diff --git a/fuzzers/libafl_atheris/Cargo.toml b/fuzzers/libafl_atheris/Cargo.toml
index 2fc001fbbc..93d4229378 100644
--- a/fuzzers/libafl_atheris/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzzers/libafl_atheris/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ which = "4.4"
 [dependencies]
 libafl = { path = "../../libafl/" }
 libafl_bolts = { path = "../../libafl_bolts/" }
-libafl_targets = { path = "../../libafl_targets/", features = ["pointer_maps", "sancov_cmplog", "libfuzzer"] }
+libafl_targets = { path = "../../libafl_targets/", features = ["pointer_maps", "sancov_cmplog", "libfuzzer", "sancov_8bit"] }
 clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["default"] }
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/fuzzers/libafl_atheris/src/lib.rs b/fuzzers/libafl_atheris/src/lib.rs
index e7650c8c47..7209ec1589 100644
--- a/fuzzers/libafl_atheris/src/lib.rs
+++ b/fuzzers/libafl_atheris/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use libafl::{
         scheduled::{havoc_mutations, tokens_mutations, StdScheduledMutator},
         token_mutations::{I2SRandReplace, Tokens},
     },
-    observers::{HitcountsMapObserver, TimeObserver},
+    observers::{HitcountsMapObserver, StdMapObserver, TimeObserver},
     schedulers::{IndexesLenTimeMinimizerScheduler, QueueScheduler},
     stages::{StdMutationalStage, TracingStage},
     state::{HasCorpus, HasMetadata, StdState},
@@ -39,63 +39,7 @@ use libafl_bolts::{
     tuples::{tuple_list, Merge},
     AsSlice,
 };
-use libafl_targets::{
-    CmpLogObserver, __sanitizer_cov_trace_cmp1, __sanitizer_cov_trace_cmp2,
-    __sanitizer_cov_trace_cmp4, __sanitizer_cov_trace_cmp8, std_edges_map_observer, EDGES_MAP_PTR,
-    MAX_EDGES_NUM,
-};
-
-/// Set up our coverage map.
-#[no_mangle]
-pub extern "C" fn __sanitizer_cov_8bit_counters_init(start: *mut u8, stop: *mut u8) {
-    unsafe {
-        EDGES_MAP_PTR = start;
-        MAX_EDGES_NUM = (stop as usize - start as usize) / 8;
-    }
-}
-
-/// `pcs` tables seem to be unused by `Atheris`, so we can ignore this setup function,
-/// but the symbol is still being called and, hence, required.
-#[no_mangle]
-pub extern "C" fn __sanitizer_cov_pcs_init(_pcs_beg: *mut u8, _pcs_end: *mut u8) {
-    // noop
-}
-
-/// Allow the python code to use `cmplog`.
-/// This is a PoC implementation and could be improved.
-/// For example, it only takes up to 8 bytes into consideration.
-#[no_mangle]
-pub extern "C" fn __sanitizer_weak_hook_memcmp(
-    _caller_pc: *const c_void,
-    s1: *const c_void,
-    s2: *const c_void,
-    n: usize,
-    _result: c_int,
-) {
-    unsafe {
-        let s1 = slice::from_raw_parts(s1.cast::<u8>(), n);
-        let s2 = slice::from_raw_parts(s2.cast::<u8>(), n);
-        match n {
-            0 => (),
-            1 => __sanitizer_cov_trace_cmp1(
-                u8::from_ne_bytes(s1.try_into().unwrap()),
-                u8::from_ne_bytes(s2.try_into().unwrap()),
-            ),
-            2..=3 => __sanitizer_cov_trace_cmp2(
-                u16::from_ne_bytes(s1.try_into().unwrap()),
-                u16::from_ne_bytes(s2.try_into().unwrap()),
-            ),
-            4..=7 => __sanitizer_cov_trace_cmp4(
-                u32::from_ne_bytes(s1.try_into().unwrap()),
-                u32::from_ne_bytes(s2.try_into().unwrap()),
-            ),
-            _ => __sanitizer_cov_trace_cmp8(
-                u64::from_ne_bytes(s1.try_into().unwrap()),
-                u64::from_ne_bytes(s2.try_into().unwrap()),
-            ),
-        }
-    }
-}
+use libafl_targets::{extra_counters, std_edges_map_observer, CmpLogObserver};
 
 /// It's called by Atheris after the fuzzer has been initialized.
 /// The main entrypoint to our fuzzer, which will be called by `Atheris` when fuzzing starts.
@@ -115,11 +59,6 @@ pub extern "C" fn LLVMFuzzerRunDriver(
     assert!(harness_fn.is_some(), "No harness callback provided");
     let harness_fn = harness_fn.unwrap();
 
-    assert!(
-        !unsafe { EDGES_MAP_PTR.is_null() },
-        "Edges map was never initialized - __sanitizer_cov_8bit_counters_init never got called"
-    );
-
     println!("Args: {:?}", std::env::args());
 
     let matches = Command::new("libafl_atheris")
@@ -156,10 +95,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn LLVMFuzzerRunDriver(
         .get_matches();
 
     let workdir = env::current_dir().unwrap();
-    println!(
-        "Workdir: {:?}",
-        env::current_dir().unwrap().to_string_lossy().to_string()
-    );
+    println!("{}", env::current_dir().unwrap().to_string_lossy().to_string());
 
     let cores = Cores::from_cmdline(matches.get_one::<String>("cores").unwrap())
         .expect("No valid core count given!");
@@ -195,7 +131,13 @@ pub extern "C" fn LLVMFuzzerRunDriver(
 
     let mut run_client = |state: Option<_>, mut mgr, _core_id| {
         // Create an observation channel using the coverage map
-        let edges_observer = unsafe { HitcountsMapObserver::new(std_edges_map_observer("edges")) };
+        let edges = unsafe { extra_counters() };
+        println!("edges: {:?}", edges);
+        let edges_observer;
+        edges_observer = HitcountsMapObserver::new(StdMapObserver::from_mut_slice(
+            "edges",
+            edges.into_iter().next().unwrap(),
+        ));
 
         // Create an observation channel to keep track of the execution time
         let time_observer = TimeObserver::new("time");
@@ -318,7 +260,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn LLVMFuzzerRunDriver(
             } else {
                 println!("Loading from {:?}", &input_dirs);
                 // Load from disk
-                // we used _forced since some Atheris testcases don't touch the map at all, hence, wolud not load any data.
+                // we used _forced since some Atheris testcases don't touch the map at all, hence, would not load any data.
                 state
                     .load_initial_inputs_forced(&mut fuzzer, &mut executor, &mut mgr, &input_dirs)
                     .unwrap_or_else(|_| {
@@ -341,8 +283,8 @@ pub extern "C" fn LLVMFuzzerRunDriver(
         .cores(&cores)
         .broker_port(broker_port)
         .remote_broker_addr(remote_broker_addr)
-        // remove this comment to sience the target.
-        //.stdout_file(Some("/dev/null"))
+        // remove this comment to silence the target.
+        // .stdout_file(Some("/dev/null"))
         .build()
         .launch()
     {