diff --git a/services/backup/Cargo.toml b/services/backup/Cargo.toml
--- a/services/backup/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/backup/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 comm-lib = { path = "../../shared/comm-lib", features = [
   "http",
   "blob-client",
+  "aws",
 ] }
 once_cell = "1.17"
 tokio = { version = "1.24", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
diff --git a/services/blob/Cargo.toml b/services/blob/Cargo.toml
--- a/services/blob/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/blob/Cargo.toml
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 chrono = "0.4.31"
 clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["derive", "env"] }
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+comm-lib = { path = "../../shared/comm-lib", features = ["http", "aws"] }
 derive_more = "0.99"
 http = "0.2"
 once_cell = "1.17"
diff --git a/services/commtest/Cargo.lock b/services/commtest/Cargo.lock
--- a/services/commtest/Cargo.lock
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- "aws-smithy-types",
- "http",
- "rustc_version",
- "tracing",
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-
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@@ -633,10 +269,6 @@
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- "aws-config",
- "aws-sdk-dynamodb",
- "aws-sdk-secretsmanager",
- "aws-types",
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@@ -777,12 +409,6 @@
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-
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@@ -899,15 +525,6 @@
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-dependencies = [
- "instant",
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-
 [[package]]
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@@ -1197,21 +814,6 @@
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- "tokio",
- "tokio-rustls 0.23.4",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -1290,15 +892,6 @@
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-dependencies = [
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-
 [[package]]
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@@ -1444,16 +1037,6 @@
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- "num-traits",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -1554,12 +1137,6 @@
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-
 [[package]]
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- "sct",
- "webpki",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -1909,18 +1474,6 @@
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-[[package]]
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- "rustls-pemfile",
- "schannel",
- "security-framework",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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 dependencies = [
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- "fastrand 2.0.0",
+ "fastrand",
  "redox_syscall",
  "rustix",
  "windows-sys",
@@ -2215,33 +1768,6 @@
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- "time-macros",
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-
 [[package]]
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- "webpki",
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 dependencies = [
- "rustls 0.21.7",
+ "rustls",
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  "rustls-pemfile",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-rustls 0.24.1",
+ "tokio-rustls",
  "tokio-stream",
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@@ -2644,12 +2158,6 @@
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-
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-
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-dependencies = [
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- "untrusted",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -2949,12 +2441,6 @@
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-
 [[package]]
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diff --git a/services/feature-flags/Cargo.toml b/services/feature-flags/Cargo.toml
--- a/services/feature-flags/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/feature-flags/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
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 clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["derive", "env"] }
-comm-lib = { path = "../../shared/comm-lib" }
+comm-lib = { path = "../../shared/comm-lib", features = ["aws"] }
 http = "0.2"
 once_cell = "1.17"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/services/reports/Cargo.toml b/services/reports/Cargo.toml
--- a/services/reports/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/reports/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   "blob-client",
   "http",
   "crypto",
+  "aws",
 ] }
 derive_more = "0.99"
 hex = "0.4"
diff --git a/shared/comm-lib/Cargo.toml b/shared/comm-lib/Cargo.toml
--- a/shared/comm-lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/shared/comm-lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,14 +22,16 @@
   "dep:actix-web-httpauth",
 ]
 crypto = ["dep:aead", "dep:aes-gcm", "dep:bytes"]
+aws = [
+  "dep:aws-config",
+  "dep:aws-sdk-dynamodb",
+  "dep:aws-sdk-secretsmanager",
+  "dep:aws-types",
+]
 
 [dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
-aws-config = "0.55"
-aws-sdk-dynamodb = "0.27"
-aws-sdk-secretsmanager = "0.27"
-aws-types = "0.55"
 base64 = "0.21"
 chrono = "0.4.31"
 constant_time_eq = "0.3"
@@ -39,6 +41,11 @@
 tokio = "1.32"
 tracing = "0.1"
 anyhow = "1.0.74"
+# aws dependencies
+aws-config = { version = "0.55", optional = true }
+aws-sdk-dynamodb = { version = "0.27", optional = true }
+aws-sdk-secretsmanager = { version = "0.27", optional = true }
+aws-types = { version = "0.55", optional = true }
 # blob client dependencies
 bytes = { version = "1.4", optional = true }
 futures-core = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
diff --git a/shared/comm-lib/src/auth/mod.rs b/shared/comm-lib/src/auth/mod.rs
--- a/shared/comm-lib/src/auth/mod.rs
+++ b/shared/comm-lib/src/auth/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+#[cfg(feature = "aws")]
 mod service;
 mod types;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "aws")]
 pub use service::*;
 pub use types::*;
diff --git a/shared/comm-lib/src/blob/types.rs b/shared/comm-lib/src/blob/types.rs
--- a/shared/comm-lib/src/blob/types.rs
+++ b/shared/comm-lib/src/blob/types.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
-use aws_sdk_dynamodb::types::AttributeValue;
 use derive_more::Constructor;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-
-use crate::database::{AttributeTryInto, DBItemError, TryFromAttribute};
-
-const BLOB_HASH_DDB_MAP_KEY: &str = "blob_hash";
-const HOLDER_DDB_MAP_KEY: &str = "holder";
 
 /// Blob owning information - stores both blob_hash and holder
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Constructor)]
@@ -14,41 +7,52 @@
   pub holder: String,
 }
 
-impl From<BlobInfo> for AttributeValue {
-  fn from(value: BlobInfo) -> Self {
-    let map = HashMap::from([
-      (
-        BLOB_HASH_DDB_MAP_KEY.to_string(),
-        AttributeValue::S(value.blob_hash),
-      ),
-      (
-        HOLDER_DDB_MAP_KEY.to_string(),
-        AttributeValue::S(value.holder),
-      ),
-    ]);
-    AttributeValue::M(map)
+#[cfg(feature = "aws")]
+mod db_conversions {
+  use super::*;
+  use crate::database::{AttributeTryInto, DBItemError, TryFromAttribute};
+  use aws_sdk_dynamodb::types::AttributeValue;
+  use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+  const BLOB_HASH_DDB_MAP_KEY: &str = "blob_hash";
+  const HOLDER_DDB_MAP_KEY: &str = "holder";
+
+  impl From<BlobInfo> for AttributeValue {
+    fn from(value: BlobInfo) -> Self {
+      let map = HashMap::from([
+        (
+          BLOB_HASH_DDB_MAP_KEY.to_string(),
+          AttributeValue::S(value.blob_hash),
+        ),
+        (
+          HOLDER_DDB_MAP_KEY.to_string(),
+          AttributeValue::S(value.holder),
+        ),
+      ]);
+      AttributeValue::M(map)
+    }
   }
-}
-impl From<&BlobInfo> for AttributeValue {
-  fn from(value: &BlobInfo) -> Self {
-    AttributeValue::from(value.to_owned())
+  impl From<&BlobInfo> for AttributeValue {
+    fn from(value: &BlobInfo) -> Self {
+      AttributeValue::from(value.to_owned())
+    }
   }
-}
 
-impl TryFromAttribute for BlobInfo {
-  fn try_from_attr(
-    attribute_name: impl Into<String>,
-    attribute: Option<AttributeValue>,
-  ) -> Result<Self, DBItemError> {
-    let attr_name: String = attribute_name.into();
-    let mut inner_map: HashMap<String, AttributeValue> =
-      attribute.attr_try_into(&attr_name)?;
-    let blob_hash = inner_map
-      .remove("blob_hash")
-      .attr_try_into(format!("{attr_name}.blob_hash"))?;
-    let holder = inner_map
-      .remove("holder")
-      .attr_try_into(format!("{attr_name}.holder"))?;
-    Ok(BlobInfo { blob_hash, holder })
+  impl TryFromAttribute for BlobInfo {
+    fn try_from_attr(
+      attribute_name: impl Into<String>,
+      attribute: Option<AttributeValue>,
+    ) -> Result<Self, DBItemError> {
+      let attr_name: String = attribute_name.into();
+      let mut inner_map: HashMap<String, AttributeValue> =
+        attribute.attr_try_into(&attr_name)?;
+      let blob_hash = inner_map
+        .remove("blob_hash")
+        .attr_try_into(format!("{attr_name}.blob_hash"))?;
+      let holder = inner_map
+        .remove("holder")
+        .attr_try_into(format!("{attr_name}.holder"))?;
+      Ok(BlobInfo { blob_hash, holder })
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/shared/comm-lib/src/lib.rs b/shared/comm-lib/src/lib.rs
--- a/shared/comm-lib/src/lib.rs
+++ b/shared/comm-lib/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 pub mod constants;
 #[cfg(feature = "crypto")]
 pub mod crypto;
+#[cfg(feature = "aws")]
 pub mod database;
 #[cfg(feature = "http")]
 pub mod http;