diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0b28a266..8fdf329f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ tek         = { path = "./app"     }
 tek_cli     = { path = "./cli"     }
 tek_jack    = { path = "./jack"    }
 tek_midi    = { path = "./midi"    }
-tek_plugin  = { path = "./plugin"  }
+tek_plugin  = { path = "./plugin", default-features = false }
 tek_sampler = { path = "./sampler" }
 tek_time    = { path = "./time"    }
 
diff --git a/app/Cargo.toml b/app/Cargo.toml
index 2ecf022d..8126fa54 100644
--- a/app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/app/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ tek_jack    = { workspace = true }
 tek_time    = { workspace = true }
 tek_midi    = { workspace = true }
 tek_sampler = { workspace = true }
-tek_plugin  = { workspace = true }
+tek_plugin  = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 backtrace = { workspace = true }
 clap      = { workspace = true, optional = true }
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ proptest-derive = { workspace = true }
 [features]
 default = ["cli"]
 cli     = ["clap"]
+host    = ["tek_plugin"]
diff --git a/app/src/device.rs b/app/src/device.rs
index 1179f97c..c9db7a79 100644
--- a/app/src/device.rs
+++ b/app/src/device.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 use crate::*;
+
 pub trait Device: Send + Sync + std::fmt::Debug {
     fn boxed <'a> (self) -> Box<dyn Device + 'a> where Self: Sized + 'a { Box::new(self) }
 }
+
 impl Device for Sampler {}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "host")]
 impl Device for Plugin {}
diff --git a/app/src/lib.rs b/app/src/lib.rs
index d0a9b9e9..e7d7e790 100644
--- a/app/src/lib.rs
+++ b/app/src/lib.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pub use ::tek_time::{self, *};
 pub use ::tek_jack::{self, *, jack::*};
 pub use ::tek_midi::{self, *, midly::{MidiMessage, num::*, live::*}};
 pub use ::tek_sampler::{self, *};
-pub use ::tek_plugin::{self, *};
+#[cfg(feature = "host")] pub use ::tek_plugin::{self, *};
 pub use ::tengri::dsl::*;
 pub use ::tengri::input::*;
 pub use ::tengri::output::*;