diff --git a/ant-cli/Cargo.toml b/ant-cli/Cargo.toml
index 7e009e48bd..fe15554a88 100644
--- a/ant-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.21" }
 ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.42" }
 ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.1" }
 autonomi = { path = "../autonomi", version = "0.3.1", features = [
-    "fs",
-    "vault",
     "registers",
     "loud",
 ] }
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ tracing = { version = "~0.1.26" }
 walkdir = "2.5.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-autonomi = { path = "../autonomi", version = "0.3.1", features = ["fs"]}
+autonomi = { path = "../autonomi", version = "0.3.1"}
 criterion = "0.5.1"
 eyre = "0.6.8"
 rand = { version = "~0.8.5", features = ["small_rng"] }
diff --git a/autonomi/Cargo.toml b/autonomi/Cargo.toml
index 57db0e6c6f..e409ef0a94 100644
--- a/autonomi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/autonomi/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,15 +22,13 @@ name = "put_and_dir_upload"
 required-features = ["full"]
 
 [features]
-default = ["vault"]
+default = []
 external-signer = ["ant-evm/external-signer"]
 extension-module = ["pyo3/extension-module"]
-fs = ["tokio/fs"]
-full = ["vault", "fs"]
+full = []
 local = ["ant-networking/local", "ant-evm/local"]
 loud = []
 registers = []
-vault = []
 
 [dependencies]
 ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.1" }
@@ -47,7 +45,10 @@ const-hex = "1.12.0"
 futures = "0.3.30"
 hex = "~0.4.3"
 libp2p = "0.54.1"
-pyo3 = { version = "0.20", optional = true, features = ["extension-module", "abi3-py38"] }
+pyo3 = { version = "0.20", optional = true, features = [
+    "extension-module",
+    "abi3-py38",
+] }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 rayon = "1.8.0"
 rmp-serde = "1.1.1"
@@ -55,13 +56,24 @@ self_encryption = "~0.30.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.133", features = ["derive", "rc"] }
 sha2 = "0.10.6"
 thiserror = "1.0.23"
-tokio = { version = "1.35.0", features = ["sync"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.35.0", features = ["sync", "fs"] }
 tracing = { version = "~0.1.26" }
 walkdir = "2.5.0"
 xor_name = "5.0.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-alloy = { version = "0.7.3", default-features = false, features = ["contract", "json-rpc", "network", "node-bindings", "provider-http", "reqwest-rustls-tls", "rpc-client", "rpc-types", "signer-local", "std"] }
+alloy = { version = "0.7.3", default-features = false, features = [
+    "contract",
+    "json-rpc",
+    "network",
+    "node-bindings",
+    "provider-http",
+    "reqwest-rustls-tls",
+    "rpc-client",
+    "rpc-types",
+    "signer-local",
+    "std",
+] }
 ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.42" }
 eyre = "0.6.5"
 sha2 = "0.10.6"
diff --git a/autonomi/src/client/files/mod.rs b/autonomi/src/client/files/mod.rs
index a419ecfa04..e53be148bf 100644
--- a/autonomi/src/client/files/mod.rs
+++ b/autonomi/src/client/files/mod.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
-#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 pub mod archive;
 pub mod archive_public;
-#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
-#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "fs")))]
 pub mod fs;
-#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
-#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "fs")))]
 pub mod fs_public;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 pub(crate) fn get_relative_file_path_from_abs_file_and_folder_path(
     abs_file_pah: &Path,
     abs_folder_path: &Path,
diff --git a/autonomi/src/client/mod.rs b/autonomi/src/client/mod.rs
index b6ddcfbbb9..1ddcdd1f63 100644
--- a/autonomi/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/autonomi/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ pub mod external_signer;
 #[cfg(feature = "registers")]
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "registers")))]
 pub mod registers;
-#[cfg(feature = "vault")]
-#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "vault")))]
 pub mod vault;
 
 // private module with utility functions
diff --git a/autonomi/tests/evm/file.rs b/autonomi/tests/evm/file.rs
index 0c2aff9fe6..77deca0992 100644
--- a/autonomi/tests/evm/file.rs
+++ b/autonomi/tests/evm/file.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ mod test {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "vault")]
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn file_into_vault() -> eyre::Result<()> {
         common::enable_logging();
diff --git a/autonomi/tests/fs.rs b/autonomi/tests/fs.rs
index 926baeb4fd..88198c4cc6 100644
--- a/autonomi/tests/fs.rs
+++ b/autonomi/tests/fs.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 // KIND, either express or implied. Please review the Licences for the specific language governing
 // permissions and limitations relating to use of the SAFE Network Software.
 
-#![cfg(feature = "fs")]
-
 use ant_logging::LogBuilder;
 use autonomi::Client;
 use eyre::Result;
@@ -20,7 +18,7 @@ use tokio::time::sleep;
 use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
 // With a local evm network, and local network, run:
-// EVM_NETWORK=local cargo test --features="fs,local" --package autonomi --test file
+// EVM_NETWORK=local cargo test --features="local" --package autonomi --test fs
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn dir_upload_download() -> Result<()> {
     let _log_appender_guard =
@@ -76,7 +74,6 @@ fn compute_dir_sha256(dir: &str) -> Result<String> {
     Ok(format!("{:x}", hasher.finalize()))
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "vault")]
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn file_into_vault() -> Result<()> {
     let _log_appender_guard = LogBuilder::init_single_threaded_tokio_test("file", false);