diff --git a/subxt/Cargo.toml b/subxt/Cargo.toml
index 9374d3435e..f5a71abd3c 100644
--- a/subxt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/subxt/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ subxt-metadata = { version = "0.24.0", path = "../metadata" }
 
 # todo: release these from substrate and use crates.io packages
 sp-core = { version = "6.0.0", git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", branch = "polkadot-v0.9.33", package = "sp-core", default-features = false  }
-sp-runtime = { version = "6.0.0", git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", branch = "polkadot-v0.9.33", package = "sp-runtime", default-features = false  }
+sp-runtime = { version = "6.0.0", git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", branch = "polkadot-v0.9.33", package = "sp-runtime" }
 
 frame-metadata = "15.0.0"
 derivative = "2.2.0"
diff --git a/testing/test-runtime/Cargo.toml b/testing/test-runtime/Cargo.toml
index 0428c20dde..993095d006 100644
--- a/testing/test-runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/testing/test-runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 subxt = { path = "../../subxt" }
-sp-runtime = { version = "6.0.0", git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", branch = "polkadot-v0.9.33", package = "sp-runtime", default-features = false  }
+sp-runtime = { version = "6.0.0", git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", branch = "polkadot-v0.9.33", package = "sp-runtime" }
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "full", "bit-vec"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]