diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8c019f29ad..b212466a67 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ name = "measure_startup_time"
 harness = false
 
 [features]
-default = ["pci", "pci-ids", "acpi", "fsgsbase", "smp", "tcp", "dhcpv4"]
+default = ["pci", "pci-ids", "acpi", "fsgsbase", "smp", "tcp", "dhcpv4", "fs"]
 vga = []
 newlib = []
 pci = []
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ smp = ["include-transformed"]
 fsgsbase = []
 trace = []
 rtl8139 = ["tcp", "pci"]
+fs = ["pci"]
 tcp = [
     "smoltcp",
 ]
diff --git a/src/drivers/mod.rs b/src/drivers/mod.rs
index 06aae0af26..04f06bf4d3 100644
--- a/src/drivers/mod.rs
+++ b/src/drivers/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! A module containing hermit-rs driver, hermit-rs driver trait and driver specific errors.
 
+#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 pub mod fs;
 #[cfg(not(feature = "pci"))]
 pub mod mmio;
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ pub mod mmio;
 pub mod net;
 #[cfg(feature = "pci")]
 pub mod pci;
+#[cfg(any(all(feature = "tcp", not(feature = "rtl8139")), feature = "fs"))]
 pub mod virtio;
 
 /// A common error module for drivers.
@@ -17,15 +19,18 @@ pub mod error {
 
 	#[cfg(feature = "rtl8139")]
 	use crate::drivers::net::rtl8139::RTL8139Error;
+	#[cfg(any(all(feature = "tcp", not(feature = "rtl8139")), feature = "fs"))]
 	use crate::drivers::virtio::error::VirtioError;
 
 	#[derive(Debug)]
 	pub enum DriverError {
+		#[cfg(any(all(feature = "tcp", not(feature = "rtl8139")), feature = "fs"))]
 		InitVirtioDevFail(VirtioError),
 		#[cfg(feature = "rtl8139")]
 		InitRTL8139DevFail(RTL8139Error),
 	}
 
+	#[cfg(any(all(feature = "tcp", not(feature = "rtl8139")), feature = "fs"))]
 	impl From<VirtioError> for DriverError {
 		fn from(err: VirtioError) -> Self {
 			DriverError::InitVirtioDevFail(err)
@@ -40,8 +45,10 @@ pub mod error {
 	}
 
 	impl fmt::Display for DriverError {
+		#[allow(unused_variables)]
 		fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
 			match *self {
+				#[cfg(any(all(feature = "tcp", not(feature = "rtl8139")), feature = "fs"))]
 				DriverError::InitVirtioDevFail(ref err) => {
 					write!(f, "Virtio driver failed: {err:?}")
 				}
diff --git a/src/drivers/pci.rs b/src/drivers/pci.rs
index e116f71f14..22f7fb0f33 100644
--- a/src/drivers/pci.rs
+++ b/src/drivers/pci.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use core::fmt;
 
 use bitflags::bitflags;
-use hermit_sync::{without_interrupts, InterruptTicketMutex};
+use hermit_sync::without_interrupts;
+#[cfg(any(feature = "tcp", feature = "fs"))]
+use hermit_sync::InterruptTicketMutex;
 use pci_types::{
 	Bar, ConfigRegionAccess, DeviceId, EndpointHeader, InterruptLine, InterruptPin, PciAddress,
 	PciHeader, VendorId, MAX_BARS,
@@ -12,12 +14,15 @@ use pci_types::{
 
 use crate::arch::mm::{PhysAddr, VirtAddr};
 use crate::arch::pci::PciConfigRegion;
+#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 use crate::drivers::fs::virtio_fs::VirtioFsDriver;
 #[cfg(feature = "rtl8139")]
 use crate::drivers::net::rtl8139::{self, RTL8139Driver};
 #[cfg(all(not(feature = "rtl8139"), feature = "tcp"))]
 use crate::drivers::net::virtio_net::VirtioNetDriver;
+#[cfg(any(all(feature = "tcp", not(feature = "rtl8139")), feature = "fs"))]
 use crate::drivers::virtio::transport::pci as pci_virtio;
+#[cfg(any(all(feature = "tcp", not(feature = "rtl8139")), feature = "fs"))]
 use crate::drivers::virtio::transport::pci::VirtioDriver;
 
 /// Converts a given little endian coded u32 to native endian coded.
@@ -455,6 +460,7 @@ pub(crate) fn print_information() {
 
 #[allow(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
 pub(crate) enum PciDriver {
+	#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 	VirtioFs(InterruptTicketMutex<VirtioFsDriver>),
 	#[cfg(all(not(feature = "rtl8139"), feature = "tcp"))]
 	VirtioNet(InterruptTicketMutex<VirtioNetDriver>),
@@ -465,6 +471,7 @@ pub(crate) enum PciDriver {
 impl PciDriver {
 	#[cfg(all(not(feature = "rtl8139"), feature = "tcp"))]
 	fn get_network_driver(&self) -> Option<&InterruptTicketMutex<VirtioNetDriver>> {
+		#[allow(unreachable_patterns)]
 		match self {
 			Self::VirtioNet(drv) => Some(drv),
 			_ => None,
@@ -473,12 +480,14 @@ impl PciDriver {
 
 	#[cfg(all(feature = "rtl8139", feature = "tcp"))]
 	fn get_network_driver(&self) -> Option<&InterruptTicketMutex<RTL8139Driver>> {
+		#[allow(unreachable_patterns)]
 		match self {
 			Self::RTL8139Net(drv) => Some(drv),
 			_ => None,
 		}
 	}
 
+	#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 	fn get_filesystem_driver(&self) -> Option<&InterruptTicketMutex<VirtioFsDriver>> {
 		match self {
 			Self::VirtioFs(drv) => Some(drv),
@@ -504,6 +513,7 @@ pub(crate) fn get_network_driver() -> Option<&'static InterruptTicketMutex<RTL81
 	unsafe { PCI_DRIVERS.iter().find_map(|drv| drv.get_network_driver()) }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 pub(crate) fn get_filesystem_driver() -> Option<&'static InterruptTicketMutex<VirtioFsDriver>> {
 	unsafe {
 		PCI_DRIVERS
@@ -526,11 +536,13 @@ pub(crate) fn init_drivers() {
 				adapter.device_id()
 			);
 
+			#[cfg(any(all(feature = "tcp", not(feature = "rtl8139")), feature = "fs"))]
 			match pci_virtio::init_device(adapter) {
 				#[cfg(all(not(feature = "rtl8139"), feature = "tcp"))]
 				Ok(VirtioDriver::Network(drv)) => {
 					register_driver(PciDriver::VirtioNet(InterruptTicketMutex::new(drv)))
 				}
+				#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 				Ok(VirtioDriver::FileSystem(drv)) => {
 					register_driver(PciDriver::VirtioFs(InterruptTicketMutex::new(drv)))
 				}
diff --git a/src/drivers/virtio/mod.rs b/src/drivers/virtio/mod.rs
index d40c7c8b57..9cd0970c3a 100644
--- a/src/drivers/virtio/mod.rs
+++ b/src/drivers/virtio/mod.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pub mod virtqueue;
 pub mod error {
 	use core::fmt;
 
-	#[cfg(feature = "pci")]
+	#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 	pub use crate::drivers::fs::virtio_fs::error::VirtioFsError;
 	#[cfg(all(not(feature = "rtl8139"), feature = "tcp"))]
 	pub use crate::drivers::net::virtio_net::error::VirtioNetError;
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub mod error {
 		DevNotSupported(u16),
 		#[cfg(all(not(feature = "rtl8139"), feature = "tcp"))]
 		NetDriver(VirtioNetError),
-		#[cfg(feature = "pci")]
+		#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 		FsDriver(VirtioFsError),
 		#[cfg(not(feature = "pci"))]
 		Unknown,
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pub mod error {
                     VirtioNetError::ProcessOngoing => write!(f, "Virtio network performed an unsuitable operation upon an ongoging transfer."),
 					VirtioNetError::Unknown => write!(f, "Virtio network driver failed due unknown reason!"),
                 },
-				#[cfg(feature = "pci")]
+				#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 				VirtioError::FsDriver(fs_error) => match fs_error {
 					VirtioFsError::NoDevCfg(id) => write!(f, "Virtio filesystem driver failed, for device {id:x}, due to a missing or malformed device config!"),
 					VirtioFsError::NoComCfg(id) =>  write!(f, "Virtio filesystem driver failed, for device {id:x}, due to a missing or malformed common config!"),
diff --git a/src/drivers/virtio/transport/pci.rs b/src/drivers/virtio/transport/pci.rs
index f4b64c6f56..c6f0337578 100644
--- a/src/drivers/virtio/transport/pci.rs
+++ b/src/drivers/virtio/transport/pci.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use crate::arch::memory_barrier;
 use crate::arch::mm::PhysAddr;
 use crate::arch::pci::PciConfigRegion;
 use crate::drivers::error::DriverError;
+#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 use crate::drivers::fs::virtio_fs::VirtioFsDriver;
 #[cfg(all(not(feature = "rtl8139"), feature = "tcp"))]
 use crate::drivers::net::network_irqhandler;
@@ -1272,6 +1273,7 @@ pub(crate) fn init_device(
 				Err(DriverError::InitVirtioDevFail(virtio_error))
 			}
 		},
+		#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 		DevId::VIRTIO_DEV_ID_FS => {
 			// TODO: check subclass
 			// TODO: proper error handling on driver creation fail
@@ -1315,6 +1317,7 @@ pub(crate) fn init_device(
 
 					Ok(drv)
 				}
+				#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 				VirtioDriver::FileSystem(_) => Ok(drv),
 			}
 		}
@@ -1325,5 +1328,6 @@ pub(crate) fn init_device(
 pub(crate) enum VirtioDriver {
 	#[cfg(all(not(feature = "rtl8139"), feature = "tcp"))]
 	Network(VirtioNetDriver),
+	#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 	FileSystem(VirtioFsDriver),
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d5c9734038..db6b1efe8d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ mod env;
 pub mod errno;
 mod executor;
 pub(crate) mod fd;
+#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 pub(crate) mod fs;
 mod mm;
 mod scheduler;
@@ -264,6 +265,7 @@ extern "C" fn initd(_arg: usize) {
 
 	syscalls::init();
 	fd::init();
+	#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 	fs::init();
 
 	// Get the application arguments and environment variables.
diff --git a/src/mm/mod.rs b/src/mm/mod.rs
index 1a51c6e7cf..0f3c0cdd2b 100644
--- a/src/mm/mod.rs
+++ b/src/mm/mod.rs
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ pub fn print_information() {
 	arch::mm::virtualmem::print_information();
 }
 
+#[allow(dead_code)]
 pub fn allocate(sz: usize, no_execution: bool) -> VirtAddr {
 	let size = sz.align_up(BasePageSize::SIZE as usize);
 	let physical_address = arch::mm::physicalmem::allocate(size).unwrap();
@@ -247,6 +248,7 @@ pub fn allocate(sz: usize, no_execution: bool) -> VirtAddr {
 	virtual_address
 }
 
+#[allow(dead_code)]
 pub fn deallocate(virtual_address: VirtAddr, sz: usize) {
 	let size = sz.align_up(BasePageSize::SIZE as usize);
 
diff --git a/src/syscalls/fs.rs b/src/syscalls/fs.rs
index 2694bdb838..de588603b1 100644
--- a/src/syscalls/fs.rs
+++ b/src/syscalls/fs.rs
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ impl Filesystem {
 	}
 
 	/// Create new backing-fs at mountpoint mntpath
-	#[cfg(feature = "pci")]
+	#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 	pub fn mount(
 		&mut self,
 		mntpath: &str,
@@ -200,9 +200,9 @@ impl Filesystem {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum FileError {
 	ENOENT,
-	#[cfg(feature = "pci")]
+	#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 	ENOSYS,
-	#[cfg(feature = "pci")]
+	#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 	EIO,
 }