diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 858da1dc46..be78357b25 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -699,7 +699,6 @@ tree-sitter-rust = "0.24"
 tree-sitter-typescript = { git = "https://github.com/zed-industries/tree-sitter-typescript", rev = "e2c53597d6a5d9cf7bbe8dccde576fe1e46c5899" } # https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-typescript/pull/347
 tree-sitter-yaml = { git = "https://github.com/zed-industries/tree-sitter-yaml", rev = "baff0b51c64ef6a1fb1f8390f3ad6015b83ec13a" }
 tracing = "0.1.40"
-tracing-tracy = "0.11.4"
 unicase = "2.6"
 unicode-script = "0.5.7"
 unicode-segmentation = "1.10"
diff --git a/crates/zed/Cargo.toml b/crates/zed/Cargo.toml
index e304ad7f5c..a9a8ba87c6 100644
--- a/crates/zed/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/zed/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ authors = ["Zed Team <hi@zed.dev>"]
 [lints]
 workspace = true
 
+[features]
+tracy = ["ztracing/tracy"]
+
 [[bin]]
 name = "zed"
 path = "src/zed-main.rs"
diff --git a/crates/ztracing/Cargo.toml b/crates/ztracing/Cargo.toml
index fbc9dc032d..c68ac15423 100644
--- a/crates/ztracing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ztracing/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
 [lints]
 workspace = true
 
+[features]
+tracy = ["tracing-tracy"]
+
 [dependencies]
 tracing.workspace = true
 
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.22"
-tracing-tracy = { workspace = true, features = ["enable", "ondemand"] }
+tracing-tracy = { version = "0.11.4", optional = true, features = ["enable", "ondemand"] }
 
 ztracing_macro.workspace = true
diff --git a/docs/src/performance.md b/docs/src/performance.md
index 4adc38f5ee..544e39e94b 100644
--- a/docs/src/performance.md
+++ b/docs/src/performance.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ fn should_appear_in_profile(kitty: Cat) {
 }
 ```
 
-Then either compile Zed with `ZTRACING=1 cargo r --release`. The release build is optional but highly recommended as like every program Zeds performance characteristics change dramatically with optimizations. You do not want to chase slowdowns that do not exist in release.
+Then either compile Zed with `ZTRACING=1 cargo r --features tracy --release`. The release build is optional but highly recommended as like every program Zeds performance characteristics change dramatically with optimizations. You do not want to chase slowdowns that do not exist in release.
 
 ## One time Setup/Building the profiler: