diff --git a/crates/router/Cargo.toml b/crates/router/Cargo.toml
index ab9ef3f4e469..f508460574dd 100644
--- a/crates/router/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/router/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 license.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-default = ["kv_store", "stripe", "oltp", "olap", "backwards_compatibility", "accounts_cache", "dummy_connector", "payouts", "profile_specific_fallback_routing", "retry", "email"]
+default = ["kv_store", "stripe", "oltp", "olap", "backwards_compatibility", "accounts_cache", "dummy_connector", "payouts", "profile_specific_fallback_routing", "retry"]
 s3 = ["dep:aws-sdk-s3", "dep:aws-config"]
 kms = ["external_services/kms", "dep:aws-config"]
 email = ["external_services/email", "dep:aws-config", "olap"]