diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5587e391a..15a9b321c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ add_custom_command(
         PREFIX=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
         LIBDIR=${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}
         INCLUDEDIR=${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR}
-	${CARGO} build --target-dir=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/target --release --no-default-features --features jsonrpc
+	${CARGO} build --target-dir=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/target --release --features jsonrpc
 	WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/deltachat-ffi
 )
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 85249c0f7..ac996aa52 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ async-channel = "2.3.1"
 base64 = "0.22"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.38", default-features = false }
 deltachat-contact-tools = { path = "deltachat-contact-tools" }
-deltachat-jsonrpc = { path = "deltachat-jsonrpc" }
-deltachat = { path = "." }
+deltachat-jsonrpc = { path = "deltachat-jsonrpc", default-features = false }
+deltachat = { path = ".", default-features = false }
 futures = "0.3.30"
 futures-lite = "2.3.0"
 libc = "0.2"