diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-protocol/Cargo.toml
index 0a91d5fc1f..ac44ade67f 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ nu-derive-value = { path = "../nu-derive-value", version = "0.97.2" }
 
 brotli = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 bytes = { workspace = true }
-byte-unit = { version = "5.1", features = [ "serde" ] }
+byte-unit = { version = "5.1" }
 chrono = { workspace = true, features = [ "serde", "std", "unstable-locales" ], default-features = false }
 chrono-humanize = { workspace = true }
 dirs = { workspace = true }