diff --git a/benchmarks/Cargo.toml b/benchmarks/Cargo.toml
index 9c1e83663..87c567de9 100644
--- a/benchmarks/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benchmarks/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.56"
 csv = "1.1.6"
-milli = { path = "../milli" }
+milli = { path = "../milli", default-features = false }
 mimalloc = { version = "0.1.29", default-features = false }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.79", features = ["preserve_order"] }
 
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ convert_case = "0.5.0"
 flate2 = "1.0.22"
 reqwest = { version = "0.11.9", features = ["blocking", "rustls-tls"], default-features = false }
 
+[features]
+default = ["milli/default"]
+
 [[bench]]
 name = "search_songs"
 harness = false
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index 3e5df29c5..f1f5a6beb 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,9 +12,12 @@ color-eyre = "0.6.1"
 csv = "1.1.6"
 eyre = "0.6.7"
 indicatif = "0.16.2"
-milli = { path = "../milli" }
+milli = { path = "../milli", default-features = false }
 mimalloc = { version = "0.1.29", default-features = false }
 serde = "1.0.136"
 serde_json = "1.0.79"
 stderrlog = "0.5.1"
 structopt = "0.3.26"
+
+[features]
+default = ["milli/default"]