diff --git a/crates/consensus/src/block/any.rs b/crates/consensus/src/block/any.rs
index 678f174e202..b73ad09abb1 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/src/block/any.rs
+++ b/crates/consensus/src/block/any.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pub struct AnyHeader {
     #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(rename = "sha3Uncles"))]
     pub ommers_hash: B256,
     /// Alias of `author`
-    #[serde(rename = "miner")]
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(rename = "miner"))]
     pub beneficiary: Address,
     /// State root hash
     pub state_root: B256,
diff --git a/crates/consensus/src/block/header.rs b/crates/consensus/src/block/header.rs
index 58956d6e942..0a94dbdd1ac 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/src/block/header.rs
+++ b/crates/consensus/src/block/header.rs
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ pub struct Header {
     /// block’s header, in its entirety; formally Hp.
     pub parent_hash: B256,
     /// The Keccak 256-bit hash of the ommers list portion of this block; formally Ho.
-    #[serde(rename = "sha3Uncles")]
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(rename = "sha3Uncles"))]
     pub ommers_hash: B256,
     /// The 160-bit address to which all fees collected from the successful mining of this block
     /// be transferred; formally Hc.
-    #[serde(rename = "miner")]
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(rename = "miner"))]
     pub beneficiary: Address,
     /// The Keccak 256-bit hash of the root node of the state trie, after all transactions are
     /// executed and finalisations applied; formally Hr.