diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9b2d29619..5697d7dc1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ CLIPPY_CONFIG = -A clippy::all -D clippy::correctness -D clippy::suspicious -Dun
 validate-rust:
 	cargo fmt -- --check -l
 	cargo test --no-run
+	(cd ostree-ext && cargo check --no-default-features)
 	(cd lib && cargo check --no-default-features)
 	cargo clippy -- $(CLIPPY_CONFIG)
 	env RUSTDOCFLAGS='-D warnings' cargo doc --lib
diff --git a/ostree-ext/src/container/deploy.rs b/ostree-ext/src/container/deploy.rs
index aaadda782..90001581b 100644
--- a/ostree-ext/src/container/deploy.rs
+++ b/ostree-ext/src/container/deploy.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 //! Perform initial setup for a container image based system root
 
 use std::collections::HashSet;
+#[cfg(feature = "bootc")]
 use std::os::fd::BorrowedFd;
-use std::process::Command;
 
 use anyhow::Result;
-use bootc_utils::CommandRunExt;
-use cap_std_ext::cmdext::CapStdExtCommandExt;
 use fn_error_context::context;
-use ocidir::cap_std::fs::Dir;
 use ostree::glib;
 
 use super::store::{gc_image_layers, LayeredImageState};
@@ -58,6 +55,7 @@ pub struct DeployOpts<'a> {
 
 // Access the file descriptor for a sysroot
 #[allow(unsafe_code)]
+#[cfg(feature = "bootc")]
 pub(crate) fn sysroot_fd(sysroot: &ostree::Sysroot) -> BorrowedFd {
     unsafe { BorrowedFd::borrow_raw(sysroot.fd()) }
 }
@@ -72,7 +70,6 @@ pub async fn deploy(
     imgref: &OstreeImageReference,
     options: Option<DeployOpts<'_>>,
 ) -> Result<Box<LayeredImageState>> {
-    let sysroot_dir = &Dir::reopen_dir(&sysroot_fd(sysroot))?;
     let cancellable = ostree::gio::Cancellable::NONE;
     let options = options.unwrap_or_default();
     let repo = &sysroot.repo();
@@ -147,9 +144,15 @@ pub async fn deploy(
         // doesn't try to invoke this, as that won't work right now.
         #[cfg(feature = "bootc")]
         if !options.skip_completion {
+            use bootc_utils::CommandRunExt;
+            use cap_std_ext::cmdext::CapStdExtCommandExt;
+            use ocidir::cap_std::fs::Dir;
+
+            let sysroot_dir = &Dir::reopen_dir(&sysroot_fd(sysroot))?;
+
             // Note that the sysroot is provided as `.`  but we use cwd_dir to
             // make the process current working directory the sysroot.
-            let st = Command::new("/proc/self/exe")
+            let st = std::process::Command::new("/proc/self/exe")
                 .args(["internals", "bootc-install-completion", ".", stateroot])
                 .cwd_dir(sysroot_dir.try_clone()?)
                 .lifecycle_bind()