diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-protocol/Cargo.toml
index 43fd76ff12..3b129a7300 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ miette = { version = "5.9", features = ["fancy-no-backtrace"] }
 num-format = "0.4"
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
-strum = "0.24"
-strum_macros = "0.24"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 typetag = "0.2"
 
@@ -35,4 +33,6 @@ plugin = ["serde_json"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 serde_json = "1.0"
+strum = "0.24"
+strum_macros = "0.24"
 nu-test-support = { path = "../nu-test-support", version = "0.81.1" }
diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/src/ty.rs b/crates/nu-protocol/src/ty.rs
index b9653fbfec..ba4f258543 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/src/ty.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/src/ty.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+#[cfg(test)]
 use strum_macros::EnumIter;
 
 use std::fmt::Display;
 
 use crate::SyntaxShape;
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, EnumIter, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Hash)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Hash)]
+#[cfg_attr(test, derive(EnumIter))]
 pub enum Type {
     Any,
     Binary,