diff --git a/hugr-cli/src/lib.rs b/hugr-cli/src/lib.rs
index 6a2d89039..421a900fa 100644
--- a/hugr-cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/hugr-cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! Standard command line tools, used by the hugr binary.
 
-use clap::Parser;
+pub use clap::Parser;
 use clap_stdin::FileOrStdin;
 use hugr_core::{extension::ExtensionRegistry, Hugr, HugrView};
 use thiserror::Error;
diff --git a/hugr/Cargo.toml b/hugr/Cargo.toml
index 9d7d68d06..aa5e33b3e 100644
--- a/hugr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hugr/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,13 +25,12 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 extension_inference = []
 
 # Definitions used by the `hugr` binary
-_cli = ["dep:hugr-cli", "dep:clap"]
+_cli = ["dep:hugr-cli"]
 
 [dependencies]
 hugr-core = { path = "../hugr-core", version = "0.0.0" }
 hugr-passes = { path = "../hugr-passes", version = "0.1.0" }
 hugr-cli = { path = "../hugr-cli", version = "0.1.0", optional = true }
-clap = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rstest = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/hugr/src/main.rs b/hugr/src/main.rs
index f46ab26d8..a1bf109f4 100644
--- a/hugr/src/main.rs
+++ b/hugr/src/main.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ use hugr::std_extensions::logic::EXTENSION as LOGICS_EXTENSION;
 
 use hugr::extension::{ExtensionRegistry, PRELUDE};
 
-use clap::Parser;
-use hugr_cli::CmdLineArgs;
+use hugr_cli::{CmdLineArgs, Parser};
 
 fn main() {
     let opts = CmdLineArgs::parse();