diff --git a/examples/Cargo.lock b/examples/Cargo.lock
index 93ec01c7..4a2b8298 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.lock
+++ b/examples/Cargo.lock
@@ -1079,7 +1079,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cosmwasm-schema",
  "cosmwasm-std",
  "cw-multi-test",
- "cw-utils",
  "derivative",
  "konst",
  "schemars",
diff --git a/sylvia-derive/Cargo.toml b/sylvia-derive/Cargo.toml
index b73a563c..ebbcdf9e 100644
--- a/sylvia-derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sylvia-derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ categories = ["api-bindings", "wasm"]
 
 [features]
 mt = []
+cosmwasm_1_2 = []
 
 [lib]
 proc-macro = true
diff --git a/sylvia-derive/src/multitest.rs b/sylvia-derive/src/multitest.rs
index c8072164..3cabe1f3 100644
--- a/sylvia-derive/src/multitest.rs
+++ b/sylvia-derive/src/multitest.rs
@@ -453,6 +453,48 @@ where
             >
         };
 
+        let instantiate2 = if cfg!(feature = "cosmwasm_1_2") {
+            #[cfg(not(tarpaulin_include))]
+            {
+                quote! {
+                    let msg = #sylvia ::cw_std::to_json_binary(&msg)
+                        .map_err(Into::< #error_type >::into)?;
+                    let sender = #sylvia ::cw_std::Addr::unchecked(sender);
+
+                    let msg = #sylvia ::cw_std::WasmMsg::Instantiate2 {
+                        admin,
+                        code_id: code_id.code_id,
+                        msg,
+                        funds: funds.to_owned(),
+                        label: label.to_owned(),
+                        salt: salt.into(),
+                    };
+                    let app_response = (*code_id.app)
+                        .app_mut()
+                        .execute(sender.clone(), msg.into())
+                        .map_err(|err| err.downcast::< #error_type >().unwrap())?;
+
+                    #sylvia:: cw_utils::parse_instantiate_response_data(app_response.data.unwrap().as_slice())
+                        .map_err(|err| Into::into( #sylvia ::cw_std::StdError::generic_err(err.to_string())))
+                        .map(|data| #proxy_name {
+                            contract_addr: #sylvia ::cw_std::Addr::unchecked(data.contract_address),
+                            app: code_id.app,
+                            _phantom: std::marker::PhantomData::default(),
+                        })
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            #[cfg(not(tarpaulin_include))]
+            {
+                quote! {
+                    let err = #sylvia ::cw_std::StdError::generic_err(
+                        "`with_salt` was called, but it requires `cosmwasm_1_2` feature enabled. Consider removing `with_salt` or adding the `cosmwasm_1_2` feature."
+                    );
+                    Err(Into::into(err))
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
         #[cfg(not(tarpaulin_include))]
         {
             quote! {
@@ -541,30 +583,7 @@ where
 
                         match salt {
                             Some(salt) => {
-                                let msg = #sylvia ::cw_std::to_json_binary(&msg)
-                                    .map_err(Into::< #error_type >::into)?;
-                                let sender = #sylvia ::cw_std::Addr::unchecked(sender);
-
-                                let msg = #sylvia ::cw_std::WasmMsg::Instantiate2 {
-                                    admin,
-                                    code_id: code_id.code_id,
-                                    msg,
-                                    funds: funds.to_owned(),
-                                    label: label.to_owned(),
-                                    salt: salt.into(),
-                                };
-                                let app_response = (*code_id.app)
-                                    .app_mut()
-                                    .execute(sender.clone(), msg.into())
-                                    .map_err(|err| err.downcast::< #error_type >().unwrap())?;
-
-                                #sylvia:: cw_utils::parse_instantiate_response_data(app_response.data.unwrap().as_slice())
-                                    .map_err(|err| Into::into( #sylvia ::cw_std::StdError::generic_err(err.to_string())))
-                                    .map(|data| #proxy_name {
-                                        contract_addr: #sylvia ::cw_std::Addr::unchecked(data.contract_address),
-                                        app: code_id.app,
-                                        _phantom: std::marker::PhantomData::default(),
-                                    })
+                                #instantiate2
                             },
                             None => (*code_id.app)
                                 .app_mut()
diff --git a/sylvia/Cargo.toml b/sylvia/Cargo.toml
index a2567296..7b5986a2 100644
--- a/sylvia/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sylvia/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ keywords = ["cosmwasm", "blockchain", "confio"]
 categories = ["api-bindings", "wasm"]
 
 [features]
-mt = [
-    "sylvia-derive/mt",
+mt = ["sylvia-derive/mt", "dep:cw-multi-test", "dep:anyhow", "dep:derivative"]
+cosmwasm_1_2 = [
     "dep:cw-multi-test",
-    "dep:anyhow",
-    "dep:derivative",
     "cosmwasm-std/cosmwasm_1_2",
+    "cw-multi-test?/cosmwasm_1_2",
     "dep:cw-utils",
+    "sylvia-derive/cosmwasm_1_2",
 ]
 stargate = ["cosmwasm-std/stargate", "cw-multi-test?/stargate"]
 staking = ["cosmwasm-std/staking", "cw-multi-test?/staking"]
@@ -31,16 +31,13 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 serde-cw-value = "0.7.0"
 serde-json-wasm = "1.0.0"
 konst = "0.3"
-cw-multi-test = { version = "0.18.0", optional = true, features = [
-    "cosmwasm_1_2",
-] }
+cw-multi-test = { version = "0.18.0", optional = true }
 anyhow = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 derivative = { version = "2.2.0", optional = true }
 cw-utils = { version = "1.0.2", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
-cosmwasm-std = { version = "1.5", features = ["staking", "cosmwasm_1_2"] }
 cw-multi-test = "0.18"
 cw-storage-plus = "1.2.0"
 cw-utils = "1.0.2"
diff --git a/sylvia/src/lib.rs b/sylvia/src/lib.rs
index a49f6682..69f827a8 100644
--- a/sylvia/src/lib.rs
+++ b/sylvia/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub use cosmwasm_schema as cw_schema;
 pub use cosmwasm_std as cw_std;
 #[cfg(feature = "mt")]
 pub use cw_multi_test;
-#[cfg(feature = "mt")]
+#[cfg(feature = "cosmwasm_1_2")]
 pub use cw_utils;
 #[cfg(feature = "mt")]
 pub use derivative;