diff --git a/console-subscriber/src/lib.rs b/console-subscriber/src/lib.rs
index 6b0c1a75e..c07810278 100644
--- a/console-subscriber/src/lib.rs
+++ b/console-subscriber/src/lib.rs
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ impl ConsoleLayer {
         // depending on the build-time configuration...
         #![allow(clippy::assertions_on_constants)]
         assert!(
-            cfg!(tokio_unstable),
+            cfg!(any(tokio_unstable, console_without_tokio_unstable)),
             "task tracing requires Tokio to be built with RUSTFLAGS=\"--cfg tokio_unstable\"!"
         );