parse_trans needed at runtime?

[Nicd]

Hackney lists parse_trans as needed to be started at runtime, it was added in commit 92c0f4c to hackney.app.src. Is it needed after compiling?

The reason I'm asking is that I have an application dependency chain gleam_hackney -> hackney -> parse_trans -> syntax_tools, which then breaks my elixir-desktop build as the OTP version included with elixir-desktop doesn't have syntax_tools. It's convoluted, I know, but it had me wondering if that dependency is necessary. I'm not too familiar with Erlang, so please excuse me if I'm totally off the mark. :)