diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aaca8753be..155d78c4a2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ num-traits = "0.2.12"
 serde = { version = "1.0.115", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.57"
 url = "2.1.1"
-codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.3.5", features = ["derive", "full"] }
+codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.3.5", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "full"] }
 
 frame-metadata = { version = "11.0.0-rc6", package = "frame-metadata" }
 frame-support = { version = "2.0.0-rc6", package = "frame-support" }