diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0e9d4ed82..43a599d9a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ tracing-appender = "0.1"
 ctrlc = "3.1.9"
 strum = { version = "0.22", features = ["derive"] }
 bitcoincore-rpc = "0.14.0"
-tower-lsp = "0.14.0"
+tower-lsp = { version = "0.14.0", optional = true }
 
 [dependencies.tui]
 version = "0.15.0"
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ path = "src/bin.rs"
 
 [features]
 default = ["cli"]
-cli = ["swc_common", "deno", "deno_runtime", "deno_core", "clap"]
+cli = ["swc_common", "deno", "deno_runtime", "deno_core", "clap", "tower-lsp"]
 
 [workspace]
 members = [