diff --git a/crates/sherpa-rs-sys/Cargo.toml b/crates/sherpa-rs-sys/Cargo.toml
index 9d41f62..033bd9f 100644
--- a/crates/sherpa-rs-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/sherpa-rs-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ include = [
 bindgen = "0.69.4"
 cmake = "0.1"
 glob = "0.3.1"
+lazy_static = { version = "1.5.0" }
+
 # Download binaries
 ureq = { version = "2.1", optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
     "tls",
@@ -49,7 +51,6 @@ sha2 = { version = "0.10", optional = true }
 dirs = { version = "5.0.1", optional = true }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.134", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0.216", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
-lazy_static = { version = "1.5.0", optional = true }
 
 
 [features]
@@ -63,7 +64,6 @@ download-binaries = [
     "dep:dirs",
     "dep:serde_json",
     "dep:serde",
-    "dep:lazy_static",
 ]
 static = []
 tts = []
diff --git a/crates/sherpa-rs-sys/build.rs b/crates/sherpa-rs-sys/build.rs
index baedb26..8d2d1cf 100644
--- a/crates/sherpa-rs-sys/build.rs
+++ b/crates/sherpa-rs-sys/build.rs
@@ -519,6 +519,7 @@ fn main() {
             libs_assets.extend(extract_lib_assets(Path::new(&sherpa_lib_path), &target_os));
         }
 
+        #[cfg(feature = "download-binaries")]
         if let Some(dist) = optional_dist {
             if let Some(assets) = dist.libs {
                 if let Ok(sherpa_lib_path) = env::var("SHERPA_LIB_PATH") {