diff --git a/actix-http/src/encoding/encoder.rs b/actix-http/src/encoding/encoder.rs
index 2e9af5462..4fd2123f6 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/encoding/encoder.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/encoding/encoder.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 //! Stream encoders.
 
 use std::{
-    error::Error as StdError,
     future::Future,
     io::{self, Write as _},
     pin::Pin,
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@ use std::{
 
 use actix_rt::task::{spawn_blocking, JoinHandle};
 use bytes::Bytes;
-use derive_more::Display;
 use futures_core::ready;
 use pin_project_lite::pin_project;
 
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@ use flate2::write::{GzEncoder, ZlibEncoder};
 #[cfg(feature = "compress-zstd")]
 use zstd::stream::write::Encoder as ZstdEncoder;
 
-use super::Writer;
+use super::{EncoderError, Writer};
 use crate::{
     body::{BodySize, MessageBody},
     error::BlockingError,
@@ -364,32 +362,3 @@ impl ContentEncoder {
         }
     }
 }
-
-#[derive(Debug, Display)]
-#[non_exhaustive]
-pub enum EncoderError {
-    #[display(fmt = "body")]
-    Body(Box<dyn StdError>),
-
-    #[display(fmt = "blocking")]
-    Blocking(BlockingError),
-
-    #[display(fmt = "io")]
-    Io(io::Error),
-}
-
-impl StdError for EncoderError {
-    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn StdError + 'static)> {
-        match self {
-            EncoderError::Body(err) => Some(&**err),
-            EncoderError::Blocking(err) => Some(err),
-            EncoderError::Io(err) => Some(err),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<EncoderError> for crate::Error {
-    fn from(err: EncoderError) -> Self {
-        crate::Error::new_encoder().with_cause(err)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/actix-http/src/encoding/mod.rs b/actix-http/src/encoding/mod.rs
index 261abc9f3..b671572b6 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/encoding/mod.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/encoding/mod.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,60 @@
 //! Content-Encoding support.
 
-use std::io;
+use std::{error::Error as StdError, io};
 
 use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
+use derive_more::Display;
 
+use crate::error::BlockingError;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "__compress")]
 mod decoder;
+#[cfg(feature = "__compress")]
 mod encoder;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "__compress")]
 pub use self::decoder::Decoder;
-pub use self::encoder::{Encoder, EncoderError};
+#[cfg(feature = "__compress")]
+pub use self::encoder::Encoder;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Display)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub enum EncoderError {
+    #[display(fmt = "body")]
+    Body(Box<dyn StdError>),
+
+    #[display(fmt = "blocking")]
+    Blocking(BlockingError),
+
+    #[display(fmt = "io")]
+    Io(io::Error),
+}
+
+impl StdError for EncoderError {
+    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn StdError + 'static)> {
+        match self {
+            EncoderError::Body(err) => Some(&**err),
+            EncoderError::Blocking(err) => Some(err),
+            EncoderError::Io(err) => Some(err),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<EncoderError> for crate::Error {
+    fn from(err: EncoderError) -> Self {
+        crate::Error::new_encoder().with_cause(err)
+    }
+}
 
 /// Special-purpose writer for streaming (de-)compression.
 ///
 /// Pre-allocates 8KiB of capacity.
+#[cfg(feature = "__compress")]
 pub(self) struct Writer {
     buf: BytesMut,
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "__compress")]
 impl Writer {
     fn new() -> Writer {
         Writer {
@@ -29,6 +67,7 @@ impl Writer {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "__compress")]
 impl io::Write for Writer {
     fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         self.buf.extend_from_slice(buf);
diff --git a/actix-http/src/lib.rs b/actix-http/src/lib.rs
index 60dc26f0f..6e305cb9b 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/lib.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/lib.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ pub mod body;
 mod builder;
 mod config;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "__compress")]
 pub mod encoding;
 mod extensions;
 pub mod header;