diff --git a/proxmox-router/Cargo.toml b/proxmox-router/Cargo.toml
index 57334a20..7e4b84a3 100644
--- a/proxmox-router/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxmox-router/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ exclude = [ "debian" ]
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 env_logger = { version = "0.9", optional = true }
-http = "0.2"
-hyper = { version = "0.14", features = [ "full" ] }
+http = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
+hyper = { version = "0.14", features = [ "full" ], optional = true }
 nix = "0.24.1"
 percent-encoding = "2.1"
 serde_json = "1.0"
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ proxmox-schema = { path = "../proxmox-schema", version = "1.1" }
 proxmox-async = { path = "../proxmox-async", version = "0.4.1" }
 
 [features]
-default = [ "cli" ]
+default = [ "cli", "server" ]
 cli = [ "dep:env_logger", "dep:libc", "dep:rustyline", "dep:tokio" ]
+server = [ "dep:http", "dep:hyper" ]
 test-harness = [ "proxmox-schema/test-harness" ]
diff --git a/proxmox-router/src/cli/command.rs b/proxmox-router/src/cli/command.rs
index 8c809696..8ae889f9 100644
--- a/proxmox-router/src/cli/command.rs
+++ b/proxmox-router/src/cli/command.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ async fn handle_simple_command_future(
         ApiHandler::StreamingAsync(handler) => (handler)(params, cli_cmd.info, &mut rpcenv)
             .await
             .and_then(|r| r.to_value().map_err(Error::from)),
+        #[cfg(feature = "server")]
         ApiHandler::AsyncHttp(_) => {
             let err_msg = "CliHandler does not support ApiHandler::AsyncHttp - internal error";
             print_simple_usage_error(prefix, cli_cmd, err_msg);
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ fn handle_simple_command(
             print_simple_usage_error(prefix, cli_cmd, err_msg);
             return Err(format_err!("{}", err_msg));
         }
+        #[cfg(feature = "server")]
         ApiHandler::AsyncHttp(_) => {
             let err_msg = "CliHandler does not support ApiHandler::AsyncHttp - internal error";
             print_simple_usage_error(prefix, cli_cmd, err_msg);
diff --git a/proxmox-router/src/format.rs b/proxmox-router/src/format.rs
index 9f805b3c..a265a2c8 100644
--- a/proxmox-router/src/format.rs
+++ b/proxmox-router/src/format.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ use anyhow::Error;
 use proxmox_schema::format::*;
 use proxmox_schema::ObjectSchemaType;
 
-use crate::{ApiHandler, ApiMethod};
+#[cfg(feature = "server")]
+use crate::ApiHandler;
+use crate::ApiMethod;
 
 fn dump_method_definition(method: &str, path: &str, def: Option<&ApiMethod>) -> Option<String> {
     let style = ParameterDisplayStyle::Config;
@@ -19,8 +21,12 @@ fn dump_method_definition(method: &str, path: &str, def: Option<&ApiMethod>) ->
 
             let return_descr = dump_api_return_schema(&api_method.returns, style);
 
+            #[cfg(feature = "server")]
             let mut method = method;
+            #[cfg(not(feature = "server"))]
+            let method = method;
 
+            #[cfg(feature = "server")]
             if let ApiHandler::AsyncHttp(_) = api_method.handler {
                 method = if method == "POST" { "UPLOAD" } else { method };
                 method = if method == "GET" { "DOWNLOAD" } else { method };
diff --git a/proxmox-router/src/lib.rs b/proxmox-router/src/lib.rs
index 84f39f84..7f4f2d97 100644
--- a/proxmox-router/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proxmox-router/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pub mod cli;
 
 // this is public so the `http_err!` macro can access `http::StatusCode` through it
 #[doc(hidden)]
+#[cfg(feature = "server")]
 pub mod error;
 
 mod permission;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ mod rpc_environment;
 mod serializable_return;
 
 #[doc(inline)]
+#[cfg(feature = "server")]
 pub use error::HttpError;
 
 pub use permission::*;
diff --git a/proxmox-router/src/router.rs b/proxmox-router/src/router.rs
index 224dce11..e9a669a4 100644
--- a/proxmox-router/src/router.rs
+++ b/proxmox-router/src/router.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ use std::future::Future;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 
 use anyhow::Error;
+#[cfg(feature = "server")]
 use http::request::Parts;
+#[cfg(feature = "server")]
 use http::{Method, Response};
+#[cfg(feature = "server")]
 use hyper::Body;
 use percent_encoding::percent_decode_str;
 use serde_json::Value;
@@ -176,6 +179,7 @@ pub type StreamingApiFuture<'a> = Pin<
 ///    &ObjectSchema::new("Hello World Example (low level)", &[])
 /// );
 /// ```
+#[cfg(feature = "server")]
 pub type ApiAsyncHttpHandlerFn = &'static (dyn Fn(
     Parts,
     Body,
@@ -188,15 +192,18 @@ pub type ApiAsyncHttpHandlerFn = &'static (dyn Fn(
               + 'static);
 
 /// The output of an asynchronous API handler is a future yielding a `Response`.
+#[cfg(feature = "server")]
 pub type ApiResponseFuture =
     Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<Response<Body>, anyhow::Error>> + Send>>;
 
 /// Enum for different types of API handler functions.
+#[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum ApiHandler {
     Sync(ApiHandlerFn),
     StreamingSync(StreamingApiHandlerFn),
     Async(ApiAsyncHandlerFn),
     StreamingAsync(StreamingApiAsyncHandlerFn),
+    #[cfg(feature = "server")]
     AsyncHttp(ApiAsyncHttpHandlerFn),
 }
 
@@ -220,6 +227,7 @@ impl PartialEq for ApiHandler {
                 (ApiHandler::StreamingAsync(l), ApiHandler::StreamingAsync(r)) => {
                     core::mem::transmute::<_, usize>(l) == core::mem::transmute::<_, usize>(r)
                 }
+                #[cfg(feature = "server")]
                 (ApiHandler::AsyncHttp(l), ApiHandler::AsyncHttp(r)) => {
                     core::mem::transmute::<_, usize>(l) == core::mem::transmute::<_, usize>(r)
                 }
@@ -431,6 +439,7 @@ impl Router {
     /// - `components`: Path, split into individual components.
     /// - `method`: The HTTP method.
     /// - `uri_param`: Mutable hash map to store parameter from `MatchAll` router.
+    #[cfg(feature = "server")]
     pub fn find_method(
         &self,
         components: &[&str],