diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f352aa4..d46c222 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1439,6 +1439,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dotenvy_macro",
  "log",
  "md5",
+ "open",
  "redact-engine",
  "regex",
  "reqwest",
@@ -1470,7 +1471,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "gpapi",
  "html-escape",
  "log",
- "open",
  "regex",
  "serde_json",
  "tauri",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a249812..2801181 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ compile-time = "0.2"
 serde_urlencoded = "0.7"
 md5="0.7"
 sha256="1"
-open = "5"
 
 # Tauri dependencies
 tauri = { version = "1.5" }
diff --git a/apps/gpauth/Cargo.toml b/apps/gpauth/Cargo.toml
index fa8f75f..5dd859f 100644
--- a/apps/gpauth/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/gpauth/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ license.workspace = true
 tauri-build = { version = "1.5", features = [] }
 
 [dependencies]
-gpapi = { path = "../../crates/gpapi", features = ["tauri", "clap"] }
+gpapi = { path = "../../crates/gpapi", features = [
+  "tauri",
+  "clap",
+  "browser-auth",
+] }
 anyhow.workspace = true
 clap.workspace = true
 env_logger.workspace = true
@@ -22,4 +26,3 @@ html-escape = "0.2.13"
 webkit2gtk = "0.18.2"
 tauri = { workspace = true, features = ["http-all"] }
 compile-time.workspace = true
-open.workspace = true
diff --git a/apps/gpauth/src/cli.rs b/apps/gpauth/src/cli.rs
index 1ab97f8..3d64f6c 100644
--- a/apps/gpauth/src/cli.rs
+++ b/apps/gpauth/src/cli.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use gpapi::{
   auth::{SamlAuthData, SamlAuthResult},
   clap::args::Os,
   gp_params::{ClientOs, GpParams},
+  process::browser_authenticator::BrowserAuthenticator,
   utils::{normalize_server, openssl},
   GP_USER_AGENT,
 };
@@ -11,10 +12,7 @@ use serde_json::json;
 use tauri::{App, AppHandle, RunEvent};
 use tempfile::NamedTempFile;
 
-use crate::{
-  auth_window::{portal_prelogin, AuthWindow},
-  browser_authenticator::BrowserAuthenticator,
-};
+use crate::auth_window::{portal_prelogin, AuthWindow};
 
 const VERSION: &str = concat!(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"), " (", compile_time::date_str!(), ")");
 
diff --git a/apps/gpauth/src/main.rs b/apps/gpauth/src/main.rs
index 2c8ba0b..74f86ec 100644
--- a/apps/gpauth/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/gpauth/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #![cfg_attr(not(debug_assertions), windows_subsystem = "windows")]
 
 mod auth_window;
-mod browser_authenticator;
 mod cli;
 
 #[tokio::main]
diff --git a/crates/gpapi/Cargo.toml b/crates/gpapi/Cargo.toml
index 67075bf..af91e7e 100644
--- a/crates/gpapi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/gpapi/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ sha256.workspace = true
 
 tauri = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 clap = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+open = { version = "5", optional = true }
 
 [features]
 tauri = ["dep:tauri"]
 clap = ["dep:clap"]
+browser-auth = ["dep:open"]
diff --git a/apps/gpauth/src/browser_authenticator.rs b/crates/gpapi/src/process/browser_authenticator.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from apps/gpauth/src/browser_authenticator.rs
rename to crates/gpapi/src/process/browser_authenticator.rs
diff --git a/crates/gpapi/src/process/mod.rs b/crates/gpapi/src/process/mod.rs
index b5beb20..5dbb18c 100644
--- a/crates/gpapi/src/process/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/gpapi/src/process/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ pub(crate) mod command_traits;
 pub(crate) mod gui_helper_launcher;
 
 pub mod auth_launcher;
+#[cfg(feature = "browser-auth")]
+pub mod browser_authenticator;
 pub mod gui_launcher;
 pub mod hip_launcher;
 pub mod service_launcher;