diff --git a/packages/yew/Cargo.toml b/packages/yew/Cargo.toml
index 78872fb50b3..e200ac93687 100644
--- a/packages/yew/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/yew/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ html-escape = { version = "0.2.9", optional = true }
 base64ct = { version = "1.5.0", features = ["std"], optional = true }
 bincode = { version = "1.3.3", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
-wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4"
 
 [dependencies.web-sys]
 version = "0.3"
@@ -68,6 +67,11 @@ features = [
   "HtmlScriptElement",
 ]
 
+[target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
+ # we move it here so no promise-based spawn_local can present for
+ # non-wasm32 targets.
+ wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4"
+
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1.15.0", features = ["rt"], optional = true }
 
diff --git a/packages/yew/src/functional/hooks/use_prepared_state/feat_hydration.rs b/packages/yew/src/functional/hooks/use_prepared_state/feat_hydration.rs
index 94770b1b6e4..597c0c4c790 100644
--- a/packages/yew/src/functional/hooks/use_prepared_state/feat_hydration.rs
+++ b/packages/yew/src/functional/hooks/use_prepared_state/feat_hydration.rs
@@ -3,19 +3,22 @@
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 
-use gloo_utils::window;
-use js_sys::Uint8Array;
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use serde::Serialize;
-use wasm_bindgen::{JsCast, JsValue};
-use wasm_bindgen_futures::JsFuture;
+use wasm_bindgen::JsValue;
 
 use super::PreparedStateBase;
 use crate::functional::{use_state, Hook, HookContext};
 use crate::io_coop::spawn_local;
 use crate::suspense::{Suspension, SuspensionResult};
 
+#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
 async fn decode_base64(s: &str) -> Result<Vec<u8>, JsValue> {
+    use gloo_utils::window;
+    use js_sys::Uint8Array;
+    use wasm_bindgen::JsCast;
+    use wasm_bindgen_futures::JsFuture;
+
     let fetch_promise = window().fetch_with_str(s);
 
     let content_promise = JsFuture::from(fetch_promise)
@@ -31,6 +34,11 @@ async fn decode_base64(s: &str) -> Result<Vec<u8>, JsValue> {
     Ok(content_array.to_vec())
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+async fn decode_base64(_s: &str) -> Result<Vec<u8>, JsValue> {
+    unreachable!("this function is not callable under non-wasm targets!");
+}
+
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub fn use_prepared_state<T, D>(deps: D) -> impl Hook<Output = SuspensionResult<Option<Rc<T>>>>
 where