diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 45ae4eb51..9950becaa 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@ version = "1.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "14c189c53d098945499cdfa7ecc63567cf3886b3332b312a5b4585d8d3a6a610"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cc"
-version = "1.0.73"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2fff2a6927b3bb87f9595d67196a70493f627687a71d87a0d692242c33f58c11"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -58,12 +52,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
-version = "0.4.17"
+version = "0.4.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "abb12e687cfb44aa40f41fc3978ef76448f9b6038cad6aef4259d3c095a2382e"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
-]
+checksum = "b06a4cde4c0f271a446782e3eff8de789548ce57dbc8eca9292c27f4a42004b4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "managed"
@@ -90,24 +81,24 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "paste"
-version = "1.0.12"
+version = "1.0.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9f746c4065a8fa3fe23974dd82f15431cc8d40779821001404d10d2e79ca7d79"
+checksum = "b4b27ab7be369122c218afc2079489cdcb4b517c0a3fc386ff11e1fedfcc2b35"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.60"
+version = "1.0.63"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dec2b086b7a862cf4de201096214fa870344cf922b2b30c167badb3af3195406"
+checksum = "7b368fba921b0dce7e60f5e04ec15e565b3303972b42bcfde1d0713b881959eb"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
-version = "1.0.28"
+version = "1.0.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1b9ab9c7eadfd8df19006f1cf1a4aed13540ed5cbc047010ece5826e10825488"
+checksum = "573015e8ab27661678357f27dc26460738fd2b6c86e46f386fde94cb5d913105"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
@@ -117,7 +108,6 @@ name = "svsm"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
- "cc",
  "gdbstub",
  "gdbstub_arch",
  "log",
@@ -137,9 +127,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
-version = "1.0.9"
+version = "1.0.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b15811caf2415fb889178633e7724bad2509101cde276048e013b9def5e51fa0"
+checksum = "22049a19f4a68748a168c0fc439f9516686aa045927ff767eca0a85101fb6e73"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerocopy"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4b5214c5e..78e6b674b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,15 +19,14 @@ doctest = false
 
 [dependencies]
 bitflags = "1.3.2"
-gdbstub = { version = "0.6.6", default-features = false }
-gdbstub_arch = "0.2.4"
+gdbstub = { version = "0.6.6", default-features = false, optional = true }
+gdbstub_arch = { version = "0.2.4", optional = true }
 log = { version = "0.4.17", features = ["max_level_info", "release_max_level_info"] }
 packit = { git = "https://github.com/coconut-svsm/packit", version = "0.1.0" }
 
 [build-dependencies]
-cc = "1.0.46"
 
 [features]
 default = ["enable-stacktrace"]
 enable-stacktrace = []
-enable-gdb = []
+enable-gdb = ["dep:gdbstub", "dep:gdbstub_arch"]