diff --git a/eth2/block_producer/Cargo.toml b/eth2/block_producer/Cargo.toml
index 86dde92f7..15d1343cc 100644
--- a/eth2/block_producer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/eth2/block_producer/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ authors = ["Paul Hauner <paul@paulhauner.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-slot_clock = { path = "../../eth2/utils/slot_clock" }
-ssz = { path = "../../eth2/utils/ssz" }
-types = { path = "../../eth2/types" }
+int_to_bytes = { path = "../utils/int_to_bytes" }
+slot_clock = { path = "../utils/slot_clock" }
+ssz = { path = "../utils/ssz" }
+types = { path = "../types" }
diff --git a/eth2/block_producer/src/lib.rs b/eth2/block_producer/src/lib.rs
index f6a0fd6df..7b15eb4e9 100644
--- a/eth2/block_producer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/eth2/block_producer/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 pub mod test_utils;
 mod traits;
 
+use int_to_bytes::int_to_bytes32;
 use slot_clock::SlotClock;
-use ssz::ssz_encode;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use types::{BeaconBlock, ChainSpec, Slot};
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ impl<T: SlotClock, U: BeaconNode, V: DutiesReader, W: Signer> BlockProducer<T, U
     fn produce_block(&mut self, slot: Slot) -> Result<PollOutcome, Error> {
         let randao_reveal = {
             // TODO: add domain, etc to this message. Also ensure result matches `into_to_bytes32`.
-            let message = ssz_encode(&slot.epoch(self.spec.epoch_length));
+            let message = int_to_bytes32(slot.epoch(self.spec.epoch_length).as_u64());
 
             match self.signer.sign_randao_reveal(&message) {
                 None => return Ok(PollOutcome::SignerRejection(slot)),
diff --git a/eth2/state_processing/Cargo.toml b/eth2/state_processing/Cargo.toml
index 683475f47..b6b0ea57c 100644
--- a/eth2/state_processing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/eth2/state_processing/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 hashing = { path = "../utils/hashing" }
+int_to_bytes = { path = "../utils/int_to_bytes" }
 integer-sqrt = "0.1"
 log = "0.4"
 ssz = { path = "../utils/ssz" }
diff --git a/eth2/state_processing/src/block_processable.rs b/eth2/state_processing/src/block_processable.rs
index f043a723d..368460116 100644
--- a/eth2/state_processing/src/block_processable.rs
+++ b/eth2/state_processing/src/block_processable.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::SlotProcessingError;
 use hashing::hash;
+use int_to_bytes::int_to_bytes32;
 use log::debug;
 use ssz::{ssz_encode, TreeHash};
 use types::{
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ fn per_block_processing_signature_optional(
     ensure!(
         bls_verify(
             &block_proposer.pubkey,
-            &ssz_encode(&state.current_epoch(spec)),
+            &int_to_bytes32(state.current_epoch(spec).as_u64()),
             &block.randao_reveal,
             get_domain(&state.fork, state.current_epoch(spec), DOMAIN_RANDAO)
         ),