diff --git a/banking-bench2/Cargo.toml b/banking-bench2/Cargo.toml
index ce4abfbc04ab03..6872fbf4f08b61 100644
--- a/banking-bench2/Cargo.toml
+++ b/banking-bench2/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ license = { workspace = true }
 edition = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
-solana-banking-bench = { workspace = true }
+solana-banking-bench = { workspace = true, features = ["dev-context-only-utils"] }
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
+
+[features]
+dev-context-only-utils = []