diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2bac7f00..f9631f80 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ debug/
 !.vscode/settings.json
 venv
 **/*.env
+.worktrees/
diff --git a/git_xet/Cargo.toml b/git_xet/Cargo.toml
index d24dddd9..92c9dfca 100644
--- a/git_xet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/git_xet/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,24 +20,26 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 git-url-parse = { workspace = true }
 git2 = { workspace = true }
 http = { workspace = true }
-rand_core = { workspace = true }
+rand_core = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 reqwest = { workspace = true }
 reqwest-middleware = { workspace = true }
-russh = { workspace = true }
 rust-netrc = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 shell-words = { workspace = true }
-tempfile = { workspace = true }
+russh = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+rand_core = { workspace = true }
+russh = { workspace = true }
 serial_test = { workspace = true }
+tempfile = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
 smoke-test = []
-git-xet-for-integration-test = []
+git-xet-for-integration-test = ["russh", "rand_core"]
 git2-vendored-openssl = ["git2/vendored-openssl"]
 simulation = ["xet-data/simulation", "xet-client/simulation", "xet-pkg/simulation"]
 
diff --git a/git_xet/src/auth.rs b/git_xet/src/auth.rs
index 92de1d2b..d7abc1f9 100644
--- a/git_xet/src/auth.rs
+++ b/git_xet/src/auth.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ mod ssh;
 
 use git::GitCredentialHelper;
 use ssh::SSHCredentialHelper;
+#[cfg(any(test, feature = "git-xet-for-integration-test"))]
 pub use ssh::{GitLFSAuthentationResponseHeader, GitLFSAuthenticateResponse};
 
 // This mod derives credentials for the Xet CAS token API on HF Hub from the local repository's credentials.
diff --git a/git_xet/src/test_utils/mod.rs b/git_xet/src/test_utils/mod.rs
index d163cbeb..69787252 100644
--- a/git_xet/src/test_utils/mod.rs
+++ b/git_xet/src/test_utils/mod.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
+#[cfg(any(test, feature = "git-xet-for-integration-test"))]
 mod ssh_server;
 mod temp_home;
 mod test_repo;
 
-pub use ssh_server::{GitLFSAuthenticateResponse, start_local_ssh_server};
+#[cfg(any(test, feature = "git-xet-for-integration-test"))]
+pub use ssh_server::start_local_ssh_server;
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub use temp_home::TempHome;
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub use test_repo::TestRepo;
+
+#[cfg(any(test, feature = "git-xet-for-integration-test"))]
+pub use crate::auth::{GitLFSAuthentationResponseHeader, GitLFSAuthenticateResponse};
diff --git a/git_xet/tests/test_ssh.rs b/git_xet/tests/test_ssh.rs
index 86d33005..61791cf4 100644
--- a/git_xet/tests/test_ssh.rs
+++ b/git_xet/tests/test_ssh.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![cfg(feature = "git-xet-for-integration-test")]
 //! Integration tests for verifying access to POSIX utility commands when running programs
 //! through `git-xet` (invoked via `git-lfs` and `git`). These tests focus on the behaviour on
 //! Windows where "Git for Windows" ships a MinGW/MSYS environment containing common POSIX
diff --git a/hf_xet/Cargo.lock b/hf_xet/Cargo.lock
index b0e371ab..f3a0666e 100644
--- a/hf_xet/Cargo.lock
+++ b/hf_xet/Cargo.lock
@@ -601,12 +601,6 @@ version = "0.8.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d0a5c400df2834b80a4c3327b3aad3a4c4cd4de0629063962b03235697506a28"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crunchy"
-version = "0.2.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "460fbee9c2c2f33933d720630a6a0bac33ba7053db5344fac858d4b8952d77d5"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-common"
 version = "0.1.7"
@@ -1067,17 +1061,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "half"
-version = "2.7.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6ea2d84b969582b4b1864a92dc5d27cd2b77b622a8d79306834f1be5ba20d84b"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if 1.0.4",
- "crunchy",
- "zerocopy",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.15.5"
@@ -4419,7 +4402,6 @@ version = "1.4.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "base64 0.22.1",
- "bincode",
  "blake3",
  "bytemuck",
  "bytes",
@@ -4429,7 +4411,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
  "getrandom 0.4.2",
- "half",
  "heapify",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -4466,7 +4447,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "more-asserts",
  "prometheus",
  "rand 0.9.2",
- "regex",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
@@ -4497,7 +4477,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "ctor",
  "dirs",
  "futures",
- "futures-util",
  "git-version",
  "humantime",
  "konst",
diff --git a/wasm/hf_xet_thin_wasm/Cargo.lock b/wasm/hf_xet_thin_wasm/Cargo.lock
index 20849880..2fd9cb56 100644
--- a/wasm/hf_xet_thin_wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/wasm/hf_xet_thin_wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -445,12 +445,6 @@ version = "0.8.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d0a5c400df2834b80a4c3327b3aad3a4c4cd4de0629063962b03235697506a28"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crunchy"
-version = "0.2.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "460fbee9c2c2f33933d720630a6a0bac33ba7053db5344fac858d4b8952d77d5"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-common"
 version = "0.1.7"
@@ -820,17 +814,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.117",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "half"
-version = "2.7.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6ea2d84b969582b4b1864a92dc5d27cd2b77b622a8d79306834f1be5ba20d84b"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if 1.0.4",
- "crunchy",
- "zerocopy",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.15.5"
@@ -3538,7 +3521,6 @@ version = "1.4.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "base64",
- "bincode",
  "blake3",
  "bytemuck",
  "bytes",
@@ -3548,7 +3530,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
  "getrandom 0.4.2",
- "half",
  "heapify",
  "itertools",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -3585,7 +3566,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "more-asserts",
  "prometheus",
  "rand 0.9.2",
- "regex",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
@@ -3615,7 +3595,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "ctor",
  "dirs",
  "futures",
- "futures-util",
  "git-version",
  "humantime",
  "konst",
diff --git a/xet_core_structures/Cargo.toml b/xet_core_structures/Cargo.toml
index c2df0986..eb0164c4 100644
--- a/xet_core_structures/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xet_core_structures/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ countio = { workspace = true }
 csv = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 futures-util = { workspace = true }
-half = { workspace = true }
 heapify = { workspace = true }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
 lazy_static = { workspace = true }
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ thiserror = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_family = "wasm"))'.dependencies]
-bincode = { workspace = true }
 bytemuck = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["time", "rt", "macros", "sync", "test-util", "io-util", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 tokio-util = { workspace = true, features = ["io"] }
@@ -63,6 +61,7 @@ web-time = { workspace = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 bincode = { workspace = true }
 futures-util = { workspace = true }
+half = { workspace = true }
 rand = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 serial_test = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/xet_data/Cargo.toml b/xet_data/Cargo.toml
index 02c86e86..d0f3f3ee 100644
--- a/xet_data/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xet_data/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ lazy_static = { workspace = true }
 more-asserts = { workspace = true }
 prometheus = { workspace = true }
 rand = { workspace = true }
-regex = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
@@ -77,6 +76,7 @@ criterion = { version = "0.4", features = ["async_tokio"] }
 ctor = { workspace = true }
 dirs = { workspace = true }
 rand = { workspace = true }
+regex = { workspace = true }
 serial_test = { workspace = true }
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
 tracing-test = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/xet_runtime/Cargo.toml b/xet_runtime/Cargo.toml
index 479ddaef..0186645a 100644
--- a/xet_runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xet_runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ sysinfo = { workspace = true }
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 bytes = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
-futures-util = { workspace = true }
 pin-project = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
@@ -74,6 +73,7 @@ path = "tests/bin/log_test_executable.rs"
 [dev-dependencies]
 xet-core-structures = { version = "1.4.0", path = "../xet_core_structures" }
 
+futures-util = { workspace = true }
 rand = { workspace = true }
 serial_test = { workspace = true }
 tempfile = { workspace = true }