diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 235b1f4035963..0293793f4bab2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7369,8 +7369,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "hdrhistogram",
  "indicatif",
- "jemalloc-ctl",
- "jemallocator",
  "move-core-types",
  "multiaddr",
  "node",
@@ -7745,7 +7743,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "sui-macros"
 version = "0.7.0"
 dependencies = [
- "darling 0.14.1",
  "msim-macros",
  "proc-macro2 1.0.43",
  "quote 1.0.21",
diff --git a/crates/sui-benchmark/Cargo.toml b/crates/sui-benchmark/Cargo.toml
index ad72bf1110201..fc53a6c03d6cb 100644
--- a/crates/sui-benchmark/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/sui-benchmark/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,9 +48,5 @@ narwhal-node = { git = "https://github.com/MystenLabs/narwhal", rev = "9d667b470
 workspace-hack = { path = "../workspace-hack"}
 test-utils = { path = "../test-utils" }
 
-[target.'cfg(not(target_env = "msvc"))'.dependencies]
-jemallocator = { version = "^0.5", features = ["profiling"] }
-jemalloc-ctl = "^0.5"
-
 [features]
 benchmark = ["narwhal-node/benchmark"]
diff --git a/crates/sui-config/Cargo.toml b/crates/sui-config/Cargo.toml
index c9f01a08e5d17..4bb0aaf3cb038 100644
--- a/crates/sui-config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/sui-config/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,12 +30,14 @@ narwhal-crypto = { git = "https://github.com/MystenLabs/narwhal", rev = "9d667b4
 
 sui-framework = { path = "../sui-framework" }
 sui-adapter = { path = "../sui-adapter" }
-sui-simulator = { path = "../sui-simulator" }
 sui-types = { path = "../sui-types" }
 workspace-hack = { path = "../workspace-hack"}
 sha3 = "0.10.4"
 digest = "0.10.3"
 
+[target.'cfg(msim)'.dependencies]
+sui-simulator = { path = "../sui-simulator" }
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 insta = { version = "1.19.1", features = ["redactions", "yaml"] }
 tempfile = "3.3.0"
diff --git a/crates/sui-macros/Cargo.toml b/crates/sui-macros/Cargo.toml
index d237d0d3561ad..66f49fa43ed7d 100644
--- a/crates/sui-macros/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/sui-macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 proc-macro = true
 
 [dependencies]
-darling = "0.14"
 proc-macro2 = "1"
 quote = "1"
 syn = "1"
diff --git a/crates/sui-swarm/Cargo.toml b/crates/sui-swarm/Cargo.toml
index ca3456ffa6c43..bff7dcc985972 100644
--- a/crates/sui-swarm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/sui-swarm/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ prometheus = "0.13.2"
 
 sui-config = { path = "../sui-config" }
 sui-node = { path = "../sui-node" }
-sui-simulator = { path = "../sui-simulator" }
 sui-types = { path = "../sui-types" }
 
 mysten-network = "0.1.0"
 workspace-hack = { path = "../workspace-hack"}
 
+[target.'cfg(msim)'.dependencies]
+sui-simulator = { path = "../sui-simulator" }
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 telemetry-subscribers = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/crates/sui/Cargo.toml b/crates/sui/Cargo.toml
index 7b46c7379ef40..37e8edc9b1385 100644
--- a/crates/sui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/sui/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ sui-framework = { path = "../sui-framework" }
 sui-config = { path = "../sui-config" }
 sui-types = { path = "../sui-types" }
 sui-json = { path = "../sui-json" }
-sui-simulator = { path = "../sui-simulator" }
 sui-swarm = { path = "../sui-swarm" }
 sui-json-rpc-types = { path = "../sui-json-rpc-types" }
 sui-sdk = { path = "../sui-sdk" }
@@ -61,6 +60,9 @@ hex = "0.4.3"
 jemallocator = { version = "^0.5", features = ["profiling"] }
 jemalloc-ctl = "^0.5"
 
+[target.'cfg(msim)'.dependencies]
+sui-simulator = { path = "../sui-simulator" }
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3.3.0"
 futures = "0.3.23"