diff --git a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/DebugConsole.camkes b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/DebugConsole.camkes
index 4435a78..1921837 100644
--- a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/DebugConsole.camkes
+++ b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/DebugConsole.camkes
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ component DebugConsole {
 
   provides LoggerInterface logger;
   uses MemoryInterface memory;
-  uses MlCoordinatorInterface mlcoord;
+  maybe uses MlCoordinatorInterface mlcoord;
   uses PackageManagementInterface pkg_mgmt;
   uses ProcessControlInterface proc_ctrl;
   // TODO(b/200707300): for debugging
diff --git a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-shell/Cargo.toml b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-shell/Cargo.toml
index 49208fe..78ce720 100644
--- a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-shell/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-shell/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ sel4-config = { path = "../../kata-os-common/src/sel4-config" }
 
 [features]
 default = [
+    "ml_support",
     "TEST_GLOBAL_ALLOCATOR",
     "TEST_MAILBOX",
     "TEST_MEMORY_MANAGER",
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ default = [
     "TEST_SECURITY_COORDINATOR",
     "TEST_TIMER_SERVICE",
 ]
+ml_support = ["kata-ml-interface"]
 CONFIG_DEBUG_BUILD = []
 CONFIG_PRINTING = []
 CONFIG_KERNEL_MCS = []
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ hex = { version = "0.4.3", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 kata-io = { path = "../kata-io" }
 kata-line-reader = { path = "../kata-line-reader" }
 kata-memory-interface = { path = "../../MemoryManager/kata-memory-interface" }
-kata-ml-interface = { path = "../../MlCoordinator/kata-ml-interface" }
+kata-ml-interface = { path = "../../MlCoordinator/kata-ml-interface", optional = true }
 kata-proc-interface = { path = "../../ProcessManager/kata-proc-interface" }
 kata-os-common = { path = "../../kata-os-common" }
 kata-security-interface = { path = "../../SecurityCoordinator/kata-security-interface" }
diff --git a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-shell/src/lib.rs b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-shell/src/lib.rs
index f2f9df8..6163ca5 100644
--- a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-shell/src/lib.rs
+++ b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-shell/src/lib.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use hashbrown::HashMap;
 use kata_io as io;
 use kata_line_reader::LineReader;
 use kata_memory_interface::*;
+#[cfg(feature = "ml_support")]
 use kata_ml_interface::*;
 use kata_os_common::sel4_sys;
 use kata_os_common::slot_allocator;
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ mod fringe_cmds;
 mod test_global_allocator;
 #[cfg(feature = "TEST_MEMORY_MANAGER")]
 mod test_memory_manager;
-#[cfg(feature = "TEST_ML_COORDINATOR")]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "ml_support", feature = "TEST_ML_COORDINATOR"))]
 mod test_ml_coordinator;
 #[cfg(feature = "TEST_PANIC")]
 mod test_panic;
@@ -131,15 +132,16 @@ pub fn repl<T: io::BufRead>(output: &mut dyn io::Write, input: &mut T, builtin_c
         ("start", start_command as CmdFn),
         ("stop", stop_command as CmdFn),
         ("uninstall", uninstall_command as CmdFn),
-        ("state_mlcoord", state_mlcoord_command as CmdFn),
     ]);
+    #[cfg(feature = "ml_support")]
+    cmds.extend([("state_mlcoord", state_mlcoord_command as CmdFn)]);
     #[cfg(feature = "FRINGE_CMDS")]
     fringe_cmds::add_cmds(&mut cmds);
     #[cfg(feature = "TEST_GLOBAL_ALLOCATOR")]
     test_global_allocator::add_cmds(&mut cmds);
     #[cfg(feature = "TEST_MEMORY_MANAGER")]
     test_memory_manager::add_cmds(&mut cmds);
-    #[cfg(feature = "TEST_ML_COORDINATOR")]
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "ml_support", feature = "TEST_ML_COORDINATOR"))]
     test_ml_coordinator::add_cmds(&mut cmds);
     #[cfg(feature = "TEST_PANIC")]
     test_panic::add_cmds(&mut cmds);
@@ -285,6 +287,7 @@ fn capscan_command(
         Some("process") => {
             let _ = kata_proc_interface::kata_proc_ctrl_capscan();
         }
+        #[cfg(feature = "ml_support")]
         Some("mlcoord") => {
             let _ = kata_mlcoord_capscan();
         }
@@ -307,6 +310,7 @@ fn capscan_command(
             writeln!(output, "  console (DebugConsole)")?;
             writeln!(output, "  memory (MemoryManager)")?;
             writeln!(output, "  process (ProcessManager)")?;
+            #[cfg(feature = "ml_support")]
             writeln!(output, "  mlcoord (MlCoordinator)")?;
             writeln!(output, "  sdk (SDKRuntime)")?;
             writeln!(output, "  securiy (SecurityCoordinator)")?;
@@ -578,6 +582,7 @@ fn mstats_command(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "ml_support")]
 fn state_mlcoord_command(
     _args: &mut dyn Iterator<Item = &str>,
     _input: &mut dyn io::BufRead,