diff --git a/ethcore/light/Cargo.toml b/ethcore/light/Cargo.toml
index e80eb3e2f..287044c98 100644
--- a/ethcore/light/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethcore/light/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ rlp = { path = "../../util/rlp" }
 time = "0.1"
 
 [features]
+default = []
 ipc = ["ethcore/ipc", "ethcore-ipc", "ethcore-ipc-codegen"]
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