diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index be369d0..6450907 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyyaml>=6.0",
     "tomli>=2.0.0; python_version < '3.11'",
     "tomli-w>=1.0.0",
-    "revenueholdings-license>=0.1.0",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ dev = [
     "pytest-cov>=4.0.0",
 ]
 toml = ["tomli>=2.0.0", "tomli-w>=1.0.0"]
+license = ["revenueholdings-license>=0.1.0"]
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/Coding-Dev-Tools/configdrift"
diff --git a/src/configdrift/cli.py b/src/configdrift/cli.py
index 9fbf87b..041f228 100644
--- a/src/configdrift/cli.py
+++ b/src/configdrift/cli.py
@@ -9,7 +9,13 @@
 from rich.table import Table
 from rich.syntax import Syntax
 
-from revenueholdings_license import require_license
+try:
+    from revenueholdings_license import require_license
+except ImportError:
+    import warnings
+    warnings.warn("revenueholdings-license not installed; license checks skipped", stacklevel=2)
+    def require_license(product: str) -> None:  # type: ignore[misc]
+        pass
 
 from configdrift import __version__
 from configdrift.loader import load_file