diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index ab144ffaf..257d20c9d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ jobs:
       with:
         tool: protoc@${{ env.PROTOC_VERSION }}
     - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-    - run: cargo hack udeps --workspace --each-feature ${{ matrix.option }}
+    - run: cargo hack udeps --workspace --exclude-features tls --each-feature ${{ matrix.option }}
+    - run: cargo udeps --package tonic --features tls,transport
+    - run: cargo udeps --package tonic --features tls,server
+    - run: cargo udeps --package tonic --features tls,channel
 
   check:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -81,6 +84,8 @@ jobs:
     - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
     - name: Check features
       run: cargo hack check --workspace --no-private --each-feature --no-dev-deps
+    - name: Check tonic feature powerset
+      run: cargo hack check --package tonic --feature-powerset --depth 2
     - name: Check all targets
       run: cargo check --workspace --all-targets --all-features
 
diff --git a/tonic/Cargo.toml b/tonic/Cargo.toml
index cb77bcaed..beb559f63 100644
--- a/tonic/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tonic/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,29 +26,31 @@ version = "0.11.0"
 codegen = ["dep:async-trait"]
 gzip = ["dep:flate2"]
 zstd = ["dep:zstd"]
-default = ["channel", "codegen", "prost"]
+default = ["transport", "codegen", "prost"]
 prost = ["dep:prost"]
-tls = ["dep:rustls-pemfile", "transport", "dep:tokio-rustls", "dep:tokio", "tokio?/rt", "tokio?/macros"]
+tls = ["dep:rustls-pemfile", "dep:tokio-rustls", "dep:tokio", "tokio?/rt", "tokio?/macros"]
 tls-roots = ["tls-roots-common", "dep:rustls-native-certs"]
 tls-roots-common = ["tls", "channel"]
 tls-webpki-roots = ["tls-roots-common", "dep:webpki-roots"]
 router = ["dep:axum"]
-transport = [
+server = [
   "router",
   "dep:async-stream",
   "dep:h2",
-  "dep:hyper", "dep:hyper-util",
+  "dep:hyper", "hyper?/server",
+  "dep:hyper-util", "hyper-util?/service", "hyper-util?/server-auto",
   "dep:socket2",
   "dep:tokio", "tokio?/macros", "tokio?/net", "tokio?/time",
   "dep:tower", "tower?/util", "tower?/limit",
 ]
 channel = [
-  "transport",
   "dep:hyper", "hyper?/client",
   "dep:hyper-util", "hyper-util?/client-legacy",
-  "dep:tower", "tower?/balance", "tower?/buffer", "tower?/discover", "tower?/load", "tower?/make",
+  "dep:tower", "tower?/balance", "tower?/buffer", "tower?/discover", "tower?/limit",
+  "dep:tokio", "tokio?/time",
   "dep:hyper-timeout",
 ]
+transport = ["server", "channel"]
 
 # [[bench]]
 # name = "bench_main"
@@ -76,8 +78,8 @@ async-trait = {version = "0.1.13", optional = true}
 # transport
 async-stream = {version = "0.3", optional = true}
 h2 = {version = "0.4", optional = true}
-hyper = {version = "1", features = ["http1", "http2", "server"], optional = true}
-hyper-util = { version = ">=0.1.4, <0.2", features = ["service", "server-auto", "tokio"], optional = true }
+hyper = {version = "1", features = ["http1", "http2"], optional = true}
+hyper-util = { version = ">=0.1.4, <0.2", features = ["tokio"], optional = true }
 socket2 = { version = ">=0.4.7, <0.6.0", optional = true, features = ["all"] }
 tokio = {version = "1", default-features = false, optional = true}
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1", features = ["net"] }
diff --git a/tonic/src/lib.rs b/tonic/src/lib.rs
index 1ca537e52..db22bf56e 100644
--- a/tonic/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@
 //!
 //! # Feature Flags
 //!
-//! - `transport`: Enables just the full featured server portion of the `channel` feature.
-//! - `channel`: Enables the fully featured, batteries included client and server
+//! - `transport`: Enables the fully featured, batteries included client and server
 //! implementation based on [`hyper`], [`tower`] and [`tokio`]. Enabled by default.
+//! - `server`: Enables just the full featured server portion of the `transport` feature.
+//! - `channel`: Enables just the full featured channel portion of the `transport` feature.
 //! - `codegen`: Enables all the required exports and optional dependencies required
 //! for [`tonic-build`]. Enabled by default.
 //! - `tls`: Enables the `rustls` based TLS options for the `transport` feature. Not
@@ -100,8 +101,8 @@ pub mod metadata;
 pub mod server;
 pub mod service;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
-#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "transport")))]
+#[cfg(any(feature = "server", feature = "channel"))]
+#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(any(feature = "server", feature = "channel"))))]
 pub mod transport;
 
 mod extensions;
diff --git a/tonic/src/request.rs b/tonic/src/request.rs
index e9fe610b8..36957530b 100644
--- a/tonic/src/request.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/request.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 use crate::metadata::{MetadataMap, MetadataValue};
-#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
+#[cfg(feature = "server")]
 use crate::transport::server::TcpConnectInfo;
-#[cfg(feature = "tls")]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "server", feature = "tls"))]
 use crate::transport::server::TlsConnectInfo;
 use http::Extensions;
-#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
+#[cfg(feature = "server")]
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
-#[cfg(feature = "tls")]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "server", feature = "tls"))]
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
-#[cfg(feature = "tls")]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "server", feature = "tls"))]
 use tokio_rustls::rustls::pki_types::CertificateDer;
 use tokio_stream::Stream;
 
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ impl<T> Request<T> {
     /// This will return `None` if the `IO` type used
     /// does not implement `Connected` or when using a unix domain socket.
     /// This currently only works on the server side.
-    #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
-    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "transport")))]
+    #[cfg(feature = "server")]
+    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "server")))]
     pub fn local_addr(&self) -> Option<SocketAddr> {
         let addr = self
             .extensions()
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ impl<T> Request<T> {
     /// This will return `None` if the `IO` type used
     /// does not implement `Connected` or when using a unix domain socket.
     /// This currently only works on the server side.
-    #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
-    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "transport")))]
+    #[cfg(feature = "server")]
+    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "server")))]
     pub fn remote_addr(&self) -> Option<SocketAddr> {
         let addr = self
             .extensions()
@@ -258,8 +258,8 @@ impl<T> Request<T> {
     /// and is mostly used for mTLS. This currently only returns
     /// `Some` on the server side of the `transport` server with
     /// TLS enabled connections.
-    #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
-    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "tls")))]
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "server", feature = "tls"))]
+    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(all(feature = "server", feature = "tls")))]
     pub fn peer_certs(&self) -> Option<Arc<Vec<CertificateDer<'static>>>> {
         self.extensions()
             .get::<TlsConnectInfo<TcpConnectInfo>>()
diff --git a/tonic/src/service/router.rs b/tonic/src/service/router.rs
index c0dea4df8..690d28fc2 100644
--- a/tonic/src/service/router.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/service/router.rs
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ struct AxumBodyService<S> {
     service: S,
 }
 
-pub(crate) type BoxFuture<'a, T> = Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = T> + Send + 'a>>;
+type BoxFuture<'a, T> = Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = T> + Send + 'a>>;
 
 impl<S> Service<Request<axum::body::Body>> for AxumBodyService<S>
 where
diff --git a/tonic/src/status.rs b/tonic/src/status.rs
index 6ded020ef..4f0c2bf90 100644
--- a/tonic/src/status.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/status.rs
@@ -305,7 +305,6 @@ impl Status {
         Status::new(Code::Unauthenticated, message)
     }
 
-    #[cfg_attr(not(feature = "transport"), allow(dead_code))]
     pub(crate) fn from_error_generic(
         err: impl Into<Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'static>>,
     ) -> Status {
@@ -316,7 +315,6 @@ impl Status {
     ///
     /// Inspects the error source chain for recognizable errors, including statuses, HTTP2, and
     /// hyper, and attempts to maps them to a `Status`, or else returns an Unknown `Status`.
-    #[cfg_attr(not(feature = "transport"), allow(dead_code))]
     pub fn from_error(err: Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'static>) -> Status {
         Status::try_from_error(err).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
             let mut status = Status::new(Code::Unknown, err.to_string());
@@ -342,7 +340,7 @@ impl Status {
             Err(err) => err,
         };
 
-        #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
+        #[cfg(feature = "server")]
         let err = match err.downcast::<h2::Error>() {
             Ok(h2) => {
                 return Ok(Status::from_h2_error(h2));
@@ -359,7 +357,7 @@ impl Status {
     }
 
     // FIXME: bubble this into `transport` and expose generic http2 reasons.
-    #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "server")]
     fn from_h2_error(err: Box<h2::Error>) -> Status {
         let code = Self::code_from_h2(&err);
 
@@ -368,7 +366,7 @@ impl Status {
         status
     }
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "server")]
     fn code_from_h2(err: &h2::Error) -> Code {
         // See https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/3977c30/doc/PROTOCOL-HTTP2.md#errors
         match err.reason() {
@@ -388,7 +386,7 @@ impl Status {
         }
     }
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "server")]
     fn to_h2_error(&self) -> h2::Error {
         // conservatively transform to h2 error codes...
         let reason = match self.code {
@@ -404,7 +402,7 @@ impl Status {
     ///
     /// Returns Some if there's a way to handle the error, or None if the information from this
     /// hyper error, but perhaps not its source, should be ignored.
-    #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
+    #[cfg(any(feature = "server", feature = "channel"))]
     fn from_hyper_error(err: &hyper::Error) -> Option<Status> {
         // is_timeout results from hyper's keep-alive logic
         // (https://docs.rs/hyper/0.14.11/src/hyper/error.rs.html#192-194).  Per the grpc spec
@@ -420,6 +418,7 @@ impl Status {
             return Some(Status::cancelled(err.to_string()));
         }
 
+        #[cfg(feature = "server")]
         if let Some(h2_err) = err.source().and_then(|e| e.downcast_ref::<h2::Error>()) {
             let code = Status::code_from_h2(h2_err);
             let status = Self::new(code, format!("h2 protocol error: {}", err));
@@ -607,7 +606,7 @@ fn find_status_in_source_chain(err: &(dyn Error + 'static)) -> Option<Status> {
             });
         }
 
-        #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
+        #[cfg(feature = "server")]
         if let Some(timeout) = err.downcast_ref::<crate::transport::TimeoutExpired>() {
             return Some(Status::cancelled(timeout.to_string()));
         }
@@ -624,7 +623,7 @@ fn find_status_in_source_chain(err: &(dyn Error + 'static)) -> Option<Status> {
             return Some(Status::unavailable(connect.to_string()));
         }
 
-        #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
+        #[cfg(any(feature = "server", feature = "channel"))]
         if let Some(hyper) = err
             .downcast_ref::<hyper::Error>()
             .and_then(Status::from_hyper_error)
@@ -671,14 +670,14 @@ fn invalid_header_value_byte<Error: fmt::Display>(err: Error) -> Status {
     )
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
+#[cfg(feature = "server")]
 impl From<h2::Error> for Status {
     fn from(err: h2::Error) -> Self {
         Status::from_h2_error(Box::new(err))
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
+#[cfg(feature = "server")]
 impl From<Status> for h2::Error {
     fn from(status: Status) -> Self {
         status.to_h2_error()
@@ -927,7 +926,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "server")]
     fn from_error_h2() {
         use std::error::Error as _;
 
@@ -944,7 +943,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "server")]
     fn to_h2_error() {
         let orig = Status::new(Code::Cancelled, "stop eet!");
         let err = orig.to_h2_error();
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/channel/mod.rs b/tonic/src/transport/channel/mod.rs
index 16a6ec160..35212b1d1 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/channel/mod.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/channel/mod.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ use tower::{
     Service,
 };
 
+type BoxFuture<'a, T> = Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = T> + Send + 'a>>;
 type Svc = Either<Connection, BoxService<Request<BoxBody>, Response<BoxBody>, crate::Error>>;
 
 const DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 1024;
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ impl Channel {
         D: Discover<Service = Connection> + Unpin + Send + 'static,
         D::Error: Into<crate::Error>,
         D::Key: Hash + Send + Clone,
-        E: Executor<crate::transport::BoxFuture<'static, ()>> + Send + Sync + 'static,
+        E: Executor<BoxFuture<'static, ()>> + Send + Sync + 'static,
     {
         let svc = Balance::new(discover);
 
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/add_origin.rs b/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/add_origin.rs
index a25485937..dc205411b 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/add_origin.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/add_origin.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::transport::BoxFuture;
+use crate::transport::channel::BoxFuture;
 use http::uri::Authority;
 use http::uri::Scheme;
 use http::{Request, Uri};
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/connection.rs b/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/connection.rs
index 2c34f3ed7..3d8ce0d1e 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/connection.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/connection.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use super::{AddOrigin, Reconnect, SharedExec, UserAgent};
 use crate::{
     body::{boxed, BoxBody},
-    transport::{service::GrpcTimeout, BoxFuture, Endpoint},
+    transport::{channel::BoxFuture, service::GrpcTimeout, Endpoint},
 };
 use http::Uri;
 use hyper::rt;
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/connector.rs b/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/connector.rs
index 0bfe0a518..47628daf6 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/connector.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/connector.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use super::BoxedIo;
 #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
 use super::TlsConnector;
-use crate::transport::BoxFuture;
+use crate::transport::channel::BoxFuture;
 use http::Uri;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/executor.rs b/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/executor.rs
index 7b699c307..2e04049d1 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/executor.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/executor.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::transport::BoxFuture;
+use crate::transport::channel::BoxFuture;
 use std::{future::Future, sync::Arc};
 
 pub(crate) use hyper::rt::Executor;
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/mod.rs b/tonic/src/transport/mod.rs
index 9ee24a557..62e754ab2 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/mod.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/mod.rs
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 
 #[cfg(feature = "channel")]
 pub mod channel;
+#[cfg(feature = "server")]
 pub mod server;
 
 mod error;
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ mod tls;
 pub use self::channel::{Channel, Endpoint};
 pub use self::error::Error;
 #[doc(inline)]
+#[cfg(feature = "server")]
 pub use self::server::Server;
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use self::service::grpc_timeout::TimeoutExpired;
@@ -111,6 +113,8 @@ pub use self::service::grpc_timeout::TimeoutExpired;
 #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "tls")))]
 pub use self::tls::Certificate;
+#[cfg(feature = "server")]
+#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "server")))]
 pub use axum::{body::Body as AxumBoxBody, Router as AxumRouter};
 pub use hyper::{body::Body, Uri};
 #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
@@ -119,12 +123,9 @@ pub use tokio_rustls::rustls::pki_types::CertificateDer;
 #[cfg(all(feature = "channel", feature = "tls"))]
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(all(feature = "channel", feature = "tls"))))]
 pub use self::channel::ClientTlsConfig;
-#[cfg(feature = "tls")]
-#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "tls")))]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "server", feature = "tls"))]
+#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(all(feature = "server", feature = "tls")))]
 pub use self::server::ServerTlsConfig;
 #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "tls")))]
 pub use self::tls::Identity;
-
-#[cfg(feature = "channel")]
-use crate::service::router::BoxFuture;
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/server/incoming.rs b/tonic/src/transport/server/incoming.rs
index 7f5f76c25..75f40650e 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/server/incoming.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/server/incoming.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-use super::{Connected, Server};
-use crate::transport::service::ServerIo;
+use super::{service::ServerIo, Connected, Server};
 use std::{
     net::{SocketAddr, TcpListener as StdTcpListener},
     pin::{pin, Pin},
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/server/mod.rs b/tonic/src/transport/server/mod.rs
index 730551494..ab9afe6f3 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/server/mod.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/server/mod.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 mod conn;
 mod incoming;
 mod recover_error;
+mod service;
 #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "tls")))]
 mod tls;
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ pub use tls::ServerTlsConfig;
 pub use conn::TlsConnectInfo;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
-use super::service::TlsAcceptor;
+use self::service::TlsAcceptor;
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
 pub use unix::UdsConnectInfo;
@@ -40,8 +41,8 @@ pub(crate) use tokio_rustls::server::TlsStream;
 #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
 use crate::transport::Error;
 
-use self::recover_error::RecoverError;
-use super::service::{GrpcTimeout, ServerIo};
+use self::{recover_error::RecoverError, service::ServerIo};
+use super::service::GrpcTimeout;
 use crate::body::{boxed, BoxBody};
 use crate::server::NamedService;
 use bytes::Bytes;
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/service/io.rs b/tonic/src/transport/server/service/io.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from tonic/src/transport/service/io.rs
rename to tonic/src/transport/server/service/io.rs
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/server/service/mod.rs b/tonic/src/transport/server/service/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bcd9bbd73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/server/service/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+mod io;
+pub(crate) use self::io::ServerIo;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "tls")]
+mod tls;
+#[cfg(feature = "tls")]
+pub(crate) use self::tls::TlsAcceptor;
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/server/service/tls.rs b/tonic/src/transport/server/service/tls.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..acae1f611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/server/service/tls.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+use std::{fmt, io::Cursor, sync::Arc};
+
+use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
+use tokio_rustls::{
+    rustls::{server::WebPkiClientVerifier, RootCertStore, ServerConfig},
+    TlsAcceptor as RustlsAcceptor,
+};
+
+use crate::transport::{
+    server::{Connected, TlsStream},
+    service::tls::{add_certs_from_pem, load_identity, ALPN_H2},
+    Certificate, Identity,
+};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub(crate) struct TlsAcceptor {
+    inner: Arc<ServerConfig>,
+}
+
+impl TlsAcceptor {
+    pub(crate) fn new(
+        identity: Identity,
+        client_ca_root: Option<Certificate>,
+        client_auth_optional: bool,
+    ) -> Result<Self, crate::Error> {
+        let builder = ServerConfig::builder();
+
+        let builder = match client_ca_root {
+            None => builder.with_no_client_auth(),
+            Some(cert) => {
+                let mut roots = RootCertStore::empty();
+                add_certs_from_pem(&mut Cursor::new(cert), &mut roots)?;
+                let verifier = if client_auth_optional {
+                    WebPkiClientVerifier::builder(roots.into()).allow_unauthenticated()
+                } else {
+                    WebPkiClientVerifier::builder(roots.into())
+                }
+                .build()?;
+                builder.with_client_cert_verifier(verifier)
+            }
+        };
+
+        let (cert, key) = load_identity(identity)?;
+        let mut config = builder.with_single_cert(cert, key)?;
+
+        config.alpn_protocols.push(ALPN_H2.into());
+        Ok(Self {
+            inner: Arc::new(config),
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) async fn accept<IO>(&self, io: IO) -> Result<TlsStream<IO>, crate::Error>
+    where
+        IO: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Connected + Unpin + Send + 'static,
+    {
+        let acceptor = RustlsAcceptor::from(self.inner.clone());
+        acceptor.accept(io).await.map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Debug for TlsAcceptor {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("TlsAcceptor").finish()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/server/tls.rs b/tonic/src/transport/server/tls.rs
index d320b5024..2f329cb89 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/server/tls.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/server/tls.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-use crate::transport::{
-    service::TlsAcceptor,
-    tls::{Certificate, Identity},
-};
 use std::fmt;
 
+use super::service::TlsAcceptor;
+use crate::transport::tls::{Certificate, Identity};
+
 /// Configures TLS settings for servers.
 #[derive(Clone, Default)]
 pub struct ServerTlsConfig {
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/service/mod.rs b/tonic/src/transport/service/mod.rs
index b5904aa07..7f1e3fcae 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/service/mod.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/service/mod.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 pub(crate) mod grpc_timeout;
-mod io;
 #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
 pub(crate) mod tls;
 
 pub(crate) use self::grpc_timeout::GrpcTimeout;
-pub(crate) use self::io::ServerIo;
-#[cfg(feature = "tls")]
-pub(crate) use self::tls::TlsAcceptor;
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/service/tls.rs b/tonic/src/transport/service/tls.rs
index 7bbf210b3..ea7d1fd6b 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/service/tls.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/service/tls.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,11 @@
-use std::{
-    io::Cursor,
-    {fmt, sync::Arc},
-};
+use std::{fmt, io::Cursor};
 
-use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
-use tokio_rustls::{
-    rustls::{
-        pki_types::{CertificateDer, PrivateKeyDer},
-        server::WebPkiClientVerifier,
-        RootCertStore, ServerConfig,
-    },
-    TlsAcceptor as RustlsAcceptor,
+use tokio_rustls::rustls::{
+    pki_types::{CertificateDer, PrivateKeyDer},
+    RootCertStore,
 };
 
-use crate::transport::{
-    server::{Connected, TlsStream},
-    Certificate, Identity,
-};
+use crate::transport::Identity;
 
 /// h2 alpn in plain format for rustls.
 pub(crate) const ALPN_H2: &[u8] = b"h2";
@@ -29,58 +18,6 @@ pub(crate) enum TlsError {
     PrivateKeyParseError,
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
-pub(crate) struct TlsAcceptor {
-    inner: Arc<ServerConfig>,
-}
-
-impl TlsAcceptor {
-    pub(crate) fn new(
-        identity: Identity,
-        client_ca_root: Option<Certificate>,
-        client_auth_optional: bool,
-    ) -> Result<Self, crate::Error> {
-        let builder = ServerConfig::builder();
-
-        let builder = match client_ca_root {
-            None => builder.with_no_client_auth(),
-            Some(cert) => {
-                let mut roots = RootCertStore::empty();
-                add_certs_from_pem(&mut Cursor::new(cert), &mut roots)?;
-                let verifier = if client_auth_optional {
-                    WebPkiClientVerifier::builder(roots.into()).allow_unauthenticated()
-                } else {
-                    WebPkiClientVerifier::builder(roots.into())
-                }
-                .build()?;
-                builder.with_client_cert_verifier(verifier)
-            }
-        };
-
-        let (cert, key) = load_identity(identity)?;
-        let mut config = builder.with_single_cert(cert, key)?;
-
-        config.alpn_protocols.push(ALPN_H2.into());
-        Ok(Self {
-            inner: Arc::new(config),
-        })
-    }
-
-    pub(crate) async fn accept<IO>(&self, io: IO) -> Result<TlsStream<IO>, crate::Error>
-    where
-        IO: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Connected + Unpin + Send + 'static,
-    {
-        let acceptor = RustlsAcceptor::from(self.inner.clone());
-        acceptor.accept(io).await.map_err(Into::into)
-    }
-}
-
-impl fmt::Debug for TlsAcceptor {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        f.debug_struct("TlsAcceptor").finish()
-    }
-}
-
 impl fmt::Display for TlsError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {