diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dca4b88a4..5e2b4d1dc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ cc = { version = "1.0.68", optional = true }
 [dependencies]
 bitflags = "1.2.1"
 itoa = { version = "1.0.1", default-features = false, optional = true }
-io-lifetimes = { version = "1.0.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
+io-lifetimes = { version = "1.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["close"], optional = true }
 
 # Special dependencies used in rustc-dep-of-std mode.
 core = { version = "1.0.0", optional = true, package = "rustc-std-workspace-core" }
diff --git a/tests/backends.rs b/tests/backends.rs
index c3f13e9a2..8d504ae30 100644
--- a/tests/backends.rs
+++ b/tests/backends.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ fn test_backends() {
     // ensure that the use-rustix-auxv crate uses it, and does not use libc.
     #[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", target_arch = "aarch64"))]
     {
+        // TODO: Re-enable this test once io-lifetimes can depend on Rust 1.63
+        // and always use std, so it can drop its libc dependency.
+        /*
         assert!(
             !has_dependency(
                 "test-crates/use-rustix-auxv",
@@ -32,6 +35,8 @@ fn test_backends() {
             ),
             "use-rustix-auxv depends on libc"
         );
+        */
+
         assert!(
             has_dependency(
                 "test-crates/use-rustix-auxv",