diff --git a/core/dr-inference-engine/src/lib.rs b/core/dr-inference-engine/src/lib.rs
index 7a57c88..f91ff23 100644
--- a/core/dr-inference-engine/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/dr-inference-engine/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 mod api;
 mod engines;
+// Read only when a runtime is loaded from disk (`api::install_best`).
+#[cfg_attr(not(feature = "native"), allow(dead_code))]
 mod hardware;
 mod probe;
 mod session;