diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b39863e..c2c3c59 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,14 +15,17 @@ default = []
 unstable = []
 guards = ["tower", "futures-core", "pin-project-lite"]
 serde = ["dep:serde", "dep:serde_json"]
+auto-vary = ["axum", "futures", "tokio"]
 
 [dependencies]
 axum-core = "0.4"
 http = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
 async-trait = "0.1"
-axum = "0.7"                                         # TODO: remove
-tokio = { version = "1", features = ["sync"] }       # TODO: hide behind a feature?
-futures = "0.3"                                      # TODO
+
+# Optional dependencies required for the `auto-vary` feature.
+axum = { version = "0.7", default-features = false, optional = true }
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["sync"], optional = true }
+futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 # Optional dependencies required for the `guards` feature.
 tower = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, optional = true }
diff --git a/src/vary_middleware.rs b/src/auto_vary.rs
similarity index 96%
rename from src/vary_middleware.rs
rename to src/auto_vary.rs
index 84c614b..fd3b609 100644
--- a/src/vary_middleware.rs
+++ b/src/auto_vary.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use crate::{
 const MIDDLEWARE_DOUBLE_USE: &str =
     "Configuration error: `axum_httpx::vary_middleware` is used twice";
 
-pub trait Notifier {
+pub(crate) trait Notifier {
     fn sender(&mut self) -> Option<Sender<()>>;
 
     fn notify(&mut self) {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ define_notifiers!(
     HxTriggerNameExtracted
 );
 
-pub async fn vary_middleware(mut request: Request, next: Next) -> Response {
+pub async fn middleware(mut request: Request, next: Next) -> Response {
     let exts = request.extensions_mut();
     let rx_header = [
         (HxRequestExtracted::insert(exts), HX_REQUEST_STR),
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ mod tests {
                 "/multiple-extractors",
                 get(|_: HxRequest, _: HxTarget, _: HxTrigger, _: HxTriggerName| async { () }),
             )
-            .layer(axum::middleware::from_fn(vary_middleware));
+            .layer(axum::middleware::from_fn(middleware));
         axum_test::TestServer::new(app).unwrap()
     }
 
diff --git a/src/extractors.rs b/src/extractors.rs
index 7a90f11..5f25683 100644
--- a/src/extractors.rs
+++ b/src/extractors.rs
@@ -137,10 +137,11 @@ where
     type Rejection = std::convert::Infallible;
 
     async fn from_request_parts(parts: &mut Parts, _: &S) -> Result<Self, Self::Rejection> {
+        #[cfg(feature = "auto-vary")]
         parts
             .extensions
-            .get_mut::<crate::vary_middleware::HxRequestExtracted>()
-            .map(crate::vary_middleware::Notifier::notify);
+            .get_mut::<crate::auto_vary::HxRequestExtracted>()
+            .map(crate::auto_vary::Notifier::notify);
 
         if parts.headers.contains_key(HX_REQUEST) {
             return Ok(HxRequest(true));
@@ -169,10 +170,11 @@ where
     type Rejection = std::convert::Infallible;
 
     async fn from_request_parts(parts: &mut Parts, _: &S) -> Result<Self, Self::Rejection> {
+        #[cfg(feature = "auto-vary")]
         parts
             .extensions
-            .get_mut::<crate::vary_middleware::HxTargetExtracted>()
-            .map(crate::vary_middleware::Notifier::notify);
+            .get_mut::<crate::auto_vary::HxTargetExtracted>()
+            .map(crate::auto_vary::Notifier::notify);
 
         if let Some(target) = parts.headers.get(HX_TARGET) {
             if let Ok(target) = target.to_str() {
@@ -203,10 +205,11 @@ where
     type Rejection = std::convert::Infallible;
 
     async fn from_request_parts(parts: &mut Parts, _: &S) -> Result<Self, Self::Rejection> {
+        #[cfg(feature = "auto-vary")]
         parts
             .extensions
-            .get_mut::<crate::vary_middleware::HxTriggerNameExtracted>()
-            .map(crate::vary_middleware::Notifier::notify);
+            .get_mut::<crate::auto_vary::HxTriggerNameExtracted>()
+            .map(crate::auto_vary::Notifier::notify);
 
         if let Some(trigger_name) = parts.headers.get(HX_TRIGGER_NAME) {
             if let Ok(trigger_name) = trigger_name.to_str() {
@@ -237,10 +240,11 @@ where
     type Rejection = std::convert::Infallible;
 
     async fn from_request_parts(parts: &mut Parts, _: &S) -> Result<Self, Self::Rejection> {
+        #[cfg(feature = "auto-vary")]
         parts
             .extensions
-            .get_mut::<crate::vary_middleware::HxTriggerExtracted>()
-            .map(crate::vary_middleware::Notifier::notify);
+            .get_mut::<crate::auto_vary::HxTriggerExtracted>()
+            .map(crate::auto_vary::Notifier::notify);
 
         if let Some(trigger) = parts.headers.get(HX_TRIGGER) {
             if let Ok(trigger) = trigger.to_str() {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5d4dae1..c0dc625 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ pub use headers::*;
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use responders::*;
 
-pub(crate) mod vary_middleware;
-pub use vary_middleware::vary_middleware;
+#[cfg(feature = "auto-vary")]
+pub mod auto_vary;