diff --git a/elyra/pipeline/registry.py b/elyra/pipeline/registry.py
index 8c519ebdc..f509095a7 100644
--- a/elyra/pipeline/registry.py
+++ b/elyra/pipeline/registry.py
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         for processor in entrypoints.get_group_all("elyra.pipeline.processors"):
             try:
                 # instantiate an actual instance of the processor
-                processor_instance = processor.load()(root_dir=self.root_dir, parent=kwargs.get("parent"))
                 if not self.runtimes or processor.name in self.runtimes:
+                    processor_instance = processor.load()(root_dir=self.root_dir, parent=kwargs.get("parent"))
                     self._add_processor(processor_instance)
                 else:
                     self.log.info(
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9d2cf541f..265ebeabd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,12 +43,11 @@ dependencies = [
     "rfc3986-validator>=0.1.1",
     "tornado>=6.1.0",
     "traitlets>=4.3.2",
-    "typing-extensions>=3.10,<5",  # Cap from kfp
+    "typing-extensions>=3.10",
     "urllib3>=1.26.5",
     "watchdog>=2.1.3",
     "websocket-client",
     "yaspin",
-    "kfp>=1.7.0,<2.0,!=1.7.2",  # We cap the SDK to <2.0 due to possible breaking changes
     "pygithub",
     "black>=22.8.0",
 ]
@@ -85,6 +84,11 @@ test = [
     "requests-unixsocket",
     "kfp-tekton"
 ]
+kfp = [
+    "kfp>=1.7.0,<2.0,!=1.7.2",  # We cap the SDK to <2.0 due to possible breaking changes
+    "typing-extensions>=3.10,<5",  # Cap from kfp
+]
+
 kfp-tekton = [
     "kfp-tekton>=1.5.2"  # requires kfp >= 1.8.19, which contains fix for Jupyterlab
 ]
@@ -96,9 +100,11 @@ gitlab = [
 ]
 # The following is a collection of "non-test" extra dependencies from above.
 all = [
+    "kfp>=1.7.0,<2.0,!=1.7.2",  # We cap the SDK to <2.0 due to possible breaking changes
     "kfp-tekton>=1.5.2",
     "elyra-examples-kfp-catalog",
     "python-gitlab",
+    "typing-extensions>=3.10,<5",  # Cap from kfp
 ]
 
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