diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 783764a..6fe7687 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ dedent = "0.1.1"
 serde_json = "1.0.128"
 
 [features]
-config = ["dep:figment", "dep:serde"]
-level_filter = ["dep:tracing", "dep:serde"]
+config = ["dep:figment", "serde"]
+level_filter = ["dep:tracing"]
 reqwest = ["dep:reqwest", "dep:thiserror"]
 time = ["dep:time"]
 schemars = ["dep:schemars", "schemars/url"]
 serde = ["dep:serde"]
-base_url = ["dep:url", "dep:thiserror", "dep:serde"]
+base_url = ["dep:url", "dep:thiserror", "serde"]
 
 [lints.rust]
 dead_code = "warn"
diff --git a/src/level_filter.rs b/src/level_filter.rs
index febed3e..ecff8c2 100644
--- a/src/level_filter.rs
+++ b/src/level_filter.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 //! [`Deserialize`] impl for [`tracing::level_filters::LevelFilter`]
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 use serde::{de, Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 /// [`tracing::level_filters::LevelFilter`] wrapper with [`Deserialize`] impl.
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for LevelFilter {
 	}
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 impl Serialize for LevelFilter {
 	fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
 	where
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ impl Serialize for LevelFilter {
 	}
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for LevelFilter {
 	fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
 	where