diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index e5a36fa..c44e604 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ jobs:
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
       - name: Run tests
-        run: cargo test --locked -p biliup -p biliup-cli -p danmaku
+        run: cargo test --locked --workspace
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index af61efb..16477da 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -533,21 +533,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "urlencoding",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bit-set"
-version = "0.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "08807e080ed7f9d5433fa9b275196cfc35414f66a0c79d864dc51a0d825231a3"
-dependencies = [
- "bit-vec",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "bit-vec"
-version = "0.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5e764a1d40d510daf35e07be9eb06e75770908c27d411ee6c92109c9840eaaf7"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bit_field"
 version = "0.10.3"
@@ -1409,17 +1394,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zune-inflate",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "fancy-regex"
-version = "0.17.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "72cf461f865c862bb7dc573f643dd6a2b6842f7c30b07882b56bd148cc2761b8"
-dependencies = [
- "bit-set",
- "regex-automata",
- "regex-syntax",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
 version = "2.4.1"
@@ -4437,36 +4411,24 @@ checksum = "6ce2be8dc25455e1f91df71bfa12ad37d7af1092ae736f3a6cd0e37bc7810596"
 name = "stream-gears"
 version = "1.2.8"
 dependencies = [
- "async-channel",
  "async-trait",
  "axum",
  "biliup",
  "biliup-cli",
  "bon",
- "bytes",
- "chrono",
  "clap",
  "danmaku",
  "error-stack",
- "fancy-regex",
- "futures",
- "mime_guess",
  "nom 8.0.0",
- "ormlite",
  "pyo3",
+ "pyo3-build-config",
  "pythonize",
- "rust-embed",
- "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "sqlx",
- "thiserror 2.0.18",
  "time",
  "tokio",
- "tower-http",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-appender",
  "tracing-subscriber",
- "url",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/biliup-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/biliup-cli/Cargo.toml
index 9e07c07..a99eedc 100644
--- a/crates/biliup-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/biliup-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -78,9 +78,5 @@ struct-patch = "0.10.4"
 shellexpand = "3.1"
 dirs = "6.0"
 
-[features]
-default = []
-python-bridge = []
-
 [dev-dependencies]
 m3u8-rs = "6"
diff --git a/crates/stream-gears/Cargo.toml b/crates/stream-gears/Cargo.toml
index 0a424b3..1bce45a 100644
--- a/crates/stream-gears/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/stream-gears/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,35 +8,30 @@ edition = "2024"
 name = "stream_gears"
 crate-type = ["cdylib", "lib"]
 
+[features]
+default = ["extension-module"]
+# Skips linking libpython so plain `cargo build` / `cargo test` work without Python dev files;
+# `--no-default-features` is only needed for Rust tests that embed an interpreter.
+extension-module = ["pyo3/extension-module"]
+
 [dependencies]
 pyo3 = { version = "0.27.1", features = ["abi3-py39", "anyhow"] }
 pythonize = { version = "0.27.0" }
-bytes = { workspace = true }
-ormlite = { version = "0.24.1", features = ["sqlite", "chrono"] }
-rust-embed = "8.7.2"
-mime_guess = "2.0.5"
 axum = { version = "0.8", features = ["macros"] }
-tower-http = { version = "0.6.2", features = ["cors"] }
-sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [ "runtime-tokio-rustls", "sqlite" ] }
 nom = "8"
-serde = "1"
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, features = ["env-filter"] }
 tracing-appender = { workspace = true }
-
-thiserror = { workspace = true }
-futures = { workspace = true }
-async-channel = { version = "2.5.0" }
 biliup = { path = "../biliup"}
 biliup-cli = { path = "../biliup-cli"}
 danmaku-client = { package = "danmaku", path = "../danmaku"}
-url = { workspace = true }
 time = { workspace = true }
-chrono = { workspace = true }
-fancy-regex = { version = "0.17.0"}
 bon = { workspace = true }
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 error-stack = { workspace = true }
+
+[build-dependencies]
+pyo3-build-config = "0.27.1"
diff --git a/crates/stream-gears/build.rs b/crates/stream-gears/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dace4a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/stream-gears/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    pyo3_build_config::add_extension_module_link_args();
+}