diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f250fd2ff25b..dd60250b5431 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -12326,6 +12326,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sp-maybe-compressed-blob",
  "sp-tracing",
  "tikv-jemalloc-ctl",
+ "tikv-jemallocator",
  "tokio",
  "tracing-gum",
  "tracking-allocator",
@@ -19159,9 +19160,6 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "tracking-allocator"
 version = "1.0.0"
-dependencies = [
- "tikv-jemallocator",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "trie-bench"
diff --git a/polkadot/node/core/pvf/prepare-worker/Cargo.toml b/polkadot/node/core/pvf/prepare-worker/Cargo.toml
index f52798780f46..0721ae9c475c 100644
--- a/polkadot/node/core/pvf/prepare-worker/Cargo.toml
+++ b/polkadot/node/core/pvf/prepare-worker/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ rayon = "1.5.1"
 tikv-jemalloc-ctl = { version = "0.5.0", optional = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.24.2", features = ["fs", "process"] }
 tracking-allocator = { path = "../../../tracking-allocator", optional = true }
+tikv-jemallocator = { version = "0.5.0", optional = true }
 
 parity-scale-codec = { version = "3.6.1", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ tikv-jemalloc-ctl = "0.5.0"
 [features]
 builder = []
 jemalloc-allocator = ["dep:tikv-jemalloc-ctl"]
-tracking-allocator = ["dep:tracking-allocator"]
+tracking-allocator = ["dep:tracking-allocator", "dep:tikv-jemallocator"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false, features = ["cargo_bench_support"] }
diff --git a/polkadot/node/core/pvf/prepare-worker/src/lib.rs b/polkadot/node/core/pvf/prepare-worker/src/lib.rs
index ac116cf78631..43b7e60220e8 100644
--- a/polkadot/node/core/pvf/prepare-worker/src/lib.rs
+++ b/polkadot/node/core/pvf/prepare-worker/src/lib.rs
@@ -52,8 +52,14 @@ use std::{
 	time::Duration,
 };
 use tokio::{io, net::UnixStream};
+
+#[cfg(feature = "tracking-allocator")]
+use tikv_jemallocator::Jemalloc;
+#[cfg(feature = "tracking-allocator")]
+use tracking_allocator::TrackingAllocator;
 #[cfg(feature = "tracking-allocator")]
-use tracking_allocator::ALLOC;
+#[global_allocator]
+static ALLOC: TrackingAllocator<Jemalloc> = TrackingAllocator(Jemalloc);
 
 /// Contains the bytes for a successfully compiled artifact.
 pub struct CompiledArtifact(Vec<u8>);
diff --git a/polkadot/node/tracking-allocator/Cargo.toml b/polkadot/node/tracking-allocator/Cargo.toml
index 81f95b923398..0edbb5fcc741 100644
--- a/polkadot/node/tracking-allocator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/polkadot/node/tracking-allocator/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,3 @@ description = "Tracking allocator to control amount of memory consumed by PVF pr
 version.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
-
-[dependencies]
-tikv-jemallocator = "0.5.0"
diff --git a/polkadot/node/tracking-allocator/src/lib.rs b/polkadot/node/tracking-allocator/src/lib.rs
index 5b51f26184ab..40d0022803f6 100644
--- a/polkadot/node/tracking-allocator/src/lib.rs
+++ b/polkadot/node/tracking-allocator/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 use core::alloc::{GlobalAlloc, Layout};
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
-use tikv_jemallocator::Jemalloc;
 
 struct TrackingAllocatorData {
 	lock: AtomicBool,
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ impl TrackingAllocatorData {
 static mut ALLOCATOR_DATA: TrackingAllocatorData =
 	TrackingAllocatorData { lock: AtomicBool::new(false), current: 0, peak: 0 };
 
-pub struct TrackingAllocator<A: GlobalAlloc>(A);
+pub struct TrackingAllocator<A: GlobalAlloc>(pub A);
 
 impl<A: GlobalAlloc> TrackingAllocator<A> {
 	// SAFETY:
@@ -131,6 +130,3 @@ unsafe impl<A: GlobalAlloc> GlobalAlloc for TrackingAllocator<A> {
 		self.0.realloc(ptr, layout, new_size)
 	}
 }
-
-#[global_allocator]
-pub static ALLOC: TrackingAllocator<Jemalloc> = TrackingAllocator(Jemalloc);