diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8121ea52..8858d96c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,3 +33,6 @@ serde_json = { version = "1", features = [ "raw_value" ] }
 
 base64 = { version = "0.13.0", optional = true }
 socks = { version = "0.3.4", optional = true}
+
+[workspace]
+members = ["fuzz"]
diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.toml b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
index c5b0d03b..bbf5a84d 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ honggfuzz_fuzz = ["honggfuzz"]
 honggfuzz = { version = "0.5", optional = true, default-features = false }
 jsonrpc = { path = ".." }
 
-# Prevent this from interfering with workspaces
-[workspace]
-members = ["."]
-
 [[bin]]
 name = "simple_http"
 path = "fuzz_targets/simple_http.rs"
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/simple_http.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/simple_http.rs
index 53812b0c..8b54bdbf 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/simple_http.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/simple_http.rs
@@ -1,26 +1,29 @@
-
 extern crate jsonrpc;
 
-#[cfg(not(fuzzing))]
-compile_error!("You must set RUSTFLAGS=--cfg=fuzzing to run these test, or run the actual fuzz harness.");
+// Note, tests are empty "fuzzing" is not set but still show up in output of `cargo test --workspace`.
 
-use jsonrpc::Client;
-use jsonrpc::simple_http::SimpleHttpTransport;
-use jsonrpc::simple_http::FUZZ_TCP_SOCK;
+#[allow(unused_variables)] // `data` is not used when "fuzzing" is not set.
+fn do_test(data: &[u8]) {
+    #[cfg(fuzzing)]
+    {
+        use std::io;
 
-use std::io;
+        use jsonrpc::simple_http::SimpleHttpTransport;
+        use jsonrpc::simple_http::FUZZ_TCP_SOCK;
+        use jsonrpc::Client;
 
-fn do_test(data: &[u8]) {
-    *FUZZ_TCP_SOCK.lock().unwrap() = Some(io::Cursor::new(data.to_vec()));
+        *FUZZ_TCP_SOCK.lock().unwrap() = Some(io::Cursor::new(data.to_vec()));
 
-    let t = SimpleHttpTransport::builder()
-        .url("localhost:123").expect("parse url")
-        .auth("", None)
-        .build();
+        let t = SimpleHttpTransport::builder()
+            .url("localhost:123")
+            .expect("parse url")
+            .auth("", None)
+            .build();
 
-    let client = Client::with_transport(t);
-    let request = client.build_request("uptime", &[]);
-    let _ = client.send_request(request);
+        let client = Client::with_transport(t);
+        let request = client.build_request("uptime", &[]);
+        let _ = client.send_request(request);
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "honggfuzz")]
diff --git a/src/simple_http.rs b/src/simple_http.rs
index f907ea79..8314f6d5 100644
--- a/src/simple_http.rs
+++ b/src/simple_http.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ pub const DEFAULT_PROXY_PORT: u16 = 9050;
 /// Absolute maximum content length allowed before cutting off the response.
 const FINAL_RESP_ALLOC: u64 = 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
 
+#[cfg(not(fuzzing))]
+const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(15);
+
+#[cfg(fuzzing)]
+const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_millis(1);
+
 /// Simple HTTP transport that implements the necessary subset of HTTP for
 /// running a bitcoind RPC client.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
@@ -52,10 +58,7 @@ impl Default for SimpleHttpTransport {
                 DEFAULT_PORT,
             ),
             path: "/".to_owned(),
-            #[cfg(fuzzing)]
-            timeout: Duration::from_millis(1),
-            #[cfg(not(fuzzing))]
-            timeout: Duration::from_secs(15),
+            timeout: DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
             basic_auth: None,
             #[cfg(feature = "proxy")]
             proxy_addr: net::SocketAddr::new(
@@ -719,7 +722,7 @@ mod tests {
             let builder = Builder::new().url(u).unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("error for: {}", u));
             assert_eq!(builder.tp.addr, addr);
             assert_eq!(builder.tp.path, path);
-            assert_eq!(builder.tp.timeout, Duration::from_secs(15));
+            assert_eq!(builder.tp.timeout, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT);
             assert_eq!(builder.tp.basic_auth, None);
             #[cfg(feature = "proxy")]
             assert_eq!(builder.tp.proxy_addr, SocketAddr::from_str("127.0.0.1:9050").unwrap());
@@ -778,7 +781,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     /// Test that the client will detect that a socket is closed and open a fresh one before sending
     /// the request
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "proxy"))]
+    #[cfg(all(not(feature = "proxy"), not(fuzzing)))]
     #[test]
     fn request_to_closed_socket() {
         let (tx, rx) = mpsc::sync_channel(1);