diff --git a/peach-stats/Cargo.toml b/peach-stats/Cargo.toml
index 82b9c95..d6a728c 100644
--- a/peach-stats/Cargo.toml
+++ b/peach-stats/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ maintenance = { status = "actively-developed" }
 env_logger = "0.6"
 jsonrpc-core = "11"
 jsonrpc-http-server = "11"
-jsonrpc-test = "11"
 log = "0.4"
 miniserde = "0.1.15"
 probes = "0.3"
 snafu = "0.4"
 systemstat = "0.1"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+jsonrpc-test = "11"
diff --git a/peach-stats/src/lib.rs b/peach-stats/src/lib.rs
index 68eff8d..f132927 100644
--- a/peach-stats/src/lib.rs
+++ b/peach-stats/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ use std::{env, result::Result};
 
 use jsonrpc_core::{IoHandler, Value};
 use jsonrpc_http_server::{AccessControlAllowOrigin, DomainsValidation, ServerBuilder};
-#[allow(unused_imports)]
-use jsonrpc_test as test;
 use log::info;
 
 use crate::error::BoxError;
@@ -85,6 +83,7 @@ pub fn run() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use jsonrpc_test as test;
 
     // test to ensure correct success response
     #[test]