diff --git a/crates/bevy_gltf/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_gltf/Cargo.toml
index d55b477efeb19..ca79831f5b8fa 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_gltf/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_gltf/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ bevy_math = { path = "../bevy_math", version = "0.11.0-dev" }
 bevy_pbr = { path = "../bevy_pbr", version = "0.11.0-dev" }
 bevy_reflect = { path = "../bevy_reflect", version = "0.11.0-dev", features = ["bevy"] }
 bevy_render = { path = "../bevy_render", version = "0.11.0-dev" }
-bevy_scene = { path = "../bevy_scene", version = "0.11.0-dev" }
+bevy_scene = { path = "../bevy_scene", version = "0.11.0-dev", features = ["bevy_render"] }
 bevy_transform = { path = "../bevy_transform", version = "0.11.0-dev" }
 bevy_tasks = { path = "../bevy_tasks", version = "0.11.0-dev" }
 bevy_utils = { path = "../bevy_utils", version = "0.11.0-dev" }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml
index 2c4439b1be34a..fea2205f39a18 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ accesskit_unix = ["bevy_winit/accesskit_unix"]
 
 bevy_text = ["dep:bevy_text", "bevy_ui?/bevy_text"]
 
+bevy_render = ["dep:bevy_render", "bevy_scene?/bevy_render"]
 # Enable assertions to check the validity of parameters passed to glam
 glam_assert = ["bevy_math/glam_assert"]
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_scene/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_scene/Cargo.toml
index 4ff56f014b7f2..86a40b7ed75a2 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_scene/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_scene/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ bevy_reflect = { path = "../bevy_reflect", version = "0.11.0-dev", features = ["
 bevy_hierarchy = { path = "../bevy_hierarchy", version = "0.11.0-dev" }
 bevy_transform = { path = "../bevy_transform", version = "0.11.0-dev" }
 bevy_utils = { path = "../bevy_utils", version = "0.11.0-dev" }
-bevy_render = { path = "../bevy_render", version = "0.11.0-dev" }
+bevy_render = { path = "../bevy_render", version = "0.11.0-dev", optional = true }
 
 # other
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_scene/src/bundle.rs b/crates/bevy_scene/src/bundle.rs
index e29498b02486c..1e66e5729325a 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_scene/src/bundle.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_scene/src/bundle.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     prelude::{Changed, Component, Without},
     system::{Commands, Query},
 };
+#[cfg(feature = "bevy_render")]
 use bevy_render::prelude::{ComputedVisibility, Visibility};
 use bevy_transform::components::{GlobalTransform, Transform};
 
@@ -27,7 +28,10 @@ pub struct SceneBundle {
     pub scene: Handle<Scene>,
     pub transform: Transform,
     pub global_transform: GlobalTransform,
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "bevy_render")]
     pub visibility: Visibility,
+    #[cfg(feature = "bevy_render")]
     pub computed_visibility: ComputedVisibility,
 }
 
@@ -41,7 +45,10 @@ pub struct DynamicSceneBundle {
     pub scene: Handle<DynamicScene>,
     pub transform: Transform,
     pub global_transform: GlobalTransform,
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "bevy_render")]
     pub visibility: Visibility,
+    #[cfg(feature = "bevy_render")]
     pub computed_visibility: ComputedVisibility,
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_scene/src/scene_loader.rs b/crates/bevy_scene/src/scene_loader.rs
index ed5c82443cc0f..ddffbebce454c 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_scene/src/scene_loader.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_scene/src/scene_loader.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#[cfg(feature = "serialize")]
 use crate::serde::SceneDeserializer;
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use bevy_app::AppTypeRegistry;