diff --git a/beacon-chain/core/validators/BUILD.bazel b/beacon-chain/core/validators/BUILD.bazel
index c9c5abc2b..c6a4f95a9 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/core/validators/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/beacon-chain/core/validators/BUILD.bazel
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ go_library(
         "//beacon-chain/state:go_default_library",
         "//config/params:go_default_library",
         "//consensus-types/primitives:go_default_library",
+        "//math:go_default_library",
         "//proto/prysm/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
         "//time/slots:go_default_library",
-        "@com_github_ethereum_go_ethereum//common/math:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_pkg_errors//:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/beacon-chain/core/validators/validator.go b/beacon-chain/core/validators/validator.go
index 6bb7b6770..8a3a5f917 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/core/validators/validator.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/core/validators/validator.go
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ package validators
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/math"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/beacon-chain/core/helpers"
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/beacon-chain/core/time"
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/beacon-chain/state"
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/config/params"
 	types "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/consensus-types/primitives"
+	mathutil "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/math"
 	ethpb "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/proto/prysm/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/time/slots"
 )
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ func InitiateValidatorExit(ctx context.Context, s state.BeaconState, idx types.V
 	exitQueueChurn := uint64(0)
 	err = s.ReadFromEveryValidator(func(idx int, val state.ReadOnlyValidator) error {
 		if val.ExitEpoch() == exitQueueEpoch {
-			overflows := false
-			exitQueueChurn, overflows = math.SafeAdd(exitQueueChurn, 1)
-			if overflows {
-				return errors.New("exit queue churn overflows")
+			var mErr error
+			exitQueueChurn, mErr = mathutil.Add64(exitQueueChurn, 1)
+			if mErr != nil {
+				return mErr
 			}
 		}
 		return nil
diff --git a/time/slots/BUILD.bazel b/time/slots/BUILD.bazel
index e1f40b15a..26c0a3e92 100644
--- a/time/slots/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/time/slots/BUILD.bazel
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//config/params:go_default_library",
         "//consensus-types/primitives:go_default_library",
+        "//math:go_default_library",
         "//time:go_default_library",
-        "@com_github_ethereum_go_ethereum//common/math:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_pkg_errors//:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_sirupsen_logrus//:go_default_library",
     ],
diff --git a/time/slots/slottime.go b/time/slots/slottime.go
index f60496a99..ce7fffb74 100644
--- a/time/slots/slottime.go
+++ b/time/slots/slottime.go
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ import (
 	"math"
 	"time"
 
-	commonMath "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/math"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/config/params"
 	types "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/consensus-types/primitives"
+	mathutil "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/math"
 	prysmTime "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/time"
 )
 
@@ -222,9 +222,9 @@ func SyncCommitteePeriod(e types.Epoch) uint64 {
 // SyncCommitteePeriodStartEpoch returns the start epoch of a sync committee period.
 func SyncCommitteePeriodStartEpoch(e types.Epoch) (types.Epoch, error) {
 	// Overflow is impossible here because of division of `EPOCHS_PER_SYNC_COMMITTEE_PERIOD`.
-	startEpoch, overflow := commonMath.SafeMul(SyncCommitteePeriod(e), uint64(params.BeaconConfig().EpochsPerSyncCommitteePeriod))
-	if overflow {
-		return 0, errors.New("start epoch calculation overflow")
+	startEpoch, err := mathutil.Mul64(SyncCommitteePeriod(e), uint64(params.BeaconConfig().EpochsPerSyncCommitteePeriod))
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
 	}
 	return types.Epoch(startEpoch), nil
 }