diff --git a/crates/pacdef_core/Cargo.toml b/crates/pacdef_core/Cargo.toml
index 28f9f4b..59445d5 100644
--- a/crates/pacdef_core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/pacdef_core/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ categories = ["command-line-utilities"]
 features = ["alpm/docs-rs"]
 
 [dependencies]
-alpm = "2.2"
+alpm = { version = "2.2", optional = true }
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 clap = "4.1"
 const_format = { version = "0.2", default-features = false }
@@ -27,3 +27,7 @@ serde_derive = "1.0"
 serde = "1.0"
 
 pacdef_macros = { path = "../pacdef_macros", version = "0.1" }
+
+[features]
+default = ["arch"]
+arch = ["dep:alpm"]
diff --git a/crates/pacdef_core/src/backend/actual/mod.rs b/crates/pacdef_core/src/backend/actual/mod.rs
index 1c24472..e8bd3ad 100644
--- a/crates/pacdef_core/src/backend/actual/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/pacdef_core/src/backend/actual/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+#[cfg(feature = "arch")]
 pub mod arch;
 pub mod rust;
diff --git a/crates/pacdef_core/src/backend/mod.rs b/crates/pacdef_core/src/backend/mod.rs
index 7589743..2aed837 100644
--- a/crates/pacdef_core/src/backend/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/pacdef_core/src/backend/mod.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use pacdef_macros::Register;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Register)]
 pub enum Backends {
+    #[cfg(feature = "arch")]
     Arch,
     Rust,
 }
diff --git a/crates/pacdef_core/src/core.rs b/crates/pacdef_core/src/core.rs
index ecdc4cb..204f81c 100644
--- a/crates/pacdef_core/src/core.rs
+++ b/crates/pacdef_core/src/core.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use const_format::formatcp;
 
 use crate::action::*;
 use crate::args;
-use crate::backend::{Arch, Backend, Backends, ToDoPerBackend};
+use crate::backend::{Backend, Backends, ToDoPerBackend};
 use crate::cmd::run_edit_command;
 use crate::env::get_single_var;
 use crate::path::get_group_dir;
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const UNREACHABLE_ARM: &str = "argument parser requires some subcommand to retur
 const ACTION_NOT_MATCHED: &str = "could not match action";
 
 /// Most data that is required during runtime of the program.
+#[allow(dead_code)] // "`config` is only needed on Arch Linux"
 pub struct Pacdef {
     args: ArgMatches,
     config: Config,
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ impl Pacdef {
         let mut to_install = ToDoPerBackend::new();
 
         for mut backend in Backends::iter() {
+            #[cfg(feature = "arch")]
             self.overwrite_values_from_config(&mut *backend);
 
             backend.load(&self.groups);
@@ -107,8 +109,9 @@ impl Pacdef {
         to_install
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "arch")]
     fn overwrite_values_from_config(&mut self, backend: &mut dyn Backend) {
-        if let Some(arch) = backend.as_any_mut().downcast_mut::<Arch>() {
+        if let Some(arch) = backend.as_any_mut().downcast_mut::<crate::backend::Arch>() {
             arch.binary = self.config.aur_helper.clone();
             arch.aur_rm_args = self.config.aur_rm_args.take();
         }
@@ -166,6 +169,7 @@ impl Pacdef {
         let mut result = ToDoPerBackend::new();
 
         for mut backend in Backends::iter() {
+            #[cfg(feature = "arch")]
             self.overwrite_values_from_config(&mut *backend);
 
             backend.load(&self.groups);