diff --git a/bitcoin/src/sign_message.rs b/bitcoin/src/sign_message.rs
index dc2e6db34..baf9ce1de 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/sign_message.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/sign_message.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 //! library is used with the `secp-recovery` feature.
 
 use hashes::{sha256d, HashEngine};
+#[cfg(feature = "secp-recovery")]
 use secp256k1::SecretKey;
 
 use crate::consensus::encode::WriteExt;