diff --git a/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/format.adoc b/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/format.adoc
index b5af291f3..91d19fa95 100644
--- a/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/format.adoc
+++ b/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/format.adoc
@@ -71,13 +71,15 @@ int main()
 [#fmt_format]
 == `<fmt/format.h>`
 
-Support for `{fmt}` is available as long as `<fmt/format.h>` is present.
+Support for `{fmt}` is also available.
 All the above information on modifiers is the same for fmtlib, just in a different namespace (i.e. `fmt::` instead of `std::`).
+The header `<boost/decimal/fmt_format.hpp>` is *NOT* part of the convenience header, because it is an optional dependency on a potentially compiled library.
 
 [source, c++]
 ----
 #include <fmt/format.h>
-#include <boost/decimal.hpp> // or <boost/decimal/fmt_format.hpp>
+#include <boost/decimal.hpp>
+#include <boost/decimal/fmt_format.hpp>
 #include <iostream>
 
 int main()
diff --git a/include/boost/decimal.hpp b/include/boost/decimal.hpp
index 00e7fd678..eb28e95dd 100644
--- a/include/boost/decimal.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/decimal.hpp
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@
 #include <boost/decimal/string.hpp>
 #include <boost/decimal/uint128_t.hpp>
 
-#ifndef BOOST_DECIMAL_BUILD_MODULE
-#include <boost/decimal/fmt_format.hpp>
-#endif
-
 #if defined(__clang__) && !defined(__GNUC__)
 #  pragma clang diagnostic pop
 #endif
diff --git a/test/test_format_fmtlib.cpp b/test/test_format_fmtlib.cpp
index 33de3e276..7e79e2c3c 100644
--- a/test/test_format_fmtlib.cpp
+++ b/test/test_format_fmtlib.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #define FMT_HEADER_ONLY
 #include <boost/decimal.hpp>
+#include <boost/decimal/fmt_format.hpp>
 #include <boost/core/lightweight_test.hpp>
 #include <limits>