diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3fcf108..6f72f7b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 
 [features]
 default = ["parser", "rustls"]
+
+# parsing local files only, removing dependencies for handling remote files
+local = ["parser", "oneio"]
+
 parser = [
     "bytes",
     "chrono",
diff --git a/examples/local_only/Cargo.toml b/examples/local_only/Cargo.toml
index 4f4556a..78539bf 100644
--- a/examples/local_only/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/local_only/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-bgpkit-parser = { path = "../..", default-features = false, features = ["parser"] }
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+bgpkit-parser = { path = "../..", default-features = false, features = ["local"] }
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