diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9093eab49bc7c9..bed776f419f07c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7488,7 +7488,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost",
  "prost-build",
  "prost-types",
- "qualifier_attr",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "rustc_version 0.4.0",
  "serde",
diff --git a/programs/sbf/Cargo.lock b/programs/sbf/Cargo.lock
index 22f82e39f3e1d0..3d9aa714444208 100644
--- a/programs/sbf/Cargo.lock
+++ b/programs/sbf/Cargo.lock
@@ -6285,7 +6285,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "percentage",
  "prost-build",
- "qualifier_attr",
  "rustc_version",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
diff --git a/runtime/Cargo.toml b/runtime/Cargo.toml
index da551f4ac4686d..184914f9c2b782 100644
--- a/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 rustc_version = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
-dev-context-only-utils = []
+dev-context-only-utils = ["solana-svm/dev-context-only-utils"]
 frozen-abi = [
     "dep:solana-frozen-abi",
     "dep:solana-frozen-abi-macro",
diff --git a/svm/Cargo.toml b/svm/Cargo.toml
index c53f13c91c2706..2c1d910ec0a783 100644
--- a/svm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/svm/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ edition = { workspace = true }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 percentage = { workspace = true }
-qualifier_attr = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["rc"] }
 serde_derive = { workspace = true }
 solana-bpf-loader-program = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/svm/src/transaction_processor.rs b/svm/src/transaction_processor.rs
index 2037489c0477f0..791d847e689f32 100644
--- a/svm/src/transaction_processor.rs
+++ b/svm/src/transaction_processor.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#[cfg(feature = "dev-context-only-utils")]
-use qualifier_attr::qualifiers;
 use {
     crate::{
         account_loader::{
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ use {
         invoke_context::{EnvironmentConfig, InvokeContext},
         loaded_programs::{
             ForkGraph, ProgramCache, ProgramCacheEntry, ProgramCacheForTxBatch,
-            ProgramCacheMatchCriteria, ProgramRuntimeEnvironments,
+            ProgramCacheMatchCriteria,
         },
         log_collector::LogCollector,
         sysvar_cache::SysvarCache,
@@ -208,8 +206,11 @@ impl<FG: ForkGraph> TransactionBatchProcessor<FG> {
 
     /// Returns the current environments depending on the given epoch
     /// Returns None if the call could result in a deadlock
-    #[cfg_attr(feature = "dev-context-only-utils", qualifiers(pub))]
-    pub fn get_environments_for_epoch(&self, epoch: Epoch) -> Option<ProgramRuntimeEnvironments> {
+    #[cfg(feature = "dev-context-only-utils")]
+    pub fn get_environments_for_epoch(
+        &self,
+        epoch: Epoch,
+    ) -> Option<solana_program_runtime::loaded_programs::ProgramRuntimeEnvironments> {
         self.program_cache
             .try_read()
             .ok()