diff --git a/crates/anstyle-syntect/Cargo.toml b/crates/anstyle-syntect/Cargo.toml
index 4fb468a3..a3a66dd9 100644
--- a/crates/anstyle-syntect/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/anstyle-syntect/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ pre-release-replacements = [
 [dependencies]
 anstyle = { version = "1.0.0", path = "../anstyle" }
 syntect = { version = "5.0.0", default-features = false }
-thiserror = "1.0.2"  # workaround bad minimal dep in syntect
+
+[target.'cfg(any())'.dependencies]
+thiserror = "1.0.2"  # HACK: bad minimal dep in syntect
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true