diff --git a/tonic/Cargo.toml b/tonic/Cargo.toml
index 013cc6e72..3877325d6 100644
--- a/tonic/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tonic/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,15 +32,16 @@ tls = ["dep:rustls-pemfile", "transport", "dep:tokio-rustls", "dep:rustls", "tok
 tls-roots = ["tls-roots-common", "dep:rustls-native-certs"]
 tls-roots-common = ["tls"]
 tls-webpki-roots = ["tls-roots-common", "dep:webpki-roots"]
+router = ["hyper", "dep:axum", "tower"]
 transport = [
-  "dep:async-stream",
-  "dep:axum",
+  "router",
   "channel",
+  "dep:async-stream",
   "dep:h2",
-  "dep:hyper",
+  "hyper/full",
   "tokio/net",
   "tokio/time",
-  "dep:tower",
+  "tower/balance", "tower/buffer", "tower/discover", "tower/limit", "tower/load", "tower/make", "tower/timeout", "tower/util",
   "dep:hyper-timeout",
 ]
 channel = []
@@ -70,10 +71,10 @@ async-trait = {version = "0.1.13", optional = true}
 
 # transport
 h2 = {version = "0.3.17", optional = true}
-hyper = {version = "0.14.26", features = ["full"], optional = true}
+hyper = {version = "0.14.26", optional = true}
 hyper-timeout = {version = "0.4", optional = true}
 tokio-stream = "0.1"
-tower = {version = "0.4.7", default-features = false, features = ["balance", "buffer", "discover", "limit", "load", "make", "timeout", "util"], optional = true}
+tower = {version = "0.4.7", default-features = false, optional = true}
 axum = {version = "0.6.9", default_features = false, optional = true}
 
 # rustls
diff --git a/tonic/src/service/mod.rs b/tonic/src/service/mod.rs
index c9aad52be..d23f9cfee 100644
--- a/tonic/src/service/mod.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/service/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 //! Utilities for using Tower services with Tonic.
 
 pub mod interceptor;
+#[cfg(feature = "router")]
+mod router;
 
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use self::interceptor::{interceptor, Interceptor};
+#[doc(inline)]
+#[cfg(feature = "router")]
+pub use self::router::{Routes, RoutesBuilder};
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/service/router.rs b/tonic/src/service/router.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from tonic/src/transport/service/router.rs
rename to tonic/src/service/router.rs
index 85636c4d4..1aca4758b 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/service/router.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/service/router.rs
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ impl Routes {
         self
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
     pub(crate) fn prepare(self) -> Self {
         Self {
             // this makes axum perform update some internals of the router that improves perf
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/server/mod.rs b/tonic/src/transport/server/mod.rs
index e10f11f68..28ef00a86 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/server/mod.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/server/mod.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ mod tls;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 mod unix;
 
-pub use super::service::Routes;
-pub use super::service::RoutesBuilder;
+/// A deprecated re-export. Please use `tonic::service::{Routes, RoutesBuilder}` directly.
+pub use super::service::{Routes, RoutesBuilder};
 
 #[doc(inline)]
 /// A deprecated re-export. Please use `tonic::server::NamedService` directly.
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/service/mod.rs b/tonic/src/transport/service/mod.rs
index 69d850f10..06ade78ac 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/service/mod.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/service/mod.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ pub(crate) mod executor;
 pub(crate) mod grpc_timeout;
 mod io;
 mod reconnect;
-mod router;
 #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
 mod tls;
 mod user_agent;
@@ -22,5 +21,5 @@ pub(crate) use self::io::ServerIo;
 pub(crate) use self::tls::{TlsAcceptor, TlsConnector};
 pub(crate) use self::user_agent::UserAgent;
 
-pub use self::router::Routes;
-pub use self::router::RoutesBuilder;
+/// A deprecated re-export. Please use `tonic::service::{Routes, RoutesBuilder}` directly.
+pub use crate::service::{Routes, RoutesBuilder};