diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 77d6f4ca..4b65b3c4 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.0.0
+0.0.0.dev0
diff --git a/haystack-experimental/evaluation/__init__.py b/haystack-experimental/evaluation/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c1764a6e..00000000
--- a/haystack-experimental/evaluation/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-present deepset GmbH <info@deepset.ai>
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/haystack-experimental/__init__.py b/haystack_experimental/components/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from haystack-experimental/__init__.py
rename to haystack_experimental/components/__init__.py
diff --git a/haystack-experimental/components/__init__.py b/haystack_experimental/evaluation/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from haystack-experimental/components/__init__.py
rename to haystack_experimental/evaluation/__init__.py
diff --git a/haystack-experimental/version.py b/haystack_experimental/version.py
similarity index 100%
rename from haystack-experimental/version.py
rename to haystack_experimental/version.py
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 722e12f4..47bdb0ae 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 [project]
 name = "haystack-experimental"
 dynamic = ["version"]
-version = "0.0.0.dev0"
 description = "Experimental components and features for the Haystack LLM framework."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/test/conftest.py b/test/conftest.py
index a440a7f1..9a22109e 100644
--- a/test/conftest.py
+++ b/test/conftest.py
@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 from pathlib import Path
-from test.tracing.utils import SpyingTracer
-from typing import Generator
 
 import pytest
 
-from haystack import tracing
 from haystack.testing.test_utils import set_all_seeds
 
 set_all_seeds(0)
@@ -16,31 +13,3 @@
 @pytest.fixture()
 def test_files_path():
     return Path(__file__).parent / "test_files"
-
-
-@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
-def request_blocker(request: pytest.FixtureRequest, monkeypatch):
-    """
-    This fixture is applied automatically to all tests.
-    Those that are not marked as integration will have the requests module
-    monkeypatched to avoid making HTTP requests by mistake.
-    """
-    marker = request.node.get_closest_marker("integration")
-    if marker is not None:
-        return
-
-    def urlopen_mock(self, method, url, *args, **kwargs):
-        raise RuntimeError(f"The test was about to {method} {self.scheme}://{self.host}{url}")
-
-    monkeypatch.setattr("urllib3.connectionpool.HTTPConnectionPool.urlopen", urlopen_mock)
-
-
-@pytest.fixture()
-def spying_tracer() -> Generator[SpyingTracer, None, None]:
-    tracer = SpyingTracer()
-    tracing.enable_tracing(tracer)
-
-    yield tracer
-
-    # Make sure to disable tracing after the test to avoid affecting other tests
-    tracing.disable_tracing()