diff --git a/crates/guest-rust/Cargo.toml b/crates/guest-rust/Cargo.toml
index f687809b7..0906b04c5 100644
--- a/crates/guest-rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/guest-rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ default = ["macros", "realloc", "async", "std", "bitflags", "macro-string"]
 macros = ["dep:wit-bindgen-rust-macro"]
 realloc = []
 std = []
-async = ["wit-bindgen-rust-macro?/async"]
+async = []
 bitflags = ["dep:bitflags"]
 async-spawn = ['async', 'dep:futures', 'std']
 futures-stream = ['async', 'dep:futures']
diff --git a/crates/guest-rust/macro/Cargo.toml b/crates/guest-rust/macro/Cargo.toml
index 4c3a5fb8a..f03aee942 100644
--- a/crates/guest-rust/macro/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/guest-rust/macro/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,5 +27,4 @@ macro-string = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [features]
 default = ["macro-string"]
-async = []
 macro-string = ["dep:macro-string"]
diff --git a/crates/guest-rust/macro/src/lib.rs b/crates/guest-rust/macro/src/lib.rs
index 720163db7..e5ae0b0ef 100644
--- a/crates/guest-rust/macro/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/guest-rust/macro/src/lib.rs
@@ -163,12 +163,6 @@ impl Parse for Config {
                             return Err(Error::new(span, "cannot specify second async config"));
                         }
                         async_configured = true;
-                        if val.any_enabled() && !cfg!(feature = "async") {
-                            return Err(Error::new(
-                                span,
-                                "must enable `async` feature to enable async imports and/or exports",
-                            ));
-                        }
                         opts.async_ = val;
                     }
                     Opt::EnableMethodChaining(enable) => {