diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a18c1a6480e2..3547dada7dcb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ reth-codecs-derive = { path = "crates/storage/codecs/derive" }
 reth-config = { path = "crates/config" }
 reth-consensus = { path = "crates/consensus/consensus" }
 reth-consensus-common = { path = "crates/consensus/common" }
-reth-db = { path = "crates/storage/db" }
+reth-db = { path = "crates/storage/db", default-features = false }
 reth-db-api = { path = "crates/storage/db-api" }
 reth-db-common = { path = "crates/storage/db-common" }
 reth-discv4 = { path = "crates/net/discv4" }
diff --git a/crates/node/builder/Cargo.toml b/crates/node/builder/Cargo.toml
index 6f7cdc68685f..76beb5477f61 100644
--- a/crates/node/builder/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/node/builder/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ reth-db-common.workspace = true
 reth-exex.workspace = true
 reth-evm.workspace = true
 reth-provider.workspace = true
-reth-db.workspace = true
+reth-db = { workspace = true, features = ["mdbx"] }
 reth-db-api.workspace = true
 reth-rpc-engine-api.workspace = true
 reth-rpc.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/Cargo.toml b/crates/storage/provider/Cargo.toml
index c176ca0f6646..834704ca2c96 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ reth-errors.workspace = true
 reth-storage-errors.workspace = true
 reth-storage-api.workspace = true
 reth-network-p2p.workspace = true
-reth-db.workspace = true
+reth-db = { workspace = true, features = ["mdbx"] }
 reth-db-api.workspace = true
 reth-trie = { workspace = true, features = ["metrics"] }
 reth-nippy-jar.workspace = true