diff --git a/.evergreen/check-rustdoc.sh b/.evergreen/check-rustdoc.sh
index 191bdf5ae..23a587278 100755
--- a/.evergreen/check-rustdoc.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/check-rustdoc.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ set -o errexit
 . ~/.cargo/env
 cargo +nightly rustdoc -- -D warnings --cfg docsrs
 cargo +nightly rustdoc --no-default-features --features async-std-runtime -- -D warnings --cfg docsrs
-cargo +nightly rustdoc --features sync -- -D warnings --cfg docsrs
+cargo +nightly rustdoc --no-default-features --features sync -- -D warnings --cfg docsrs
 cargo +nightly rustdoc --features tokio-sync -- -D warnings --cfg docsrs