diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0c81f6904..8a2ff377c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         dotnet run --project tests/DotNetLightning.Core.Tests
     - name: Run other tests
       run: |
-        dotnet test
+        dotnet test --filter "FullyQualifiedName!~Macaroon" # see https://github.com/joemphilips/DotNetLightning/issues/153
 
   build_with_fsharp_from_mono:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fe0ce895c..0b82f9397 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The package is compiled and published with two variants
   * This uses a pre-compiled `libsodium` for cryptographic operations.
   * It only supports `windows`, `mac` and `linux` environments.
   * This is what you want if you need performance and the environments above are the only ones you are planning to support.
-  
+
 run `dotnet add package` with the one you want.
 Currently it is in alpha, so you probably want to install a latest version by specifying it with `--version`.
 The version is prefixed with git commit hash and date. Please take a look at the nuget page.
@@ -86,3 +86,6 @@ Which contains macaroon authentication token.
 The api is mostly the same with [libmacaroon](https://github.com/rescrv/libmacaroons) See libmacaroon's readme for the
 usage.
 
+Currently it is only supported in BouncyCastle build (which means not in `DotNetLightning.Core),
+see https://github.com/joemphilips/DotNetLightning/issues/153 For the detail.
+
diff --git a/src/DotNetLightning.Core/DotNetLightning.Core.fsproj b/src/DotNetLightning.Core/DotNetLightning.Core.fsproj
index 753f3d290..d62431d86 100644
--- a/src/DotNetLightning.Core/DotNetLightning.Core.fsproj
+++ b/src/DotNetLightning.Core/DotNetLightning.Core.fsproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <WarningLevel>3</WarningLevel>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  
+
   <Choose>
     <When Condition="'$(Portability)'=='true'">
       <PropertyGroup>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <ProjectReference Condition="'$(Portability)'!='true'" Include="..\NSec\Experimental\NSec.Experimental.csproj" PrivateAssets="all" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\ResultUtils\ResultUtils.fsproj" PrivateAssets="all" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\InternalBech32Encoder\InternalBech32Encoder.csproj" PrivateAssets="all" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Macaroons\Macaroons.csproj" PrivateAssets="all" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Macaroons\Macaroons.csproj" ExcludeAssets="all" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\AEZ\AEZ.csproj" PrivateAssets="all" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/tests/DotNetLightning.Core.Tests/Generators/Generators.fs b/tests/DotNetLightning.Core.Tests/Generators/Generators.fs
index f5250ddfd..fc420da04 100644
--- a/tests/DotNetLightning.Core.Tests/Generators/Generators.fs
+++ b/tests/DotNetLightning.Core.Tests/Generators/Generators.fs
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ type PrimitiveGenerators =
 
     static member UInt256(): Arbitrary<uint256> =
         Arb.fromGen(uint256Gen)
-        
+
     static member PubKey() = Arb.fromGen(pubKeyGen)
-    
+
     static member NodeId() = Arb.fromGen(NodeId <!> pubKeyGen)
-    
-    
+
+
 type P2PMsgGenerators =
     static member Init() : Arbitrary<InitMsg> =
         Arb.fromGen(initGen)
@@ -97,15 +97,15 @@ type P2PMsgGenerators =
 
     static member ChannelUpdate(): Arbitrary<ChannelUpdateMsg> =
         Arb.fromGen channelUpdateGen
-        
+
     static member QueryShortChannelIds(): Arbitrary<QueryShortChannelIdsMsg> =
         Arb.fromGen queryShortChannelIdsGen
 
     static member ReplyShortChannelIds() =
         Arb.fromGen(replyShortChannelIdsEndGen)
-        
+
     static member QueryChannelRange() = Arb.fromGen queryChannelRangeGen
-    
+
     static member ReplyChannelRange = Arb.fromGen replyChannelRangeGen
     static member GossipTimestampFilter = Arb.fromGen gossipTimestampFilterGen
     static member OnionPayload() = Arb.fromGen(onionPayloadGen)
@@ -142,8 +142,5 @@ type P2PMsgGenerators =
             gossipTimestampFilterGen |> Gen.map(fun i -> i :> ILightningMsg)
         ]
         |> Arb.fromGen
-        
-        
-type PaymentGenerators =
-    static member MacaroonIdentifier: Arbitrary<MacaroonIdentifier> =
-        macaroonIdGen |> Arb.fromGen
+
+
diff --git a/tests/DotNetLightning.Core.Tests/Generators/Payments.fs b/tests/DotNetLightning.Core.Tests/Generators/Payments.fs
index 1986e21e1..d0a4c7149 100644
--- a/tests/DotNetLightning.Core.Tests/Generators/Payments.fs
+++ b/tests/DotNetLightning.Core.Tests/Generators/Payments.fs
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ open DotNetLightning.Payment.LSAT
 open DotNetLightning.Utils.Primitives
 open FsCheck
 open PrimitiveGenerators
-
+#if BouncyCastle
 
 let private macaroonIdV1Gen =
     (uint256Gen |> Gen.map(PaymentHash.PaymentHash), uint256Gen)
     ||> Gen.map2(fun p u -> { MacaroonIdentifierV0.PaymentHash = p
                               TokenId = u })
-    |> Gen.map(MacaroonIdentifier.V0)   
+    |> Gen.map(MacaroonIdentifier.V0)
 let private macaroonUnknownIdGen(knownVersions: uint16 seq) =
     gen {
         let! t =
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ let macaroonIdGen: Gen<MacaroonIdentifier> =
         macaroonIdV1Gen
         macaroonUnknownIdGen([0us])
     ]
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tests/DotNetLightning.Core.Tests/LSATTests.fs b/tests/DotNetLightning.Core.Tests/LSATTests.fs
index 302b3f224..3f79f3edb 100644
--- a/tests/DotNetLightning.Core.Tests/LSATTests.fs
+++ b/tests/DotNetLightning.Core.Tests/LSATTests.fs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 module DotNetLightning.Tests.LSATTests
 
+#if BouncyCastle
 open System
 open System.Linq
 open Expecto
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ let lsatTests =
             let r = Service.ParseMany ",,"
             Expect.isError (Result.ToFSharpCoreResult r) "can not parse empty services"
             ()
-            
+
         testList "check macaroon verification works in LSAT compliant way" [
             testCase "successful verification" <| fun _ ->
                 let secret = "My secret key"
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ let lsatTests =
                 let v = m.VerifyLSATCaveats(caveats, satisfiers, secret)
                 Expect.isTrue(v.Success) (sprintf "%A" v.Messages)
                 ()
-                
+
             testCase "successful verification with unknown service name" <| fun _ ->
                 let secret = "My secret key"
                 let identifier = "my macaroon identifier"
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ let lsatTests =
                 satisfiers.Add(ServiceSatisfier("my-service-name") :> ISatisfier)
                 let v = m.VerifyLSATCaveats(caveats, satisfiers, secret)
                 Expect.isTrue(v.Success) (sprintf "%A" v.Messages)
-                
+
             testCase "successful verification with capabilities satisfier" <| fun _ ->
                 let secret = "My secret key"
                 let identifier = "my macaroon identifier"
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ let lsatTests =
                 satisfiers.Add(CapabilitiesSatisfier("my-service-name", "read") :> ISatisfier)
                 let v = m.VerifyLSATCaveats(caveats, satisfiers, secret)
                 Expect.isTrue(v.Success) (sprintf "%A" v.Messages)
-                
+
             testCase "verification succeeds when caveats includes required capabilities" <| fun _ ->
                 let secret = "My secret key"
                 let identifier = "my macaroon identifier"
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ let lsatTests =
                 satisfiers.Add(CapabilitiesSatisfier("my-service-name", "read") :> ISatisfier)
                 let v = m.VerifyLSATCaveats(caveats, satisfiers, secret)
                 Expect.isTrue(v.Success) (sprintf "%A" v.Messages)
-                
+
             testCase "failure case: different secret" <| fun _ ->
                 let secret = "My secret key"
                 let identifier = "my macaroon identifier"
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ let lsatTests =
                 satisfiers.Add(ServiceSatisfier("my-service-name") :> ISatisfier)
                 let v = m.VerifyLSATCaveats(caveats, satisfiers, "wrong secret key")
                 Expect.isFalse(v.Success) ""
-                
+
             testCase "failure case: different service name" <| fun _ ->
                 let secret = "My secret key"
                 let identifier = "my macaroon identifier"
@@ -104,22 +105,22 @@ let lsatTests =
                 satisfiers.Add(ServiceSatisfier("my-service-name") :> ISatisfier)
                 let v = m.VerifyLSATCaveats(caveats, satisfiers, secret)
                 Expect.isFalse(v.Success) ""
-                
+
             testCase "failure case: verification fails if restriction gets loose then before" <| fun _ ->
                 let secret = "My secret key"
                 let identifier = "my macaroon identifier"
                 let m = Macaroon("http://my.awesome.service", secret, identifier)
                 let satisfiers = ResizeArray()
                 satisfiers.Add(ServiceSatisfier("my-service-name") :> ISatisfier)
-                
+
                 let caveats = ResizeArray()
                 // latter caveats has more power here. which is invalid for lsat.
                 caveats.Add(Caveat("service=my-service-name:0"))
                 caveats.Add(Caveat("service=my-service-name:0,another-service-name:0"))
-                
+
                 let v = m.VerifyLSATCaveats(caveats, satisfiers, secret)
                 Expect.isFalse(v.Success) ""
-                
+
                 satisfiers.Add(CapabilitiesSatisfier("my-service-name", "read") :> ISatisfier)
                 let caveats = ResizeArray()
                 // latter caveats has more power here. which is invalid for lsat.
@@ -127,6 +128,8 @@ let lsatTests =
                 caveats.Add(Caveat("my-service-name_capabilities = read,write"))
                 let v = m.VerifyLSATCaveats(caveats, satisfiers, secret)
                 Expect.isFalse(v.Success) ""
-                
+
         ]
     ]
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tests/DotNetLightning.Core.Tests/PaymentPropertyTests.fs b/tests/DotNetLightning.Core.Tests/PaymentPropertyTests.fs
index 96dfc9f55..73ae39562 100644
--- a/tests/DotNetLightning.Core.Tests/PaymentPropertyTests.fs
+++ b/tests/DotNetLightning.Core.Tests/PaymentPropertyTests.fs
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 module DotNetLightning.Tests.PaymentPropertyTests
 
+#if BouncyCastle
+
 open DotNetLightning.Payment
 open DotNetLightning.Payment.LSAT
 open Expecto
+open PaymentGenerators
+open FsCheck
 open Generators
 open ResultUtils
 
+type PaymentGenerators =
+    static member MacaroonIdentifier: Arbitrary<MacaroonIdentifier> =
+        macaroonIdGen |> Arb.fromGen
 
 [<Tests>]
 let lsatTests =
@@ -19,4 +26,6 @@ let lsatTests =
             let i2 = MacaroonIdentifier.TryCreateFromBytes(i.ToBytes()) |> Result.deref
             Expect.equal i i2 "failed to de/serialize macaroon id"
     ]
-    
+
+#endif
+