diff --git a/crates/catalog/rest/Cargo.toml b/crates/catalog/rest/Cargo.toml
index ff0eb9111..883f55c02 100644
--- a/crates/catalog/rest/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/catalog/rest/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ urlencoding = { workspace = true }
 uuid = { workspace = true, features = ["v4"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-iceberg_test_utils = { path = "../../test_utils" }
+iceberg_test_utils = { path = "../../test_utils", features = ["tests"] }
 mockito = { workspace = true }
 port_scanner = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/test_utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/test_utils/Cargo.toml
index 178ec5ec0..91210c50f 100644
--- a/crates/test_utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/test_utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 env_logger = { workspace = true }
 log = "0.4.20"
+
+[features]
+tests = []
diff --git a/crates/test_utils/src/lib.rs b/crates/test_utils/src/lib.rs
index c320f8540..4f63b8dd7 100644
--- a/crates/test_utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/test_utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,16 +19,23 @@
 //!
 //! It's not intended for use outside of `iceberg-rust`.
 
-use std::sync::Once;
-
+#[cfg(feature = "tests")]
 mod cmd;
+#[cfg(feature = "tests")]
 pub mod docker;
 
-static INIT: Once = Once::new();
+#[cfg(feature = "tests")]
+pub use common::*;
 
-pub fn set_up() {
-    INIT.call_once(env_logger::init);
-}
-pub fn normalize_test_name(s: impl ToString) -> String {
-    s.to_string().replace("::", "__").replace('.', "_")
+#[cfg(feature = "tests")]
+mod common {
+    use std::sync::Once;
+
+    static INIT: Once = Once::new();
+    pub fn set_up() {
+        INIT.call_once(env_logger::init);
+    }
+    pub fn normalize_test_name(s: impl ToString) -> String {
+        s.to_string().replace("::", "__").replace('.', "_")
+    }
 }