 use papyrus_config::{ConfigError, ParamPath, ParamPrivacyInput, SerializedParam};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use starknet_gateway::config::{GatewayConfig, RpcStateReaderConfig};
+use starknet_gateway::config::GatewayConfig;
+use starknet_state_reader::config::RpcStateReaderConfig;
 use validator::{Validate, ValidationError};
 
 use crate::version::VERSION_FULL;
diff --git a/crates/state_reader/Cargo.toml b/crates/state_reader/Cargo.toml
index 90f2236b..90a9d304 100644
--- a/crates/state_reader/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/state_reader/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,20 @@ workspace = true
 testing = []
 
 [dependencies]
+axum.workspace = true
 blockifier = { workspace = true, features = ["testing"] }
+cairo-lang-starknet-classes.workspace = true
 mempool_test_utils = { path = "../mempool_test_utils", version = "0.0" }
+papyrus_config.workspace = true
+papyrus_rpc.workspace = true
+reqwest.workspace = true
+serde.workspace = true
+serde_json.workspace = true
 starknet-types-core.workspace = true
 starknet_api.workspace = true
+thiserror.workspace = true
+tokio.workspace = true
+validator.workspace = true
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+mockito.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/state_reader/src/config.rs b/crates/state_reader/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04d055b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/state_reader/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+use papyrus_config::dumping::{ser_param, SerializeConfig};
+use papyrus_config::{ParamPath, ParamPrivacyInput, SerializedParam};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use validator::Validate;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, Validate, PartialEq)]
+pub struct RpcStateReaderConfig {
+    pub url: String,
+    pub json_rpc_version: String,
+}
+
+#[cfg(any(feature = "testing", test))]
+impl RpcStateReaderConfig {
+    pub fn create_for_testing() -> Self {
+        Self { url: "http://localhost:8080".to_string(), json_rpc_version: "2.0".to_string() }
+    }
+}
+
+impl SerializeConfig for RpcStateReaderConfig {
+    fn dump(&self) -> BTreeMap<ParamPath, SerializedParam> {
+        BTreeMap::from_iter([
+            ser_param("url", &self.url, "The url of the rpc server.", ParamPrivacyInput::Public),
+            ser_param(
+                "json_rpc_version",
+                &self.json_rpc_version,
+                "The json rpc version.",
+                ParamPrivacyInput::Public,
+            ),
+        ])
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/state_reader/src/errors.rs b/crates/state_reader/src/errors.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ebd35c2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/state_reader/src/errors.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+use axum::http::StatusCode;
+use blockifier::state::errors::StateError;
+use serde_json::{Error as SerdeError, Value};
+use starknet_api::block::GasPrice;
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum RPCStateReaderError {
+    #[error("Block not found for request {0}")]
+    BlockNotFound(Value),
+    #[error("Class hash not found for request {0}")]
+    ClassHashNotFound(Value),
+    #[error("Failed to parse gas price {:?}", 0)]
+    GasPriceParsingFailure(GasPrice),
+    #[error("Contract address not found for request {0}")]
+    ContractAddressNotFound(Value),
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    ReqwestError(#[from] reqwest::Error),
+    #[error("RPC error: {0}")]
+    RPCError(StatusCode),
+    #[error("Unexpected error code: {0}")]
+    UnexpectedErrorCode(u16),
+}
+
+pub type RPCStateReaderResult<T> = Result<T, RPCStateReaderError>;
+
+impl From<RPCStateReaderError> for StateError {
+    fn from(err: RPCStateReaderError) -> Self {
+        match err {
+            RPCStateReaderError::ClassHashNotFound(request) => {
+                match serde_json::from_value(request["params"]["class_hash"].clone()) {
+                    Ok(class_hash) => StateError::UndeclaredClassHash(class_hash),
+                    Err(e) => serde_err_to_state_err(e),
+                }
+            }
+            _ => StateError::StateReadError(err.to_string()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// Converts a serde error to the error type of the state reader.
+pub fn serde_err_to_state_err(err: SerdeError) -> StateError {
+    StateError::StateReadError(format!("Failed to parse rpc result {:?}", err.to_string()))
+}
diff --git a/crates/state_reader/src/lib.rs b/crates/state_reader/src/lib.rs
index 96990f69..7b59f60f 100644
--- a/crates/state_reader/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/state_reader/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+pub mod config;
+pub mod errors;
+mod rpc_objects;
+pub mod rpc_state_reader;
 pub mod state_reader;
-
 #[cfg(any(feature = "testing", test))]
 pub mod state_reader_test_utils;
diff --git a/crates/gateway/src/rpc_objects.rs b/crates/state_reader/src/rpc_objects.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/gateway/src/rpc_objects.rs
rename to crates/state_reader/src/rpc_objects.rs
diff --git a/crates/gateway/src/rpc_state_reader.rs b/crates/state_reader/src/rpc_state_reader.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from crates/gateway/src/rpc_state_reader.rs
rename to crates/state_reader/src/rpc_state_reader.rs
index d83431a6..626f61de 100644
--- a/crates/gateway/src/rpc_state_reader.rs
+++ b/crates/state_reader/src/rpc_state_reader.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[path = "rpc_state_reader_test.rs"]
+mod rpc_state_reader_test;
+
 use blockifier::blockifier::block::BlockInfo;
 use blockifier::execution::contract_class::{ContractClass, ContractClassV0, ContractClassV1};
 use blockifier::state::errors::StateError;
@@ -9,7 +13,6 @@ use serde_json::{json, Value};
 use starknet_api::block::BlockNumber;
 use starknet_api::core::{ClassHash, CompiledClassHash, ContractAddress, Nonce};
 use starknet_api::state::StorageKey;
-use starknet_state_reader::state_reader::{MempoolStateReader, StateReaderFactory};
 use starknet_types_core::felt::Felt;
 
 use crate::config::RpcStateReaderConfig;
@@ -19,6 +22,7 @@ use crate::rpc_objects::{
     GetCompiledContractClassParams, GetNonceParams, GetStorageAtParams, RpcResponse,
     RPC_CLASS_HASH_NOT_FOUND, RPC_ERROR_BLOCK_NOT_FOUND, RPC_ERROR_CONTRACT_ADDRESS_NOT_FOUND,
 };
+use crate::state_reader::{MempoolStateReader, StateReaderFactory};
 
 pub struct RpcStateReader {
     pub config: RpcStateReaderConfig,
diff --git a/crates/gateway/src/rpc_state_reader_test.rs b/crates/state_reader/src/rpc_state_reader_test.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from crates/gateway/src/rpc_state_reader_test.rs
rename to crates/state_reader/src/rpc_state_reader_test.rs
index 4d8144cb..3596d484 100644
--- a/crates/gateway/src/rpc_state_reader_test.rs
+++ b/crates/state_reader/src/rpc_state_reader_test.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use serde_json::json;
 use starknet_api::block::{BlockNumber, GasPrice};
 use starknet_api::core::{ClassHash, ContractAddress, Nonce, PatriciaKey};
 use starknet_api::{class_hash, contract_address, felt, patricia_key};
-use starknet_state_reader::state_reader::MempoolStateReader;
 
 use crate::config::RpcStateReaderConfig;
 use crate::rpc_objects::{
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ use crate::rpc_objects::{
     RpcSuccessResponse,
 };
 use crate::rpc_state_reader::RpcStateReader;
+use crate::state_reader::MempoolStateReader;
 
 async fn run_rpc_server() -> mockito::ServerGuard {
     mockito::Server::new_async().await
diff --git a/crates/tests-integration/Cargo.toml b/crates/tests-integration/Cargo.toml
index fbebb917..636e7531 100644
--- a/crates/tests-integration/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tests-integration/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ starknet_gateway = { path = "../gateway", version = "0.0", features = ["testing"
 starknet_mempool_infra = { path = "../mempool_infra", version = "0.0" }
 starknet_mempool_node = { path = "../mempool_node", version = "0.0" }
 starknet_mempool_types = { path = "../mempool_types", version = "0.0" }
+starknet_state_reader = { path = "../state_reader", version = "0.0" }
 starknet_task_executor = { path = "../task_executor", version = "0.0" }
 strum.workspace = true
 tempfile.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/tests-integration/src/integration_test_utils.rs b/crates/tests-integration/src/integration_test_utils.rs
index b9ebcbdb..b65d6e2a 100644
--- a/crates/tests-integration/src/integration_test_utils.rs
+++ b/crates/tests-integration/src/integration_test_utils.rs
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ use reqwest::{Client, Response};
 use starknet_api::rpc_transaction::RPCTransaction;
 use starknet_api::transaction::TransactionHash;
 use starknet_gateway::config::{
-    GatewayConfig, GatewayNetworkConfig, RpcStateReaderConfig, StatefulTransactionValidatorConfig,
+    GatewayConfig, GatewayNetworkConfig, StatefulTransactionValidatorConfig,
     StatelessTransactionValidatorConfig,
 };
 use starknet_gateway::errors::GatewayError;
 use starknet_mempool_node::config::MempoolNodeConfig;
+use starknet_state_reader::config::RpcStateReaderConfig;
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
 
 use crate::integration_test_setup::IntegrationTestSetup;