diff --git a/core/services/relay/evm/chain_reader.go b/core/services/relay/evm/chain_reader.go
index e7035f4716f..df46e7636d2 100644
--- a/core/services/relay/evm/chain_reader.go
+++ b/core/services/relay/evm/chain_reader.go
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ import (
 	commontypes "github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common/pkg/types"
 
 	evmclient "github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/chains/evm/client"
-	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/chains/legacyevm"
-
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/chains/evm/logpoller"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/logger"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/services"
@@ -41,11 +39,11 @@ type chainReader struct {
 
 // NewChainReaderService is a constructor for ChainReader, returns nil if there is any error
 // Note that the ChainReaderService returned does not support anonymous events.
-func NewChainReaderService(ctx context.Context, lggr logger.Logger, lp logpoller.LogPoller, chain legacyevm.Chain, config types.ChainReaderConfig) (ChainReaderService, error) {
+func NewChainReaderService(ctx context.Context, lggr logger.Logger, lp logpoller.LogPoller, client evmclient.Client, config types.ChainReaderConfig) (ChainReaderService, error) {
 	cr := &chainReader{
 		lggr:             lggr.Named("ChainReader"),
 		lp:               lp,
-		client:           chain.Client(),
+		client:           client,
 		contractBindings: contractBindings{},
 		parsed:           &parsedTypes{encoderDefs: map[string]types.CodecEntry{}, decoderDefs: map[string]types.CodecEntry{}},
 	}
diff --git a/core/services/relay/evm/chain_reader_test.go b/core/services/relay/evm/chain_reader_test.go
index edca5c19b60..3a0d45b67c5 100644
--- a/core/services/relay/evm/chain_reader_test.go
+++ b/core/services/relay/evm/chain_reader_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/chains/evm/client"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/chains/evm/logpoller"
-	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/chains/legacyevm/mocks"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/gethwrappers/generated/chain_reader_example"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/internal/testutils"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/internal/testutils/pgtest"
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ func triggerFourTopics(t *testing.T, it *chainReaderInterfaceTester, i1, i2, i3
 }
 
 type chainReaderInterfaceTester struct {
-	chain       *mocks.Chain
+	client      client.Client
 	address     string
 	address2    string
 	chainConfig types.ChainReaderConfig
@@ -157,12 +156,11 @@ func (it *chainReaderInterfaceTester) Setup(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	// can re-use the same chain for tests, just make new contract for each test
-	if it.chain != nil {
+	if it.client != nil {
 		it.deployNewContracts(t)
 		return
 	}
 
-	it.chain = &mocks.Chain{}
 	it.setupChainNoClient(t)
 
 	testStruct := CreateTestStruct(0, it)
@@ -240,7 +238,7 @@ func (it *chainReaderInterfaceTester) Setup(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	it.chain.On("Client").Return(client.NewSimulatedBackendClient(t, it.sim, big.NewInt(1337)))
+	it.client = client.NewSimulatedBackendClient(t, it.sim, big.NewInt(1337))
 	it.deployNewContracts(t)
 }
 
@@ -270,10 +268,9 @@ func (it *chainReaderInterfaceTester) GetChainReader(t *testing.T) clcommontypes
 		RpcBatchSize:             1,
 		KeepFinalizedBlocksDepth: 10000,
 	}
-	lp := logpoller.NewLogPoller(logpoller.NewORM(testutils.SimulatedChainID, db, lggr), it.chain.Client(), lggr, lpOpts)
+	lp := logpoller.NewLogPoller(logpoller.NewORM(testutils.SimulatedChainID, db, lggr), it.client, lggr, lpOpts)
 	require.NoError(t, lp.Start(ctx))
-	it.chain.On("LogPoller").Return(lp)
-	cr, err := evm.NewChainReaderService(ctx, lggr, lp, it.chain, it.chainConfig)
+	cr, err := evm.NewChainReaderService(ctx, lggr, lp, it.client, it.chainConfig)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, cr.Start(ctx))
 	it.cr = cr
@@ -288,7 +285,7 @@ func (it *chainReaderInterfaceTester) TriggerEvent(t *testing.T, testStruct *Tes
 	it.sendTxWithTestStruct(t, testStruct, (*chain_reader_example.LatestValueHolderTransactor).TriggerEvent)
 }
 
-func (it *chainReaderInterfaceTester) GetBindings(t *testing.T) []clcommontypes.BoundContract {
+func (it *chainReaderInterfaceTester) GetBindings(_ *testing.T) []clcommontypes.BoundContract {
 	return []clcommontypes.BoundContract{
 		{Name: AnyContractName, Address: it.address, Pending: true},
 		{Name: AnySecondContractName, Address: it.address2, Pending: true},
diff --git a/core/services/relay/evm/evm.go b/core/services/relay/evm/evm.go
index 2f30d40e28d..9097c217590 100644
--- a/core/services/relay/evm/evm.go
+++ b/core/services/relay/evm/evm.go
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ func (r *Relayer) NewMedianProvider(rargs commontypes.RelayArgs, pargs commontyp
 	// allow fallback until chain reader is default and median contract is removed, but still log just in case
 	var chainReaderService ChainReaderService
 	if relayConfig.ChainReader != nil {
-		if chainReaderService, err = NewChainReaderService(ctx, lggr, r.chain.LogPoller(), r.chain, *relayConfig.ChainReader); err != nil {
+		if chainReaderService, err = NewChainReaderService(ctx, lggr, r.chain.LogPoller(), r.chain.Client(), *relayConfig.ChainReader); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}