diff --git a/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml b/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml
index d9310a58d..e8b8fbc76 100644
--- a/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ workspace = true
 full = [
   "tracing",
   "rosetta-i18n",
-  "lemmy_utils",
   "lemmy_db_views/full",
   "lemmy_db_views_actor/full",
   "lemmy_db_views_moderator/full",
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ lemmy_db_views = { workspace = true }
 lemmy_db_views_moderator = { workspace = true }
 lemmy_db_views_actor = { workspace = true }
 lemmy_db_schema = { workspace = true }
-lemmy_utils = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+lemmy_utils = { workspace = true }
 activitypub_federation = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_with = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/api_common/src/lib.rs b/crates/api_common/src/lib.rs
index 2b69a13ff..4f1f1dcb4 100644
--- a/crates/api_common/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/api_common/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ pub extern crate lemmy_db_schema;
 pub extern crate lemmy_db_views;
 pub extern crate lemmy_db_views_actor;
 pub extern crate lemmy_db_views_moderator;
+pub extern crate lemmy_utils;
 
+pub use lemmy_utils::error::LemmyErrorType;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::time::Duration;