diff --git a/meshtastic/__init__.py b/meshtastic/__init__.py
index ce810cc..57b810f 100644
--- a/meshtastic/__init__.py
+++ b/meshtastic/__init__.py
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ from typing import *
 
 import google.protobuf.json_format
 import serial # type: ignore[import-untyped]
-from dotmap import DotMap # type: ignore[import-untyped]
 from google.protobuf.json_format import MessageToJson
 from pubsub import pub # type: ignore[import-untyped]
 from tabulate import tabulate
diff --git a/meshtastic/__main__.py b/meshtastic/__main__.py
index f5390d5..00c1272 100644
--- a/meshtastic/__main__.py
+++ b/meshtastic/__main__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ import yaml
 from google.protobuf.json_format import MessageToDict
 from pubsub import pub  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
 
-import meshtastic.test
+try:
+    import meshtastic.test
+    have_test = True
+except ImportError as e:
+    have_test = False
+
 import meshtastic.util
 from meshtastic import BROADCAST_ADDR, mt_config, remote_hardware
 from meshtastic.ble_interface import BLEInterface
@@ -1143,11 +1148,14 @@ def common():
             parser.print_help(sys.stderr)
             meshtastic.util.our_exit("", 1)
         elif args.test:
-            result = meshtastic.test.testAll()
-            if not result:
-                meshtastic.util.our_exit("Warning: Test was not successful.")
+            if not have_test:
+                meshtastic.util.our_exit("Test module could not be important. Ensure you have the 'dotmap' module installed.")
             else:
-                meshtastic.util.our_exit("Test was a success.", 0)
+                result = meshtastic.test.testAll()
+                if not result:
+                    meshtastic.util.our_exit("Warning: Test was not successful.")
+                else:
+                    meshtastic.util.our_exit("Test was a success.", 0)
         else:
             if args.seriallog == "stdout":
                 logfile = sys.stdout
diff --git a/meshtastic/mesh_interface.py b/meshtastic/mesh_interface.py
index 648755c..2da04ce 100644
--- a/meshtastic/mesh_interface.py
+++ b/meshtastic/mesh_interface.py
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ from decimal import Decimal
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
 import google.protobuf.json_format
-import print_color  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
+try:
+    import print_color  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
+except ImportError as e:
+    print_color = None
+
 from pubsub import pub  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
 from tabulate import tabulate
 
@@ -153,7 +157,7 @@ class MeshInterface:  # pylint: disable=R0902
     @staticmethod
     def _printLogLine(line, interface):
         """Print a line of log output."""
-        if interface.debugOut == sys.stdout:
+        if print_color is not None and interface.debugOut == sys.stdout:
             # this isn't quite correct (could cause false positives), but currently our formatting differs between different log representations
             if "DEBUG" in line:
                 print_color.print(line, color="cyan", end=None)
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 3e26a6f..455ee20 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ profile = ["gprof2dot (>=2022.7.29)"]
 name = "dotmap"
 version = "1.3.30"
 description = "ordered, dynamically-expandable dot-access dictionary"
-optional = false
+optional = true
 python-versions = "*"
 files = [
     {file = "dotmap-1.3.30-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:bd9fa15286ea2ad899a4d1dc2445ed85a1ae884a42effb87c89a6ecce71243c6"},
@@ -2705,7 +2705,7 @@ pyserial = "*"
 name = "print-color"
 version = "0.4.6"
 description = "A simple package to print in color to the terminal"
-optional = false
+optional = true
 python-versions = ">=3.7,<4.0"
 files = [
     {file = "print_color-0.4.6-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:494bd1cdb84daf481f0e63bd22b3c32f7d52827d8f5d9138a96bb01ca8ba9299"},
@@ -4337,4 +4337,4 @@ tunnel = ["pytap2"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.9,<3.14"
-content-hash = "cc2529666461aa69024abd86d14b2ac220a965a82dded2309b9e0980f5e1b328"
+content-hash = "21b6a8041c1bbd7b970a7af37621690715db771488950c72087e60d922a2ff95"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ba144c1..9950923 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ readme = "README.md"
 python = "^3.9,<3.14"                                               # 3.9 is needed for pandas, bleak requires <3.14
 pyserial = "^3.5"
 protobuf = ">=4.21.12"
-dotmap = "^1.3.30"
 pyqrcode = "^1.2.1"
 tabulate = "^0.9.0"
 requests = "^2.31.0"
@@ -18,7 +17,8 @@ pyyaml = "^6.0.1"
 pypubsub = "^4.0.3"
 bleak = "^0.22.3"
 packaging = "^24.0"
-print-color = "^0.4.6"
+dotmap = { version = "^1.3.30", optional = true }
+print-color = { version = "^0.4.6", optional = true }
 dash = { version = "^2.17.1", optional = true }
 pytap2 = { version = "^2.3.0", optional = true }
 dash-bootstrap-components = { version = "^1.6.0", optional = true }