diff --git a/tokio/Cargo.toml b/tokio/Cargo.toml
index f7430c209d1..42d6744e90a 100644
--- a/tokio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tokio/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ net = [
   "winapi/minwindef",
 ]
 process = [
+  "fs", # TODO: remove this and expose the internals privately
   "bytes",
   "once_cell",
   "libc",
diff --git a/tokio/src/blocking.rs b/tokio/src/blocking.rs
index 7de815d66a0..f172399d5ef 100644
--- a/tokio/src/blocking.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/blocking.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cfg_rt! {
     pub(crate) use crate::runtime::spawn_blocking;
 
-    cfg_fs_internal! {
+    cfg_fs! {
         #[allow(unused_imports)]
         pub(crate) use crate::runtime::spawn_mandatory_blocking;
     }
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ cfg_not_rt! {
         panic!("requires the `rt` Tokio feature flag")
     }
 
-    cfg_fs_internal! {
+    cfg_fs! {
         pub(crate) fn spawn_mandatory_blocking<F, R>(_f: F) -> Option<JoinHandle<R>>
         where
             F: FnOnce() -> R + Send + 'static,
diff --git a/tokio/src/io/blocking.rs b/tokio/src/io/blocking.rs
index 11024821fa8..f6db4500af1 100644
--- a/tokio/src/io/blocking.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/io/blocking.rs
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ impl Buf {
     }
 }
 
-cfg_fs_internal! {
+cfg_fs! {
     impl Buf {
         pub(crate) fn discard_read(&mut self) -> i64 {
             let ret = -(self.bytes().len() as i64);
diff --git a/tokio/src/lib.rs b/tokio/src/lib.rs
index c7498b7b324..c0d7e6252e4 100644
--- a/tokio/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/lib.rs
@@ -401,16 +401,8 @@ compile_error! {
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub mod macros;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
-#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "fs")))]
-pub mod fs;
-
-cfg_fs_internal! {
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "fs"))]
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
-    #[allow(unreachable_pub)]
-    // TODO: this can be thinner without importing the entire fs module
-    pub(crate) mod fs;
+cfg_fs! {
+    pub mod fs;
 }
 
 mod future;
@@ -425,12 +417,7 @@ cfg_process! {
     pub mod process;
 }
 
-#[cfg(any(
-    feature = "fs",
-    feature = "io-std",
-    feature = "net",
-    all(windows, feature = "process"),
-))]
+#[cfg(any(feature = "net", feature = "fs", feature = "io-std"))]
 mod blocking;
 
 cfg_rt! {
diff --git a/tokio/src/macros/cfg.rs b/tokio/src/macros/cfg.rs
index eb20cbb4a9c..52448a9ac19 100644
--- a/tokio/src/macros/cfg.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/macros/cfg.rs
@@ -57,13 +57,11 @@ macro_rules! cfg_aio {
     }
 }
 
-macro_rules! cfg_fs_internal {
+macro_rules! cfg_fs {
     ($($item:item)*) => {
         $(
-            #[cfg(any(
-                feature = "fs",
-                all(windows, feature = "process")),
-            )]
+            #[cfg(feature = "fs")]
+            #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "fs")))]
             $item
         )*
     }
@@ -71,11 +69,7 @@ macro_rules! cfg_fs_internal {
 
 macro_rules! cfg_io_blocking {
     ($($item:item)*) => {
-        $( #[cfg(any(
-                feature = "fs",
-                feature = "io-std",
-                all(windows, feature = "process"),
-        ))] $item )*
+        $( #[cfg(any(feature = "io-std", feature = "fs"))] $item )*
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/blocking/mod.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/blocking/mod.rs
index 297d7128d19..88d5e6b6a99 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/blocking/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/blocking/mod.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 mod pool;
 pub(crate) use pool::{spawn_blocking, BlockingPool, Mandatory, Spawner, Task};
 
-cfg_fs_internal! {
+cfg_fs! {
     pub(crate) use pool::spawn_mandatory_blocking;
 }
 
diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/blocking/pool.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/blocking/pool.rs
index eac401b367c..f73868ee9e7 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/blocking/pool.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/blocking/pool.rs
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ where
     rt.spawn_blocking(func)
 }
 
-cfg_fs_internal! {
+cfg_fs! {
     #[cfg_attr(any(
         all(loom, not(test)), // the function is covered by loom tests
         test
diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/handle.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/handle.rs
index 00d64092e77..cfe1c96419f 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/handle.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/handle.rs
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ impl HandleInner {
         join_handle
     }
 
-    cfg_fs_internal! {
+    cfg_fs! {
         #[track_caller]
         #[cfg_attr(any(
             all(loom, not(test)), // the function is covered by loom tests
diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/mod.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/mod.rs
index 35f51886ac8..b9e7e2de958 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/mod.rs
@@ -198,14 +198,6 @@ cfg_not_metrics! {
     pub(crate) use metrics::{SchedulerMetrics, WorkerMetrics, MetricsBatch};
 }
 
-cfg_not_rt! {
-    cfg_fs_internal! {
-        mod blocking;
-        use blocking::BlockingPool;
-        pub(crate) use blocking::spawn_blocking;
-    }
-}
-
 cfg_rt! {
     mod basic_scheduler;
     use basic_scheduler::BasicScheduler;
@@ -218,7 +210,7 @@ cfg_rt! {
         pub(crate) use blocking::Mandatory;
     }
 
-    cfg_fs_internal! {
+    cfg_fs! {
         pub(crate) use blocking::spawn_mandatory_blocking;
     }
 
diff --git a/tokio/src/sync/mod.rs b/tokio/src/sync/mod.rs
index 2a9641b7005..457e6ab2946 100644
--- a/tokio/src/sync/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/sync/mod.rs
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ cfg_sync! {
 }
 
 cfg_not_sync! {
-    cfg_fs_internal! {
+    cfg_fs! {
         pub(crate) mod batch_semaphore;
         mod mutex;
         pub(crate) use mutex::Mutex;
diff --git a/tokio/src/util/linked_list.rs b/tokio/src/util/linked_list.rs
index b841aa3a957..e6bdde68c7a 100644
--- a/tokio/src/util/linked_list.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/util/linked_list.rs
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ impl<L: Link> fmt::Debug for LinkedList<L, L::Target> {
 #[cfg(any(
     feature = "fs",
     feature = "rt",
-    feature = "process",
+    all(unix, feature = "process"),
     feature = "signal",
     feature = "sync",
 ))]