diff --git a/samply/Cargo.toml b/samply/Cargo.toml
index 1f886845..1ae11692 100644
--- a/samply/Cargo.toml
+++ b/samply/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ rand = "0.8.4"
 nix-base32 = "0.1.1"
 serde_derive = "1.0.137"
 serde = "1.0.137"
-wholesym = { version = "0.4.0", path = "../wholesym" }
+wholesym = { version = "0.4.0", path = "../wholesym", features = ["api"]}
 dirs = "5.0.0"
 once_cell = "1.17"
 fxhash = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/wholesym/Cargo.toml b/wholesym/Cargo.toml
index bafd0a91..6671870e 100644
--- a/wholesym/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wholesym/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 keywords = ["symbols", "profiling", "addr2line", "debuginfo"]
 
 [features]
-default = ["api"]
+default = []
 # Enable the JSON API interface.
 api = ["samply-api"]