diff --git a/stdlib/Cargo.toml b/stdlib/Cargo.toml
index e7b983f42..97a290711 100644
--- a/stdlib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/stdlib/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ssl-vendor = ["ssl", "openssl/vendored", "openssl-probe"]
 [dependencies]
 # rustpython crates
 rustpython-derive = { workspace = true }
-rustpython-vm = { workspace = true, features = ["compiler"] }
+rustpython-vm = { workspace = true }
 rustpython-common = { workspace = true }
 
 ahash = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/vm/src/compiler.rs b/vm/src/compiler.rs
index 1e35d3b7a..c81475b6d 100644
--- a/vm/src/compiler.rs
+++ b/vm/src/compiler.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-use crate::{builtins::PyBaseExceptionRef, convert::ToPyException, VirtualMachine};
-
 #[cfg(feature = "rustpython-codegen")]
 pub use rustpython_codegen::CompileOpts;
 #[cfg(feature = "rustpython-compiler")]
 pub use rustpython_compiler::*;
+#[cfg(not(feature = "rustpython-compiler"))]
+pub use rustpython_compiler_core::Mode;
 
 #[cfg(not(feature = "rustpython-compiler"))]
 pub use rustpython_compiler_core as core;
 
-#[cfg(all(not(feature = "rustpython-compiler"), feature = "rustpython-parser"))]
+#[cfg(not(feature = "rustpython-compiler"))]
 pub use rustpython_parser_core as parser;
 
 #[cfg(not(feature = "rustpython-compiler"))]
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@ mod error {
         Parse(#[from] rustpython_parser::error::ParseErrorType),
     }
 
-    pub type CompileError = rustpython_compiler_core::CompileError<CompileErrorType>;
+    pub type CompileError = rustpython_parser_core::source_code::LocatedError<CompileErrorType>;
 }
 #[cfg(not(feature = "rustpython-compiler"))]
 pub use error::{CompileError, CompileErrorType};
 
-impl ToPyException for (CompileError, Option<&str>) {
-    fn to_pyexception(&self, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyBaseExceptionRef {
+#[cfg(any(feature = "rustpython-parser", feature = "rustpython-codegen"))]
+impl crate::convert::ToPyException for (CompileError, Option<&str>) {
+    fn to_pyexception(&self, vm: &crate::VirtualMachine) -> crate::builtins::PyBaseExceptionRef {
         vm.new_syntax_error(&self.0, self.1)
     }
 }
diff --git a/vm/src/stdlib/builtins.rs b/vm/src/stdlib/builtins.rs
index 4cc3a5363..fbe1170c0 100644
--- a/vm/src/stdlib/builtins.rs
+++ b/vm/src/stdlib/builtins.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ mod builtins {
             PyByteArray, PyBytes, PyDictRef, PyStr, PyStrRef, PyTuple, PyTupleRef, PyType,
         },
         common::{hash::PyHash, str::to_ascii},
-        convert::ToPyException,
         function::{
             ArgBytesLike, ArgCallable, ArgIndex, ArgIntoBool, ArgIterable, ArgMapping,
             ArgStrOrBytesLike, Either, FsPath, FuncArgs, KwArgs, OptionalArg, OptionalOption,
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ mod builtins {
             }
             #[cfg(feature = "rustpython-parser")]
             {
-                use crate::builtins::PyBytesRef;
+                use crate::{builtins::PyBytesRef, convert::ToPyException};
                 use num_traits::Zero;
                 use rustpython_parser as parser;
 
diff --git a/vm/src/vm/vm_new.rs b/vm/src/vm/vm_new.rs
index 9cf6931d9..922c137a0 100644
--- a/vm/src/vm/vm_new.rs
+++ b/vm/src/vm/vm_new.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ use crate::{
     convert::ToPyObject,
     function::{IntoPyNativeFn, PyMethodFlags},
     scope::Scope,
-    source::AtLocation,
-    source_code::SourceLocation,
     vm::VirtualMachine,
     AsObject, Py, PyObject, PyObjectRef, PyRef,
 };
@@ -255,6 +253,9 @@ impl VirtualMachine {
         error: &crate::compiler::CompileError,
         source: Option<&str>,
     ) -> PyBaseExceptionRef {
+        use crate::source::AtLocation;
+        use crate::source_code::SourceLocation;
+
         let syntax_error_type = match &error.error {
             #[cfg(feature = "rustpython-parser")]
             crate::compiler::CompileErrorType::Parse(p) if p.is_indentation_error() => {