diff --git a/.github/workflows/submodules.yml b/.github/workflows/submodules.yml
index 1531dcf91..b559c3be2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/submodules.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/submodules.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           version: nightly
       - name: pull kakarot submodule and setup
         if: steps.cached-submodules.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: make setup
+        run: make setup && make build-kakarot
       - name: Save submodules
         id: cached-submodules
         uses: actions/cache/save@v3
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fdeae6429..f4ab2a9ed 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,20 +7,17 @@ ifndef STARKNET_NETWORK
 override STARKNET_NETWORK = katana
 endif
 
-pull-kakarot: .gitmodules
+setup: .gitmodules
 	git submodule update --init --recursive
 	cd lib/kakarot && make setup
 
-build-kakarot: pull-kakarot
+build-kakarot:
 	cd lib/kakarot && make build && make build-sol
 
-build-and-deploy-kakarot:
-	cd lib/kakarot && STARKNET_NETWORK=$(STARKNET_NETWORK) make deploy
-
 deploy-kakarot:
 	cd lib/kakarot && STARKNET_NETWORK=$(STARKNET_NETWORK) poetry run python ./scripts/deploy_kakarot.py
 
-setup: pull-kakarot build-kakarot
+build-and-deploy-kakarot: build-kakarot deploy-kakarot
 
 # run devnet
 devnet:
@@ -29,9 +26,6 @@ devnet:
 run-dev:
 	KAKAROT_ADDRESS=$(shell jq -r '.kakarot.address' ./lib/kakarot/deployments/$(STARKNET_NETWORK)/deployments.json) RUST_LOG=trace cargo run -p kakarot-rpc
 
-run-release:
-	cargo run --release -p kakarot-rpc
-
 # Run Katana, Deploy Kakarot, Run Kakarot RPC
 katana-rpc-up:
 	docker compose -f docker-compose.yaml -f docker-compose.katana.yaml up -d --force-recreate --pull always
@@ -56,8 +50,7 @@ run-katana: install-katana
 kill-katana:
 	kill -2 `cat .katana/pid` && rm -fr .katana/pid
 
-dump-katana: run-katana build-and-deploy-kakarot kill-katana
-	cp -R lib/kakarot/deployments/katana/ deployments/katana/
+dump-katana: run-katana deploy-kakarot kill-katana
 
 dump-genesis: build-kakarot
 	cargo run --bin dump-genesis
@@ -71,4 +64,4 @@ test-coverage:
 test-examples:
 	hurl $(HURL_FILES)
 
-.PHONY: install run devnet test
+.PHONY: devnet test
diff --git a/crates/test-utils/src/sequencer/mod.rs b/crates/test-utils/src/sequencer/mod.rs
index 6722e012f..7943d3d19 100644
--- a/crates/test-utils/src/sequencer/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/test-utils/src/sequencer/mod.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ impl Katana {
     /// Initializes the Katana test environment.
     async fn initialize(sequencer: TestSequencer, starknet_provider: Arc<JsonRpcClient<HttpTransport>>) -> Self {
         // Load deployments
-        let deployments_path = root_project_path!("deployments/katana/deployments.json");
+        let deployments_path = root_project_path!("lib/kakarot/deployments/katana/deployments.json");
         let deployments = std::fs::read_to_string(deployments_path).expect("Failed to read deployment file");
         let deployments: HashMap<&str, serde_json::Value> =
             serde_json::from_str(&deployments).expect("Failed to deserialize deployments");
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ impl Katana {
         let kakarot_address = FieldElement::from_hex_be(kakarot_address).expect("Failed to parse Kakarot address");
 
         // Load declarations
-        let declaration_path = root_project_path!("deployments/katana/declarations.json");
+        let declaration_path = root_project_path!("lib/kakarot/deployments/katana/declarations.json");
         let declarations = std::fs::read_to_string(declaration_path).expect("Failed to read declaration file");
         let declarations: HashMap<&str, FieldElement> =
             serde_json::from_str(&declarations).expect("Failed to deserialize declarations");
diff --git a/deployments/.gitkeep b/deployments/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000