diff --git a/crates/chain-config/Cargo.toml b/crates/chain-config/Cargo.toml
index 39a98115eea..cb0bdf17f06 100644
--- a/crates/chain-config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/chain-config/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ description = "Fuel Chain config types"
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 bech32 = "0.9.0"
 fuel-core-storage = { workspace = true }
-fuel-core-types = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["random", "serde"] }
+fuel-core-types = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["serde"] }
 hex = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
 postcard = { version = "1.0", features = ["use-std"] }
@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ insta = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", features = ["raw_value"] }
 
 [features]
-default = ["std"]
+default = ["random", "std"]
+random = ["fuel-core-types/random"]
 std = ["dep:serde_json", "fuel-core-types/std", "anyhow/std"]
diff --git a/crates/chain-config/src/config/chain.rs b/crates/chain-config/src/config/chain.rs
index 0c432091508..e783e039047 100644
--- a/crates/chain-config/src/config/chain.rs
+++ b/crates/chain-config/src/config/chain.rs
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ impl Default for ChainConfig {
 impl ChainConfig {
     pub const BASE_ASSET: AssetId = AssetId::zeroed();
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "random")]
     pub fn local_testnet() -> Self {
         // endow some preset accounts with an initial balance
         tracing::info!("Initial Accounts");
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ impl FromStr for ChainConfig {
 
     fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
         match s {
+            #[cfg(feature = "random")]
             LOCAL_TESTNET => Ok(Self::local_testnet()),
             s => {
                 // Attempt to load chain config from path