diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7e19e03e9a..cb39f33dda 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6251,7 +6251,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project",
  "prost",
- "rustls-native-certs 0.7.1",
  "rustls-pemfile 2.1.2",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "tokio",
@@ -6261,7 +6260,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
- "webpki-roots 0.26.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/libsql-replication/Cargo.toml b/libsql-replication/Cargo.toml
index 068e23a652..27e3d797bb 100644
--- a/libsql-replication/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libsql-replication/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-tonic = { version = "0.11", features = ["tls"] }
+tonic = { version = "0.11", default-features = false, features = ["codegen", "prost"] }
 prost = "0.12"
 libsql-sys = { version = "0.7", path = "../libsql-sys", default-features = false, features = ["wal", "rusqlite", "api"] }
 libsql-wal = { path = "../libsql-wal/", optional = true }
diff --git a/libsql/Cargo.toml b/libsql/Cargo.toml
index 3d65f71c73..98112e4959 100644
--- a/libsql/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libsql/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ libsql-hrana = { version = "0.2", path = "../libsql-hrana", optional = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.29.1", features = ["sync"], optional = true }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7", features = ["io-util", "codec"], optional = true }
 parking_lot = { version = "0.12.1", optional = true }
-hyper = { workspace = true, features = ["client", "stream"], optional = true }
+hyper = { version = "0.14", features = ["client", "http1", "http2", "stream", "runtime"], optional = true }
 hyper-rustls = { version = "0.25", features = ["webpki-roots"], optional = true }
 base64 = { version = "0.21", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ anyhow = { version = "1.0.71", optional = true }
 bytes = { version = "1.4.0", features = ["serde"], optional = true }
 uuid = { version = "1.4.0", features = ["v4", "serde"], optional = true }
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1.14", optional = true }
-tonic = { version = "0.11", features = ["tls", "tls-roots", "tls-webpki-roots"], optional = true}
+tonic = { version = "0.11", optional = true}
 tonic-web = { version = "0.11", optional = true }
 tower-http = { version = "0.4.4", features = ["trace", "set-header", "util"], optional = true }
 http = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ tempfile = { version = "3.7.0" }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 
 [features]
-default = ["core", "replication", "remote"]
+default = ["core", "replication", "remote", "tls"]
 core = [
   "libsql-sys",
   "dep:bitflags",
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ replication = [
   "dep:tonic",
   "dep:tonic-web",
   "dep:tower-http",
-  "dep:hyper-rustls",
   "dep:futures",
   "dep:libsql_replication",
 ]
@@ -109,11 +108,11 @@ remote = [
   "hrana",
   "dep:tower",
   "dep:hyper",
+  "dep:hyper",
   "dep:http",
   "dep:tokio",
   "dep:futures",
   "dep:bitflags",
-  "dep:hyper-rustls",
 ]
 wasm = ["hrana"]
 cloudflare = [
@@ -121,6 +120,7 @@ cloudflare = [
   "dep:worker"
 ]
 encryption = ["core", "libsql-sys/encryption", "dep:bytes"]
+tls = ["dep:hyper-rustls"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "benchmark"
@@ -128,3 +128,6 @@ harness = false
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
+
+[package.metadata.cargo-udeps.ignore]
+normal = ["hyper-rustls"]
diff --git a/libsql/src/database.rs b/libsql/src/database.rs
index e87def367d..67162f60b5 100644
--- a/libsql/src/database.rs
+++ b/libsql/src/database.rs
@@ -582,7 +582,10 @@ impl Database {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(any(feature = "replication", feature = "remote"))]
+#[cfg(any(
+    all(feature = "tls", feature = "replication"),
+    all(feature = "tls", feature = "remote")
+))]
 fn connector() -> Result<hyper_rustls::HttpsConnector<hyper::client::HttpConnector>> {
     let mut http = hyper::client::HttpConnector::new();
     http.enforce_http(false);
@@ -596,6 +599,14 @@ fn connector() -> Result<hyper_rustls::HttpsConnector<hyper::client::HttpConnect
         .wrap_connector(http))
 }
 
+#[cfg(any(
+    all(not(feature = "tls"), feature = "replication"),
+    all(not(feature = "tls"), feature = "remote")
+))]
+fn connector() -> Result<hyper::client::HttpConnector> {
+    panic!("The `tls` feature is disabled, you must provide your own http connector");
+}
+
 impl std::fmt::Debug for Database {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         f.debug_struct("Database").finish()
diff --git a/libsql/src/lib.rs b/libsql/src/lib.rs
index b74a3b954f..ac9d500596 100644
--- a/libsql/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libsql/src/lib.rs
@@ -88,8 +88,32 @@
 //! that will allow you to sync you remote database locally.
 //! - `remote` this feature flag only includes HTTP code that will allow you to run queries against
 //! a remote database.
+//! - `tls` this feature flag disables the builtin TLS connector and instead requires that you pass
+//! your own connector for any of the features that require HTTP.
 
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg))]
+#![cfg_attr(
+    all(
+        any(
+            not(feature = "remote"),
+            not(feature = "replication"),
+            not(feature = "core")
+        ),
+        feature = "tls"
+    ),
+    allow(unused_imports)
+)]
+#![cfg_attr(
+    all(
+        any(
+            not(feature = "remote"),
+            not(feature = "replication"),
+            not(feature = "core")
+        ),
+        feature = "tls"
+    ),
+    allow(dead_code)
+)]
 
 #[macro_use]
 mod macros;