diff --git a/borgmatic/actions/browse/run.py b/borgmatic/actions/browse/run.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..133f4beb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/borgmatic/actions/browse/run.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import logging
+
+
+def run_browse(
+    diff_arguments,
+    global_arguments,
+    configs,
+):
+    '''
+    Run the "browse" action for the given repository.
+    '''
+    if not configs:
+        return
+
+    logging.getLogger('asyncio').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
+    try:
+        import textual
+    except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+        raise ValueError('Unable to import the Textual library for the browse action; try installing "borgmatic[browse]"')
+
+    import borgmatic.actions.browse.view
+
+    app = borgmatic.actions.browse.view.Browse_app(configs)
+    app.run()
diff --git a/borgmatic/actions/browse/view.py b/borgmatic/actions/browse/view.py
index fe9fb722..cde120e9 100644
--- a/borgmatic/actions/browse/view.py
+++ b/borgmatic/actions/browse/view.py
@@ -465,20 +465,3 @@ class Rich_color_formatter(logging.Formatter):
         record.prefix = f'{self.prefix}: ' if self.prefix else ''
 
         return f'[{color}]{super().format(record)}[/{color}]'
-
-
-def run_browse(
-    diff_arguments,
-    global_arguments,
-    configs,
-):
-    '''
-    Run the "browse" action for the given repository.
-    '''
-    if not configs:
-        return
-
-    logging.getLogger('asyncio').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-
-    app = Browse_app(configs)
-    app.run()
diff --git a/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py b/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
index 0db5a7fe..f2a3b613 100644
--- a/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
+++ b/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import ruamel.yaml
 
 import borgmatic.actions.borg
 import borgmatic.actions.break_lock
-import borgmatic.actions.browse.view
+import borgmatic.actions.browse.run
 import borgmatic.actions.change_passphrase
 import borgmatic.actions.check
 import borgmatic.actions.compact
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ def collect_highlander_action_summary_logs(configs, arguments, configuration_par
             return
 
         if 'browse' in arguments:
-            borgmatic.actions.browse.view.run_browse(
+            borgmatic.actions.browse.run.run_browse(
                 arguments['browse'],
                 arguments['global'],
                 configs,
diff --git a/borgmatic/hooks/monitoring/apprise.py b/borgmatic/hooks/monitoring/apprise.py
index 0280758a..59578d44 100644
--- a/borgmatic/hooks/monitoring/apprise.py
+++ b/borgmatic/hooks/monitoring/apprise.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def ping_monitor(hook_config, config, config_filename, state, monitoring_log_lev
         import apprise  # noqa: PLC0415
         from apprise import NotifyFormat, NotifyType  # noqa: PLC0415
     except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
-        logger.warning('Unable to import Apprise in monitoring hook')
+        logger.warning('Unable to import Apprise in its monitoring hook; try installing "borgmatic[Apprise]"')
         return
 
     state_to_notify_type = {
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 03e542f8..b9a4de86 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "packaging",
     "requests",
     "ruamel.yaml>0.15.0",
-    "textual",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
@@ -31,7 +30,8 @@ validate-borgmatic-config = "borgmatic.commands.validate_config:main"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 Apprise = ["apprise"]
-dev = ["textual-dev"]
+browse = ["textual"]
+browse-dev = ["textual-dev"]
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://torsion.org/borgmatic"