diff --git a/pbs-api-types/Cargo.toml b/pbs-api-types/Cargo.toml
index d295893e..9b1461a9 100644
--- a/pbs-api-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pbs-api-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ proxmox-serde = "0.1"
 proxmox-time = "1.1.1"
 proxmox-uuid = { version = "1.0.0", features = [ "serde" ] }
 
-proxmox-sys = "0.2" # only needed for nodename()??
-
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch="wasm32"))'.dependencies]
+proxmox-sys = "0.2" # only needed for nodename()??
 openssl = "0.10"
diff --git a/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs b/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs
index 56a80313..0a0dd33d 100644
--- a/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ pub const DNS_NAME_OR_IP_SCHEMA: Schema = StringSchema::new("DNS name or IP addr
     .format(&DNS_NAME_OR_IP_FORMAT)
     .schema();
 
+#[cfg(not(target_arch="wasm32"))] // this only makes sense for the serever side
 pub const NODE_SCHEMA: Schema = StringSchema::new("Node name (or 'localhost')")
     .format(&ApiStringFormat::VerifyFn(|node| {
         if node == "localhost" || node == proxmox_sys::nodename() {