diff --git a/crates/lint-policy-cli/src/diff.rs b/crates/lint-policy-cli/src/diff.rs
index ad72063..66a1717 100644
--- a/crates/lint-policy-cli/src/diff.rs
+++ b/crates/lint-policy-cli/src/diff.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 //! Diffing lint.
 
-use core::cmp::Ordering;
-
-extern crate alloc;
 use alloc::collections::BTreeSet;
+use core::cmp::Ordering;
 
 use lint_policy::cargo::{LintSetting, LintTable};
 
diff --git a/crates/lint-policy-cli/src/group.rs b/crates/lint-policy-cli/src/group.rs
index 262cccf..b4993db 100644
--- a/crates/lint-policy-cli/src/group.rs
+++ b/crates/lint-policy-cli/src/group.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 //! Lint groups.
 
-extern crate alloc;
 use alloc::collections::BTreeMap;
 
 use lint_policy::Linter;
diff --git a/crates/lint-policy-cli/src/main.rs b/crates/lint-policy-cli/src/main.rs
index 51e6dae..fbcacc6 100644
--- a/crates/lint-policy-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/lint-policy-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg))]
 
+extern crate alloc;
+
 use anyhow::Result;
 use clap::Parser as _;
 use lint_policy::Linter;
diff --git a/crates/lint-policy/src/cargo.rs b/crates/lint-policy/src/cargo.rs
index d2bd0f0..ab56464 100644
--- a/crates/lint-policy/src/cargo.rs
+++ b/crates/lint-policy/src/cargo.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 //! Types for serializing and deserializing a workspace TOML file with a lint table.
 
-extern crate alloc;
 use alloc::collections::BTreeMap;
 use alloc::string::String;
 
diff --git a/crates/lint-policy/src/lib.rs b/crates/lint-policy/src/lib.rs
index d50333d..52a2291 100644
--- a/crates/lint-policy/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/lint-policy/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 #![no_std]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg))]
 
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+extern crate alloc;
+
 mod level;
 mod linter;