diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8c7242cb2..1ae860f34 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1220,10 +1220,6 @@ name = "decancer"
 version = "3.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a9244323129647178bf41ac861a2cdb9d9c81b9b09d3d0d1de9cd302b33b8a1d"
-dependencies = [
- "lazy_static",
- "regex",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "delegate-display"
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk-base/Cargo.toml b/crates/matrix-sdk-base/Cargo.toml
index 6a024cc48..bad1d96a8 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk-base/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk-base/Cargo.toml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ assert_matches = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 assert_matches2 = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 async-trait.workspace = true
 bitflags = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
-decancer = "3.3.3"
+decancer = { version = "3.3.3", default-features = false }
 eyeball = { workspace = true, features = ["async-lock"] }
 eyeball-im.workspace = true
 futures-util.workspace = true