diff --git a/crates/consensus/Cargo.toml b/crates/consensus/Cargo.toml
index 0be412f4adf9..e23229d8f377 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/consensus/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ sha2 = { version = "0.10", default-features = false }
 
 # kzg
 thiserror = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-c-kzg = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"], optional = true }
+c-kzg = { workspace = true, features = ["std", "serde"], optional = true }
 
 # arbitrary
 arbitrary = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"], optional = true }
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ serde_json.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
-std = ["alloy-eips/std", "c-kzg/std", "sha2/std"]
+std = ["alloy-eips/std", "sha2/std"]
 k256 = ["alloy-primitives/k256"]
 kzg = ["std", "dep:c-kzg", "dep:thiserror", "alloy-eips/kzg"]
 arbitrary = ["std", "dep:arbitrary", "alloy-eips/arbitrary"]