diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 27e192ba0..95a7a68cb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 exclude = [".travis.yml", ".gitignore"]
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = "0.7"
+actix-web = { version = "0.7", default_features = false }
 bytes = "0.4"
 base64 = "0.9"