diff --git a/binders/rabbit-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit/pom.xml b/binders/rabbit-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit/pom.xml
index 2598cc52a..36ece8895 100644
--- a/binders/rabbit-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit/pom.xml
+++ b/binders/rabbit-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-function-deployer</artifactId>
 			<version>${spring-cloud-function.version}</version>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>