diff --git a/bin/katana/Cargo.toml b/bin/katana/Cargo.toml
index 82980bee6e..780351d18f 100644
--- a/bin/katana/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/katana/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,9 +35,8 @@ url.workspace = true
 assert_matches.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-default = [ "jemalloc", "messaging", "slot" ]
+default = [ "jemalloc", "slot" ]
 
 jemalloc = [  ]
-messaging = [ "katana-node/messaging" ]
 slot = [ "dep:katana-slot-controller", "katana-primitives/slot" ]
 starknet-messaging = [ "katana-node/starknet-messaging" ]
diff --git a/bin/katana/src/cli/node.rs b/bin/katana/src/cli/node.rs
index d8193c26c3..e271e127ee 100644
--- a/bin/katana/src/cli/node.rs
+++ b/bin/katana/src/cli/node.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ pub struct NodeArgs {
     #[arg(help = "Fork the network at a specific block.")]
     pub fork_block_number: Option<u64>,
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "messaging")]
     #[arg(long)]
     #[arg(value_name = "PATH")]
     #[arg(value_parser = katana_core::service::messaging::MessagingConfig::parse)]
@@ -280,7 +279,6 @@ impl NodeArgs {
         SequencerConfig {
             block_time: self.block_time,
             no_mining: self.no_mining,
-            #[cfg(feature = "messaging")]
             messaging: self.messaging.clone(),
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/katana/core/Cargo.toml b/crates/katana/core/Cargo.toml
index dcc1e5bb24..ae9cd35dd3 100644
--- a/crates/katana/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/katana/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ katana-provider.workspace = true
 katana-tasks.workspace = true
 
 anyhow.workspace = true
-async-trait = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+async-trait.workspace = true
 derive_more.workspace = true
 dojo-metrics.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ lazy_static.workspace = true
 metrics.workspace = true
 num-traits.workspace = true
 parking_lot.workspace = true
-reqwest = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-serde = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-serde_json = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+reqwest.workspace = true
+serde.workspace = true
+serde_json.workspace = true
 starknet.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ tracing.workspace = true
 url.workspace = true
 
 alloy-primitives = { workspace = true, features = [ "serde" ] }
-alloy-sol-types = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = [ "json" ], optional = true }
+alloy-sol-types = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = [ "json" ] }
 
-alloy-contract = { workspace = true, default-features = false, optional = true }
-alloy-network = { workspace = true, default-features = false, optional = true }
-alloy-provider = { workspace = true, default-features = false, optional = true, features = [ "reqwest" ] }
-alloy-rpc-types-eth = { workspace = true, default-features = false, optional = true }
-alloy-transport = { workspace = true, default-features = false, optional = true }
+alloy-contract = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
+alloy-network = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
+alloy-provider = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = [ "reqwest" ] }
+alloy-rpc-types-eth = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
+alloy-transport = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_matches.workspace = true
@@ -47,16 +47,4 @@ hex.workspace = true
 tempfile.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-messaging = [
-	"alloy-contract",
-	"alloy-network",
-	"alloy-provider",
-	"alloy-rpc-types-eth",
-	"alloy-sol-types",
-	"alloy-transport",
-	"async-trait",
-	"reqwest",
-	"serde",
-	"serde_json",
-]
 starknet-messaging = [  ]
diff --git a/crates/katana/core/src/sequencer.rs b/crates/katana/core/src/sequencer.rs
index e1f2f98a3a..f3746cb5b6 100644
--- a/crates/katana/core/src/sequencer.rs
+++ b/crates/katana/core/src/sequencer.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@
 pub struct SequencerConfig {
     pub block_time: Option<u64>,
     pub no_mining: bool,
-    #[cfg(feature = "messaging")]
     pub messaging: Option<crate::service::messaging::MessagingConfig>,
 }
diff --git a/crates/katana/core/src/service/mod.rs b/crates/katana/core/src/service/mod.rs
index dabd76363a..7fddc571f7 100644
--- a/crates/katana/core/src/service/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/katana/core/src/service/mod.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ use self::block_producer::BlockProducer;
 use self::metrics::BlockProducerMetrics;
 
 pub mod block_producer;
-#[cfg(feature = "messaging")]
 pub mod messaging;
 mod metrics;
 
diff --git a/crates/katana/node/Cargo.toml b/crates/katana/node/Cargo.toml
index 45857e5134..e4543e6052 100644
--- a/crates/katana/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/katana/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,5 +30,4 @@ tower-http = { workspace = true, features = [ "full" ] }
 tracing.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-messaging = [ "katana-core/messaging" ]
-starknet-messaging = [ "katana-core/starknet-messaging", "messaging" ]
+starknet-messaging = [ "katana-core/starknet-messaging" ]
diff --git a/crates/katana/rpc/rpc/Cargo.toml b/crates/katana/rpc/rpc/Cargo.toml
index b836ebb139..29ea196228 100644
--- a/crates/katana/rpc/rpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/katana/rpc/rpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ dojo-world.workspace = true
 indexmap.workspace = true
 jsonrpsee = { workspace = true, features = [ "client" ] }
 katana-cairo.workspace = true
-katana-node = { workspace = true, features = [ "messaging" ] }
+katana-node.workspace = true
 katana-rpc-api = { workspace = true, features = [ "client" ] }
 katana-runner.workspace = true
-rstest.workspace = true
 num-traits.workspace = true
 rand.workspace = true
+rstest.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 tempfile.workspace = true