diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6b7994eae3aa2..6de2dccefc702 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ bytemuck = "1.7"
 futures-lite = "2.0.1"
 crossbeam-channel = "0.5.0"
 argh = "0.1.12"
+thiserror = "1.0"
 
 [[example]]
 name = "hello_world"
diff --git a/crates/bevy_animation/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_animation/Cargo.toml
index d5892658270c1..e47fefb987848 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_animation/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_animation/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ bevy_hierarchy = { path = "../bevy_hierarchy", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
 
 # other
 sha1_smol = { version = "1.0" }
-uuid = { version = "1.7", features = ["v5"] }
+uuid = { version = "1.7", features = ["v4"] }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/bevy_animation/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_animation/src/lib.rs
index c420e8d98abc5..08f10a167dfd2 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_animation/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_animation/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ use bevy_render::mesh::morph::MorphWeights;
 use bevy_time::Time;
 use bevy_transform::{prelude::Transform, TransformSystem};
 use bevy_utils::hashbrown::HashMap;
-use bevy_utils::{tracing::error, NoOpHash, Uuid};
+use bevy_utils::{tracing::error, NoOpHash};
 use sha1_smol::Sha1;
+use uuid::Uuid;
 
 #[allow(missing_docs)]
 pub mod prelude {
diff --git a/crates/bevy_app/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_app/Cargo.toml
index e42d986f1a669..e4f7649325776 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_app/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ bevy_tasks = { path = "../bevy_tasks", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 ron = { version = "0.8.0", optional = true }
 downcast-rs = "1.2.0"
-
+thiserror = "1.0"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
 wasm-bindgen = { version = "0.2" }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs b/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs
index f339b5d8002f5..10f567f2f211c 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
         InternedScheduleLabel, ScheduleBuildSettings, ScheduleLabel,
     },
 };
-use bevy_utils::{intern::Interned, thiserror::Error, tracing::debug, HashMap, HashSet};
+use bevy_utils::{intern::Interned, tracing::debug, HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::{
     fmt::Debug,
     panic::{catch_unwind, resume_unwind, AssertUnwindSafe},
 };
+use thiserror::Error;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "trace")]
 use bevy_utils::tracing::info_span;
diff --git a/crates/bevy_app/src/plugin.rs b/crates/bevy_app/src/plugin.rs
index 2609c9e5042fa..3dfb28b428ab7 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_app/src/plugin.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_app/src/plugin.rs
@@ -115,8 +115,7 @@ pub trait Plugins<Marker>: sealed::Plugins<Marker> {}
 impl<Marker, T> Plugins<Marker> for T where T: sealed::Plugins<Marker> {}
 
 mod sealed {
-
-    use bevy_ecs::all_tuples;
+    use bevy_utils::all_tuples;
 
     use crate::{App, AppError, Plugin, PluginGroup};
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_asset/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_asset/Cargo.toml
index 4dfdb2bb02cc9..ddec0a6b6a59b 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_asset/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_asset/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ watch = []
 bevy_app = { path = "../bevy_app", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
 bevy_asset_macros = { path = "macros", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
 bevy_ecs = { path = "../bevy_ecs", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
-bevy_reflect = { path = "../bevy_reflect", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
+bevy_reflect = { path = "../bevy_reflect", version = "0.14.0-dev", features = [
+  "uuid",
+] }
 bevy_tasks = { path = "../bevy_tasks", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
 bevy_utils = { path = "../bevy_utils", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
 
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ parking_lot = { version = "0.12", features = ["arc_lock", "send_guard"] }
 ron = "0.8"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "1.0"
+uuid = { version = "1.0", features = ["v4"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "android")'.dependencies]
 bevy_winit = { path = "../bevy_winit", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_asset/src/assets.rs b/crates/bevy_asset/src/assets.rs
index c0f76d90c117d..9cf1b4e5386b7 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_asset/src/assets.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_asset/src/assets.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     system::{Res, ResMut, Resource},
 };
 use bevy_reflect::{Reflect, TypePath};
-use bevy_utils::{HashMap, Uuid};
+use bevy_utils::HashMap;
 use crossbeam_channel::{Receiver, Sender};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use std::{
     sync::{atomic::AtomicU32, Arc},
 };
 use thiserror::Error;
+use uuid::Uuid;
 
 /// A generational runtime-only identifier for a specific [`Asset`] stored in [`Assets`]. This is optimized for efficient runtime
 /// usage and is not suitable for identifying assets across app runs.
diff --git a/crates/bevy_asset/src/handle.rs b/crates/bevy_asset/src/handle.rs
index 1107cb424ad82..d14c325973c77 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_asset/src/handle.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_asset/src/handle.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use bevy_ecs::prelude::*;
 use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, Reflect, TypePath};
-use bevy_utils::{get_short_name, Uuid};
+use bevy_utils::get_short_name;
 use crossbeam_channel::{Receiver, Sender};
 use std::{
     any::TypeId,
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use std::{
     sync::Arc,
 };
 use thiserror::Error;
+use uuid::Uuid;
 
 /// Provides [`Handle`] and [`UntypedHandle`] _for a specific asset type_.
 /// This should _only_ be used for one specific asset type.
diff --git a/crates/bevy_asset/src/id.rs b/crates/bevy_asset/src/id.rs
index 1efc61bacc1af..fc98902786315 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_asset/src/id.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_asset/src/id.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::{Asset, AssetIndex};
 use bevy_reflect::Reflect;
-use bevy_utils::Uuid;
+use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use std::{
     any::TypeId,
diff --git a/crates/bevy_core/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_core/Cargo.toml
index cd769fcb0f36f..0c0c804bf7a26 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_core/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ bevy_tasks = { path = "../bevy_tasks", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
 bevy_utils = { path = "../bevy_utils", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
 
 # other
-bytemuck = "1.5"
 serde = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
+uuid = "1.0"
 
 [features]
 serialize = ["dep:serde"]
diff --git a/crates/bevy_core/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_core/src/lib.rs
index 3dc709a15e05d..c88ec31be09bf 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ mod serde;
 mod task_pool_options;
 
 use bevy_ecs::system::Resource;
-pub use bytemuck::{bytes_of, cast_slice, Pod, Zeroable};
 pub use name::*;
 pub use task_pool_options::*;
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/Cargo.toml
index 824e78ee89923..1b28c00f649c5 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ bevy_utils = { path = "../bevy_utils", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 bitflags = "2.3"
 radsort = "0.1"
+nonmax = "0.5"
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/core_2d/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/core_2d/mod.rs
index e2684e1553f2c..5dc0a5558662b 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/core_2d/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/core_2d/mod.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ use bevy_render::{
     render_resource::CachedRenderPipelineId,
     Extract, ExtractSchedule, Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
-use bevy_utils::{nonmax::NonMaxU32, FloatOrd};
+use bevy_utils::FloatOrd;
+use nonmax::NonMaxU32;
 
 use crate::{tonemapping::TonemappingNode, upscaling::UpscalingNode};
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/core_3d/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/core_3d/mod.rs
index c796d32825b8e..1e6dafa4ccb7e 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/core_3d/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/core_3d/mod.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ use bevy_render::{
     view::{ExtractedView, ViewDepthTexture, ViewTarget},
     Extract, ExtractSchedule, Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
-use bevy_utils::{nonmax::NonMaxU32, tracing::warn, FloatOrd, HashMap};
+use bevy_utils::{tracing::warn, FloatOrd, HashMap};
+use nonmax::NonMaxU32;
 
 use crate::{
     core_3d::main_transmissive_pass_3d_node::MainTransmissivePass3dNode,
diff --git a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/deferred/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/deferred/mod.rs
index fd8ca0966d8ea..a6b659fdbe391 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/deferred/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/deferred/mod.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use bevy_render::{
     render_phase::{CachedRenderPipelinePhaseItem, DrawFunctionId, PhaseItem},
     render_resource::{CachedRenderPipelineId, TextureFormat},
 };
-use bevy_utils::nonmax::NonMaxU32;
+use nonmax::NonMaxU32;
 
 pub const DEFERRED_PREPASS_FORMAT: TextureFormat = TextureFormat::Rgba32Uint;
 pub const DEFERRED_LIGHTING_PASS_ID_FORMAT: TextureFormat = TextureFormat::R8Uint;
diff --git a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/prepass/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/prepass/mod.rs
index c250985ffc2f8..348419336ff59 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/prepass/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/prepass/mod.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ use bevy_render::{
     render_resource::{CachedRenderPipelineId, Extent3d, TextureFormat, TextureView},
     texture::ColorAttachment,
 };
-use bevy_utils::nonmax::NonMaxU32;
+use nonmax::NonMaxU32;
 
 pub const NORMAL_PREPASS_FORMAT: TextureFormat = TextureFormat::Rgb10a2Unorm;
 pub const MOTION_VECTOR_PREPASS_FORMAT: TextureFormat = TextureFormat::Rg16Float;
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_ecs/Cargo.toml
index db804278b4b2f..27edd72384157 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ bevy_reflect = { path = "../bevy_reflect", version = "0.14.0-dev", optional = tr
 bevy_tasks = { path = "../bevy_tasks", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
 bevy_utils = { path = "../bevy_utils", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
 bevy_ecs_macros = { path = "macros", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
+petgraph = "0.6"
 
 bitflags = "2.3"
 concurrent-queue = "2.4.0"
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/lib.rs
index 1f3464997bb04..4f2e00f5f747b 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/lib.rs
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ pub mod prelude {
     };
 }
 
-pub use bevy_utils::all_tuples;
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use crate as bevy_ecs;
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/graph_utils.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/graph_utils.rs
index 04fb9a9ddda92..b5d10b08e1e2a 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/graph_utils.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/graph_utils.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 
-use bevy_utils::{
-    petgraph::{algo::TarjanScc, graphmap::NodeTrait, prelude::*},
-    HashMap, HashSet,
-};
+use bevy_utils::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use fixedbitset::FixedBitSet;
+use petgraph::{algo::TarjanScc, graphmap::NodeTrait, prelude::*};
 
 use crate::schedule::set::*;
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/schedule.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/schedule.rs
index 2244fffd09931..408fae9b1d615 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/schedule.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/schedule.rs
@@ -7,13 +7,12 @@ use std::{
 use bevy_utils::tracing::info_span;
 use bevy_utils::{default, tracing::info};
 use bevy_utils::{
-    petgraph::{algo::TarjanScc, prelude::*},
-    thiserror::Error,
     tracing::{error, warn},
     HashMap, HashSet,
 };
-
 use fixedbitset::FixedBitSet;
+use petgraph::{algo::TarjanScc, prelude::*};
+use thiserror::Error;
 
 use crate::{
     self as bevy_ecs,
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/stepping.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/stepping.rs
index b82fd6da76468..eb8b4699eb2b6 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/stepping.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/stepping.rs
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ use crate::{
     system::{IntoSystem, ResMut, Resource},
 };
 use bevy_utils::{
-    thiserror::Error,
     tracing::{error, info, warn},
     TypeIdMap,
 };
+use thiserror::Error;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 use bevy_utils::tracing::debug;
diff --git a/crates/bevy_gizmos/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_gizmos/Cargo.toml
index 205759c974ee2..a7ecaddaf0b8b 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_gizmos/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_gizmos/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@ bevy_math = { path = "../bevy_math", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
 bevy_asset = { path = "../bevy_asset", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
 bevy_render = { path = "../bevy_render", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
 bevy_utils = { path = "../bevy_utils", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
-bevy_core = { path = "../bevy_core", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
 bevy_reflect = { path = "../bevy_reflect", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
 bevy_core_pipeline = { path = "../bevy_core_pipeline", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
 bevy_transform = { path = "../bevy_transform", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
 bevy_gizmos_macros = { path = "macros", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
 
+bytemuck = "1.0"
+
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/bevy_gizmos/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_gizmos/src/lib.rs
index 134bfd15514fa..a27b91192a2a3 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_gizmos/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_gizmos/src/lib.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ use aabb::AabbGizmoPlugin;
 use bevy_app::{App, Last, Plugin};
 use bevy_asset::{load_internal_asset, Asset, AssetApp, Assets, Handle};
 use bevy_color::LinearRgba;
-use bevy_core::cast_slice;
 use bevy_ecs::{
     component::Component,
     query::ROQueryItem,
@@ -83,6 +82,7 @@ use bevy_render::{
     Extract, ExtractSchedule, Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
 use bevy_utils::TypeIdMap;
+use bytemuck::cast_slice;
 use config::{
     DefaultGizmoConfigGroup, GizmoConfig, GizmoConfigGroup, GizmoConfigStore, GizmoMeshConfig,
 };
diff --git a/crates/bevy_gltf/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_gltf/Cargo.toml
index e1a29899db8de..22c5f49450f76 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_gltf/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_gltf/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ base64 = "0.21.5"
 percent-encoding = "2.1"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
+smallvec = "1.11"
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/bevy_gltf/src/loader.rs b/crates/bevy_gltf/src/loader.rs
index 276eb9f8f677f..b59d6eaf1fff5 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_gltf/src/loader.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_gltf/src/loader.rs
@@ -36,10 +36,7 @@ use bevy_scene::Scene;
 use bevy_tasks::IoTaskPool;
 use bevy_transform::components::Transform;
 use bevy_utils::tracing::{error, info_span, warn};
-use bevy_utils::{
-    smallvec::{smallvec, SmallVec},
-    HashMap, HashSet,
-};
+use bevy_utils::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use gltf::{
     accessor::Iter,
     mesh::{util::ReadIndices, Mode},
@@ -47,6 +44,7 @@ use gltf::{
     Material, Node, Primitive, Semantic,
 };
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use smallvec::{smallvec, SmallVec};
 use std::io::Error;
 use std::{
     collections::VecDeque,
diff --git a/crates/bevy_hierarchy/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_hierarchy/Cargo.toml
index ede2cabe6054c..342126e3f1976 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_hierarchy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_hierarchy/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ bevy_core = { path = "../bevy_core", version = "0.14.0-dev", optional = true }
 bevy_ecs = { path = "../bevy_ecs", version = "0.14.0-dev", default-features = false }
 bevy_reflect = { path = "../bevy_reflect", version = "0.14.0-dev", features = [
   "bevy",
+  "smallvec",
 ], optional = true }
 bevy_utils = { path = "../bevy_utils", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
 
+smallvec = { version = "1.11", features = ["union", "const_generics"] }
+
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/bevy_hierarchy/src/child_builder.rs b/crates/bevy_hierarchy/src/child_builder.rs
index b6ec13fe73372..f8d206dee5580 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_hierarchy/src/child_builder.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_hierarchy/src/child_builder.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     system::{Commands, EntityCommands},
     world::{Command, EntityWorldMut, World},
 };
-use bevy_utils::smallvec::{smallvec, SmallVec};
+use smallvec::{smallvec, SmallVec};
 
 // Do not use `world.send_event_batch` as it prints error message when the Events are not available in the world,
 // even though it's a valid use case to execute commands on a world without events. Loading a GLTF file for example
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ mod tests {
         components::{Children, Parent},
         HierarchyEvent::{self, ChildAdded, ChildMoved, ChildRemoved},
     };
-    use bevy_utils::smallvec::{smallvec, SmallVec};
+    use smallvec::{smallvec, SmallVec};
 
     use bevy_ecs::{
         component::Component,
diff --git a/crates/bevy_hierarchy/src/components/children.rs b/crates/bevy_hierarchy/src/components/children.rs
index d980289abca79..5a53462d82c58 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_hierarchy/src/components/children.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_hierarchy/src/components/children.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     prelude::FromWorld,
     world::World,
 };
-use bevy_utils::smallvec::SmallVec;
 use core::slice;
+use smallvec::SmallVec;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 
 /// Contains references to the child entities of this entity.
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_pbr/Cargo.toml
index 1e05323c85ca3..28e24aab94c70 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ fixedbitset = "0.4"
 bytemuck = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 radsort = "0.1"
 smallvec = "1.6"
+nonmax = "0.5"
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/light.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/light.rs
index 0b3c65ddfaf6c..061c34a8b2f3b 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/light.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/light.rs
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ use bevy_render::{
 use bevy_transform::{components::GlobalTransform, prelude::Transform};
 #[cfg(feature = "trace")]
 use bevy_utils::tracing::info_span;
-use bevy_utils::{
-    nonmax::NonMaxU32,
-    tracing::{error, warn},
-};
+use bevy_utils::tracing::{error, warn};
+use nonmax::NonMaxU32;
 use std::{hash::Hash, num::NonZeroU64, ops::Range};
 
 use crate::*;
diff --git a/crates/bevy_reflect/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_reflect/Cargo.toml
index fccab4f5cca03..3a197c692c4d9 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_reflect/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_reflect/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ keywords = ["bevy"]
 readme = "README.md"
 
 [features]
-default = []
+default = ["smallvec"]
 # When enabled, provides Bevy-related reflection implementations
 bevy = ["smallvec", "bevy_math", "smol_str"]
 glam = ["dep:glam"]
 bevy_math = ["glam", "dep:bevy_math"]
-smallvec = []
+smallvec = ["dep:smallvec"]
+uuid = ["dep:uuid"]
 # When enabled, allows documentation comments to be accessed via reflection
 documentation = ["bevy_reflect_derive/documentation"]
 
@@ -33,9 +34,11 @@ erased-serde = "0.4"
 downcast-rs = "1.2"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 serde = "1"
+smallvec = { version = "1.11", optional = true }
 
 glam = { version = "0.25", features = ["serde"], optional = true }
 smol_str = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
+uuid = { version = "1.0", optional = true, features = ["v4", "serde"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 ron = "0.8.0"
diff --git a/crates/bevy_reflect/src/impls/smallvec.rs b/crates/bevy_reflect/src/impls/smallvec.rs
index a911b3b2fdc0e..b27c7a1e1ae9f 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_reflect/src/impls/smallvec.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_reflect/src/impls/smallvec.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use bevy_reflect_derive::impl_type_path;
-use bevy_utils::smallvec;
 use smallvec::SmallVec;
 
 use std::any::Any;
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-impl_type_path!(::bevy_utils::smallvec::SmallVec<T: smallvec::Array>);
+impl_type_path!(::smallvec::SmallVec<T: smallvec::Array>);
 
 impl<T: smallvec::Array + TypePath + Send + Sync> FromReflect for SmallVec<T>
 where
diff --git a/crates/bevy_reflect/src/impls/uuid.rs b/crates/bevy_reflect/src/impls/uuid.rs
index 27a1af41a4fc3..f845dda798c15 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_reflect/src/impls/uuid.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_reflect/src/impls/uuid.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use crate as bevy_reflect;
 use crate::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, ReflectDeserialize, ReflectSerialize};
 use bevy_reflect_derive::impl_reflect_value;
 
-impl_reflect_value!(::bevy_utils::Uuid(
+impl_reflect_value!(::uuid::Uuid(
     Serialize,
     Deserialize,
     Default,
diff --git a/crates/bevy_reflect/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_reflect/src/lib.rs
index 52eae900d6d67..2add0144f0d04 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_reflect/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_reflect/src/lib.rs
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ mod impls {
     mod smol_str;
 
     mod std;
+    #[cfg(feature = "uuid")]
     mod uuid;
 }
 
@@ -1547,7 +1548,6 @@ mod tests {
         // List (SmallVec)
         #[cfg(feature = "smallvec")]
         {
-            use bevy_utils::smallvec;
             type MySmallVec = smallvec::SmallVec<[String; 2]>;
 
             let info = MySmallVec::type_info();
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_render/Cargo.toml
index 7e9012d99df3e..ca51b826c46c1 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/Cargo.toml
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ profiling = { version = "1", features = [
   "profile-with-tracing",
 ], optional = true }
 async-channel = "2.2.0"
-
+nonmax = "0.5"
+smallvec = "1.11"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
 # Omit the `glsl` feature in non-WebAssembly by default.
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/batching/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/batching/mod.rs
index 6f16617fe718a..54b0573081f67 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/batching/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/batching/mod.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     prelude::Res,
     system::{Query, ResMut, StaticSystemParam, SystemParam, SystemParamItem},
 };
-use bevy_utils::nonmax::NonMaxU32;
+use nonmax::NonMaxU32;
 
 use crate::{
     render_phase::{CachedRenderPipelinePhaseItem, DrawFunctionId, RenderPhase},
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/mesh/mesh/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/mesh/mesh/mod.rs
index ae57a9a297c4e..dc4549cd040b5 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/mesh/mesh/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/mesh/mesh/mod.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use crate::{
     renderer::RenderDevice,
 };
 use bevy_asset::{Asset, Handle};
-use bevy_core::cast_slice;
 use bevy_derive::EnumVariantMeta;
 use bevy_ecs::system::{
     lifetimeless::{SRes, SResMut},
@@ -19,8 +18,8 @@ use bevy_ecs::system::{
 };
 use bevy_math::*;
 use bevy_reflect::Reflect;
-use bevy_utils::tracing::error;
-use bevy_utils::tracing::warn;
+use bevy_utils::tracing::{error, warn};
+use bytemuck::cast_slice;
 use std::{collections::BTreeMap, hash::Hash, iter::FusedIterator};
 use thiserror::Error;
 use wgpu::{
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_asset.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_asset.rs
index f4d6234aec5c3..0b1686fbce641 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_asset.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_asset.rs
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ use bevy_reflect::{
     ReflectFromReflect, ReflectKind, ReflectMut, ReflectOwned, ReflectRef, ReflectSerialize,
     TypeInfo, TypePath, TypeRegistration, Typed, ValueInfo,
 };
-use bevy_utils::{thiserror::Error, HashMap, HashSet};
+use bevy_utils::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
+use thiserror::Error;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum PrepareAssetError<E: Send + Sync + 'static> {
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_phase/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_phase/mod.rs
index e66698fc371d9..1a3a544b464f4 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_phase/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_phase/mod.rs
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ mod draw;
 mod draw_state;
 mod rangefinder;
 
-use bevy_utils::nonmax::NonMaxU32;
 pub use draw::*;
 pub use draw_state::*;
+use nonmax::NonMaxU32;
 pub use rangefinder::*;
 
 use crate::render_resource::{CachedRenderPipelineId, PipelineCache};
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/batched_uniform_buffer.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/batched_uniform_buffer.rs
index cb81152ee5147..d92c7a3897e06 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/batched_uniform_buffer.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/batched_uniform_buffer.rs
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ use crate::{
     render_resource::DynamicUniformBuffer,
     renderer::{RenderDevice, RenderQueue},
 };
-use bevy_utils::nonmax::NonMaxU32;
 use encase::{
     private::{ArrayMetadata, BufferMut, Metadata, RuntimeSizedArray, WriteInto, Writer},
     ShaderType,
 };
+use nonmax::NonMaxU32;
 use std::{marker::PhantomData, num::NonZeroU64};
 use wgpu::{BindingResource, Limits};
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/bind_group.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/bind_group.rs
index 4e6898b7cb1c4..96f885f8e9c1d 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/bind_group.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/bind_group.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ use crate::{
     texture::FallbackImage,
 };
 pub use bevy_render_macros::AsBindGroup;
-use bevy_utils::thiserror::Error;
 use encase::ShaderType;
 use std::ops::Deref;
+use thiserror::Error;
 use wgpu::{BindGroupEntry, BindGroupLayoutEntry, BindingResource};
 
 define_atomic_id!(BindGroupId);
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/buffer_vec.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/buffer_vec.rs
index cae1ef4f05381..26656c58ed983 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/buffer_vec.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/buffer_vec.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::{
     render_resource::Buffer,
     renderer::{RenderDevice, RenderQueue},
 };
-use bevy_core::{cast_slice, Pod};
+use bytemuck::{cast_slice, Pod};
 use wgpu::BufferUsages;
 
 /// A structure for storing raw bytes that have already been properly formatted
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/gpu_array_buffer.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/gpu_array_buffer.rs
index 1d314f0a1da7c..60d8cc68e400c 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/gpu_array_buffer.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/gpu_array_buffer.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ use crate::{
     renderer::{RenderDevice, RenderQueue},
 };
 use bevy_ecs::{prelude::Component, system::Resource};
-use bevy_utils::nonmax::NonMaxU32;
 use encase::{private::WriteInto, ShaderSize, ShaderType};
+use nonmax::NonMaxU32;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use wgpu::BindingResource;
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/renderer/graph_runner.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/renderer/graph_runner.rs
index 3db56919b1247..c155f4027da46 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/renderer/graph_runner.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/renderer/graph_runner.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 use bevy_ecs::{prelude::Entity, world::World};
 #[cfg(feature = "trace")]
 use bevy_utils::tracing::info_span;
-use bevy_utils::{
-    smallvec::{smallvec, SmallVec},
-    HashMap,
-};
+use bevy_utils::HashMap;
 
+use smallvec::{smallvec, SmallVec};
 use std::{borrow::Cow, collections::VecDeque};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/image_texture_conversion.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/image_texture_conversion.rs
index 41090adfc0d0d..d5bbed5ee6c87 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/image_texture_conversion.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/image_texture_conversion.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ impl Image {
         is_srgb: bool,
         asset_usage: RenderAssetUsages,
     ) -> Image {
-        use bevy_core::cast_slice;
+        use bytemuck::cast_slice;
         let width;
         let height;
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_ui/Cargo.toml
index a417a5bfac8e0..b83a227e99d8d 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ taffy = { version = "0.3.10" }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 bytemuck = { version = "1.5", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "1.0.0"
+nonmax = "0.5"
+smallvec = "1.11"
 
 [features]
-serialize = ["serde"]
+serialize = ["serde", "smallvec/serde"]
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/src/focus.rs b/crates/bevy_ui/src/focus.rs
index 6becec74be2cc..08d488de34bb9 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/src/focus.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/src/focus.rs
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ use bevy_math::{Rect, Vec2};
 use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, Reflect};
 use bevy_render::{camera::NormalizedRenderTarget, prelude::Camera, view::ViewVisibility};
 use bevy_transform::components::GlobalTransform;
-
-use bevy_utils::{smallvec::SmallVec, HashMap};
+use bevy_utils::HashMap;
 use bevy_window::{PrimaryWindow, Window};
 
+use smallvec::SmallVec;
+
 #[cfg(feature = "serialize")]
 use bevy_reflect::{ReflectDeserialize, ReflectSerialize};
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/render_pass.rs b/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/render_pass.rs
index e0119509d7b27..1f3ffb0d20dea 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/render_pass.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/render_pass.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ use bevy_render::{
     renderer::*,
     view::*,
 };
-use bevy_utils::{nonmax::NonMaxU32, FloatOrd};
+use bevy_utils::FloatOrd;
+use nonmax::NonMaxU32;
 
 pub struct UiPassNode {
     ui_view_query: QueryState<
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/src/ui_node.rs b/crates/bevy_ui/src/ui_node.rs
index e8051aff651d6..36db16ca60614 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/src/ui_node.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/src/ui_node.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ use bevy_render::{
     texture::Image,
 };
 use bevy_transform::prelude::GlobalTransform;
-use bevy_utils::{smallvec::SmallVec, warn_once};
+use bevy_utils::warn_once;
 use bevy_window::{PrimaryWindow, WindowRef};
+use smallvec::SmallVec;
 use std::num::{NonZeroI16, NonZeroU16};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_utils/Cargo.toml
index d9165cb5bb927..88fe6dc0a574c 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,14 +15,9 @@ detailed_trace = []
 ahash = "0.8.7"
 tracing = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 web-time = { version = "0.2" }
-uuid = { version = "1.1", features = ["v4", "serde"] }
 hashbrown = { version = "0.14", features = ["serde"] }
 bevy_utils_proc_macros = { version = "0.14.0-dev", path = "macros" }
-petgraph = "0.6"
-thiserror = "1.0"
 thread_local = "1.0"
-nonmax = "0.5"
-smallvec = { version = "1.11", features = ["serde", "union", "const_generics"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 static_assertions = "1.1.0"
diff --git a/crates/bevy_utils/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_utils/src/lib.rs
index 66e7336a4236b..33f5312171041 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ pub use short_names::get_short_name;
 pub mod synccell;
 pub mod syncunsafecell;
 
-pub mod uuid;
-
 mod cow_arc;
 mod default;
 mod float_ord;
@@ -24,7 +22,6 @@ pub mod intern;
 mod once;
 mod parallel_queue;
 
-pub use crate::uuid::Uuid;
 pub use ahash::{AHasher, RandomState};
 pub use bevy_utils_proc_macros::*;
 pub use cow_arc::*;
@@ -32,17 +29,9 @@ pub use default::default;
 pub use float_ord::*;
 pub use hashbrown;
 pub use parallel_queue::*;
-pub use petgraph;
-pub use smallvec;
-pub use thiserror;
 pub use tracing;
 pub use web_time::{Duration, Instant, SystemTime, SystemTimeError, TryFromFloatSecsError};
 
-#[allow(missing_docs)]
-pub mod nonmax {
-    pub use nonmax::*;
-}
-
 use hashbrown::hash_map::RawEntryMut;
 use std::{
     any::TypeId,
diff --git a/crates/bevy_utils/src/uuid.rs b/crates/bevy_utils/src/uuid.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 3542c9411eee0..0000000000000
--- a/crates/bevy_utils/src/uuid.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-//! UUID utilities.
-//!
-//! This module re-exports the [`Uuid`] type from the [`uuid`] crate,
-//! and provides additional utility functions.
-//!
-//! [`uuid`]: uuid
-
-pub use ::uuid::Uuid;
-
-/// Generates a new UUID from the given UUIDs `a` and `b`,
-/// where the bytes are generated by a bitwise `a ^ b.rotate_right(1)`.
-///
-/// The generated UUID will be a `UUIDv4`
-/// (meaning that the bytes should be random, not e.g. derived from the system time).
-#[allow(clippy::unusual_byte_groupings)] // unusual byte grouping is meant to signal the relevant bits
-pub const fn generate_composite_uuid(a: Uuid, b: Uuid) -> Uuid {
-    let mut new = [0; 16];
-    let mut i = 0;
-    while i < new.len() {
-        // rotating ensures different uuids for A<B<C>> and B<A<C>> because: A ^ (B ^ C) = B ^ (A ^ C)
-        // notice that you have to rotate the second parameter: A.rr ^ (B.rr ^ C) = B.rr ^ (A.rr ^ C)
-        // Solution: A ^ (B ^ C.rr).rr != B ^ (A ^ C.rr).rr
-        new[i] = a.as_bytes()[i] ^ b.as_bytes()[i].rotate_right(1);
-
-        i += 1;
-    }
-
-    // Version: the most significant 4 bits in the 6th byte: 11110000
-    new[6] = new[6] & 0b0000_1111 | 0b0100_0000; // set version to v4
-
-    // Variant: the most significant 3 bits in the 8th byte: 11100000
-    new[8] = new[8] & 0b000_11111 | 0b100_00000; // set variant to rfc4122
-
-    Uuid::from_bytes(new)
-}
diff --git a/examples/asset/asset_decompression.rs b/examples/asset/asset_decompression.rs
index 1c72521b0eb7a..cd17a38a89a9e 100644
--- a/examples/asset/asset_decompression.rs
+++ b/examples/asset/asset_decompression.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 //! Implements loader for a Gzip compressed asset.
 
-use bevy::utils::thiserror;
 use bevy::{
     asset::{
         io::{Reader, VecReader},
diff --git a/examples/asset/custom_asset.rs b/examples/asset/custom_asset.rs
index f54a1d3a19e55..c10e297c380bd 100644
--- a/examples/asset/custom_asset.rs
+++ b/examples/asset/custom_asset.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 //! Implements loader for a custom asset type.
 
-use bevy::utils::thiserror;
 use bevy::{
     asset::{io::Reader, ron, AssetLoader, AsyncReadExt, LoadContext},
     prelude::*,
diff --git a/examples/asset/processing/asset_processing.rs b/examples/asset/processing/asset_processing.rs
index 640d0cdabf369..3f660ef85f500 100644
--- a/examples/asset/processing/asset_processing.rs
+++ b/examples/asset/processing/asset_processing.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use bevy::{
     },
     prelude::*,
     reflect::TypePath,
-    utils::{thiserror, BoxedFuture},
+    utils::BoxedFuture,
 };
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::convert::Infallible;
diff --git a/examples/games/contributors.rs b/examples/games/contributors.rs
index 52dadf9766652..067f0bdf58b20 100644
--- a/examples/games/contributors.rs
+++ b/examples/games/contributors.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 //! This example displays each contributor to the bevy source code as a bouncing bevy-ball.
 
-use bevy::{
-    math::bounding::Aabb2d,
-    prelude::*,
-    utils::{thiserror, HashMap},
-};
+use bevy::{math::bounding::Aabb2d, prelude::*, utils::HashMap};
 use rand::{prelude::SliceRandom, Rng};
 use std::{
     env::VarError,