diff --git a/aead/src/lib.rs b/aead/src/lib.rs
index fad6d178..09788d88 100644
--- a/aead/src/lib.rs
+++ b/aead/src/lib.rs
@@ -477,7 +477,6 @@ fn into_out_buf2<'out>(buf: InOutBufReserved<'_, 'out, u8>) -> &'out mut [u8] {
 ///
 /// If you don't care about AAD, you can pass a `&[u8]` as the payload to
 /// `encrypt`/`decrypt` and it will automatically be coerced to this type.
-#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Payload<'msg, 'aad> {
     /// Message to be encrypted/decrypted