diff --git a/axum-core/src/macros.rs b/axum-core/src/macros.rs
index 69358a29..7d723818 100644
--- a/axum-core/src/macros.rs
+++ b/axum-core/src/macros.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /// Private API.
+#[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
 #[doc(hidden)]
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! __log_rejection {
@@ -7,7 +8,6 @@ macro_rules! __log_rejection {
         body_text = $body_text:expr,
         status = $status:expr,
     ) => {
-        #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
         {
             tracing::event!(
                 target: "axum::rejection",
@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ macro_rules! __log_rejection {
     };
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(feature = "tracing"))]
+#[doc(hidden)]
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! __log_rejection {
+    (
+        rejection_type = $ty:ident,
+        body_text = $body_text:expr,
+        status = $status:expr,
+    ) => {};
+}
+
 /// Private API.
 #[doc(hidden)]
 #[macro_export]
diff --git a/axum-extra/Cargo.toml b/axum-extra/Cargo.toml
index c618861d..48c6556c 100644
--- a/axum-extra/Cargo.toml
+++ b/axum-extra/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ json-lines = [
 multipart = ["dep:multer"]
 protobuf = ["dep:prost"]
 query = ["dep:serde_html_form"]
-tracing = ["dep:tracing", "axum-core/tracing"]
+tracing = ["dep:tracing", "axum-core/tracing", "axum/tracing"]
 typed-header = ["dep:headers"]
 typed-routing = ["dep:axum-macros", "dep:percent-encoding", "dep:serde_html_form", "dep:form_urlencoded"]