diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/rust/Cargo.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/rust/Cargo.mustache
index 43c8d17fadc..53c02a6f286 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/rust/Cargo.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/rust/Cargo.mustache
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ reqwest = "~0.9"
 {{#supportAsync}}
 [dependencies.reqwest]
 version = "^0.11"
-default-features = false
 features = ["json", "multipart"]
 {{/supportAsync}}
 {{/reqwest}}
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-async/Cargo.toml b/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-async/Cargo.toml
index a0c16dfdb53..5631ecde03b 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-async/Cargo.toml
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-async/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ serde_json = "^1.0"
 url = "^2.2"
 [dependencies.reqwest]
 version = "^0.11"
-default-features = false
 features = ["json", "multipart"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]