diff --git a/actix-web-codegen/CHANGES.md b/actix-web-codegen/CHANGES.md
index a5acdd21c..875c4021e 100644
--- a/actix-web-codegen/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-web-codegen/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Prevent inclusion of default `actix-router` features.
 - Minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) is now 1.72.
 
 ## 4.2.2
diff --git a/actix-web-codegen/Cargo.toml b/actix-web-codegen/Cargo.toml
index 4a45d4fef..31c470694 100644
--- a/actix-web-codegen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-web-codegen/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 proc-macro = true
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-router = "0.5"
+actix-router = { version = "0.5", default-features = false }
 proc-macro2 = "1"
 quote = "1"
 syn = { version = "2", features = ["full", "extra-traits"] }
diff --git a/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild/route-malformed-path-fail.stderr b/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild/route-malformed-path-fail.stderr
index 93c510109..c1100c784 100644
--- a/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild/route-malformed-path-fail.stderr
+++ b/actix-web-codegen/tests/trybuild/route-malformed-path-fail.stderr
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ error: custom attribute panicked
 13 | #[get("/{}")]
    | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
-   = help: message: Wrong path pattern: "/{}" regex parse error:
-               ((?s-m)^/(?P<>[^/]+))$
-                            ^
-           error: empty capture group name
+   = help: message: Wrong path pattern: "/{}" empty capture group names are not allowed
 
 error: custom attribute panicked
   --> $DIR/route-malformed-path-fail.rs:23:1