diff --git a/banderwagon/src/lib.rs b/banderwagon/src/lib.rs
index 55820c5..6111885 100644
--- a/banderwagon/src/lib.rs
+++ b/banderwagon/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,37 +5,18 @@ use ark_ed_on_bls12_381_bandersnatch::Fq;
 use ark_ff::BigInteger256;
 pub use element::{multi_scalar_mul, Element, Fr};
 
-pub trait VerkleField {
-    fn zero() -> Self;
-    fn is_zero(&self) -> bool;
-
-    fn one() -> Self;
-
-    fn from_be_bytes_mod_order(bytes: &[u8]) -> Self;
-    fn from_le_bytes_mod_order(bytes: &[u8]) -> Self;
-}
-
-// TODO: This avoids leaking arkworks in verkle_trie, but it's not ideal
-// TODO: Another method would be to create a new type that wraps Fr
-impl VerkleField for Fr {
-    fn zero() -> Self {
-        ark_ff::Zero::zero()
-    }
-    fn is_zero(&self) -> bool {
-        ark_ff::Zero::is_zero(self)
-    }
-
-    fn one() -> Self {
-        ark_ff::One::one()
-    }
-
-    fn from_be_bytes_mod_order(bytes: &[u8]) -> Self {
-        ark_ff::PrimeField::from_be_bytes_mod_order(bytes)
-    }
-
-    fn from_le_bytes_mod_order(bytes: &[u8]) -> Self {
-        ark_ff::PrimeField::from_le_bytes_mod_order(bytes)
-    }
+// Re-export arkworks traits that one may need to use in order to use
+// specific methods on field elements and for serialization.
+//
+// For example, if we expose Fr directly, then for consumers to call methods like Fr::one()
+// they will need to import ark_ff::One, which means they will need to import
+// ark_ff as a dependency.
+//
+// This reexport allows us to avoid that.
+pub use trait_defs::*;
+pub mod trait_defs {
+    pub use ark_ff::{One, PrimeField, Zero};
+    pub use ark_serialize::{CanonicalDeserialize, CanonicalSerialize, SerializationError};
 }
 
 pub const fn fr_from_u64_limbs(limbs: [u64; 4]) -> Fr {
@@ -47,9 +28,6 @@ pub const fn fr_from_u64_limbs(limbs: [u64; 4]) -> Fr {
 //
 // This is useful in try-and-increment algorithms.
 pub fn try_reduce_to_element(bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<Element> {
-    use ark_ff::PrimeField;
-    use ark_serialize::CanonicalSerialize;
-
     // The Element::from_bytes method does not reduce the bytes, it expects the
     // input to be in a canonical format, so we must do the reduction ourselves
     let x_coord = Fq::from_be_bytes_mod_order(bytes);