diff --git a/ethers-contract/Cargo.toml b/ethers-contract/Cargo.toml
index e72a81ad..254f71c2 100644
--- a/ethers-contract/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethers-contract/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ serde_json = { version = "1.0.64", default-features = false }
 thiserror = { version = "1.0.26", default-features = false }
 once_cell = { version = "1.8.0", default-features = false }
 pin-project = {version = "1.0.7", default-features = false }
-futures-util = { version = "0.3.16", default-features = false }
+futures-util = { version = "0.3.16" }
 hex = { version = "0.4.3", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/ethers-core/Cargo.toml b/ethers-core/Cargo.toml
index 10e2f09a..c3e03f56 100644
--- a/ethers-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethers-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ hex = { version = "0.4.3", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 
 # async
 tokio = { version = "1.5", default-features = false, optional = true}
-futures-util = { version = "0.3.16", default-features = false, optional = true, features = ["async-await-macro"]}
+futures-util = { version = "0.3.16", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 ethers = { version = "0.4.0", path = "../ethers" }
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ serde_json = { version = "1.0.64", default-features = false }
 bincode = { version = "1.3.3", default-features = false }
 once_cell = { version = "1.8.0" }
 hex-literal = "0.3.3"
-futures-util = { version = "0.3.16", default-features = false }
+futures-util = { version = "0.3.16" }
 
 [features]
 celo = [] # celo support extends the transaction format with extra fields
diff --git a/ethers-middleware/Cargo.toml b/ethers-middleware/Cargo.toml
index 35e1d755..1104ba68 100644
--- a/ethers-middleware/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethers-middleware/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ethers-signers = { version = "0.4.0", path = "../ethers-signers", default-featur
 async-trait = { version = "0.1.50", default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "1.0.124", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = { version = "1.0.26", default-features = false }
-futures-util = { version = "0.3.16", default-features = false }
+futures-util = { version = "0.3.16" }
 tracing = { version = "0.1.26", default-features = false }
 tracing-futures = { version = "0.2.5", default-features = false }
 
diff --git a/ethers-providers/Cargo.toml b/ethers-providers/Cargo.toml
index 518223a1..50792f99 100644
--- a/ethers-providers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethers-providers/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ auto_impl = { version = "0.4.1", default-features = false }
 
 # required for implementing stream on the filters
 futures-core = { version = "0.3.12", default-features = false }
-futures-util = { version = "0.3.16", default-features = false }
+futures-util = { version = "0.3.16" }
 futures-timer = { version = "3.0.2", default-features = false }
 futures-channel = { version = "0.3.13", default-features = false }
 pin-project = { version = "1.0.7", default-features = false }