diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1bcb9ffb6..658ed9c62 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1436,7 +1436,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "neo4rs",
  "rand 0.9.2",
- "regex",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/rust/cocoindex/Cargo.toml b/rust/cocoindex/Cargo.toml
index 1103d32df..ad07d3ce7 100644
--- a/rust/cocoindex/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/cocoindex/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,14 @@ default = ["legacy-states-v0"]
 legacy-states-v0 = []
 
 [dependencies]
-cocoindex_utils = { path = "../utils" }
+cocoindex_utils = { path = "../utils", features = [
+    "bytes_decode",
+    "reqwest",
+    "openai",
+    "neo4rs",
+    "sqlx",
+    "yaml",
+] }
 cocoindex_py_utils = { path = "../py_utils" }
 
 pyo3 = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/rust/utils/Cargo.toml b/rust/utils/Cargo.toml
index 3afb99d2e..a1c884253 100644
--- a/rust/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,16 +17,25 @@ tokio = { workspace = true }
 tokio-util = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 blake2 = { workspace = true }
-reqwest = { workspace = true }
-async-openai = { workspace = true }
-neo4rs = { workspace = true }
-sqlx = { workspace = true }
-encoding_rs = { workspace = true }
-regex = { workspace = true }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
 indexmap = { workspace = true }
 hex = { workspace = true }
 serde_path_to_error = { workspace = true }
 rand = { workspace = true }
-yaml-rust2 = { workspace = true }
 indenter = { workspace = true }
+
+encoding_rs = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+reqwest = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+async-openai = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+neo4rs = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+sqlx = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+yaml-rust2 = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+
+[features]
+default = []
+reqwest = ["dep:reqwest"]
+openai = ["dep:async-openai", "reqwest"]
+neo4rs = ["dep:neo4rs"]
+sqlx = ["dep:sqlx"]
+yaml = ["dep:yaml-rust2"]
+bytes_decode = ["dep:encoding_rs"]
diff --git a/rust/utils/src/lib.rs b/rust/utils/src/lib.rs
index 81656ec80..2731525fd 100644
--- a/rust/utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 pub mod batching;
-pub mod bytes_decode;
 pub mod concur_control;
 pub mod db;
 pub mod deser;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod fingerprint;
-pub mod http;
 pub mod immutable;
 pub mod retryable;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "bytes_decode")]
+pub mod bytes_decode;
+#[cfg(feature = "reqwest")]
+pub mod http;
+#[cfg(feature = "sqlx")]
 pub mod str_sanitize;
+#[cfg(feature = "yaml")]
 pub mod yaml_ser;
diff --git a/rust/utils/src/retryable.rs b/rust/utils/src/retryable.rs
index 622f29bc6..e76dcc11f 100644
--- a/rust/utils/src/retryable.rs
+++ b/rust/utils/src/retryable.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ impl IsRetryable for Error {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "reqwest")]
 impl IsRetryable for reqwest::Error {
     fn is_retryable(&self) -> bool {
         self.status() == Some(reqwest::StatusCode::TOO_MANY_REQUESTS)
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ impl IsRetryable for reqwest::Error {
 }
 
 // OpenAI errors - retryable if the underlying reqwest error is retryable
+#[cfg(feature = "openai")]
 impl IsRetryable for async_openai::error::OpenAIError {
     fn is_retryable(&self) -> bool {
         match self {
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ impl IsRetryable for async_openai::error::OpenAIError {
 }
 
 // Neo4j errors - retryable on connection errors and transient errors
+#[cfg(feature = "neo4rs")]
 impl IsRetryable for neo4rs::Error {
     fn is_retryable(&self) -> bool {
         match self {