diff --git a/programs/sbf/Cargo.lock b/programs/sbf/Cargo.lock
index 3a3b6c0b230a88..c7e57d14e28c86 100644
--- a/programs/sbf/Cargo.lock
+++ b/programs/sbf/Cargo.lock
@@ -6868,7 +6868,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "solana-transaction-error"
 version = "2.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "rustc_version",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "solana-program",
diff --git a/sdk/transaction-error/Cargo.toml b/sdk/transaction-error/Cargo.toml
index 1427da5031e54b..4fc2946860c937 100644
--- a/sdk/transaction-error/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sdk/transaction-error/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,10 +19,14 @@ solana-sanitize = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
-rustc_version = { workspace = true }
+rustc_version = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [features]
-frozen-abi = ["dep:solana-frozen-abi", "dep:solana-frozen-abi-macro"]
+frozen-abi = [
+    "dep:rustc_version",
+    "dep:solana-frozen-abi",
+    "dep:solana-frozen-abi-macro"
+]
 serde = ["dep:serde", "dep:serde_derive"]
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]