diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0862b5c3..44d2cb11 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 # Web framework
-axum = { version = "0.6.18", default-features = false, features = ["form", "headers", "http1", "http2", "json", "matched-path"], optional = true }
+axum = { version = "0.6.18", default-features = false, features = ["form", "headers", "http1", "http2", "json", "matched-path"] }
 axum-server = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["tls-rustls"] }
 tower = { version = "0.4.13", features = ["util"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["add-extension", "cors", "sensitive-headers", "trace", "util"] }
@@ -121,18 +121,16 @@ features = [
 nix = { version = "0.28", features = ["resource"] }
 
 [features]
-default = ["conduit_bin", "backend_sqlite", "backend_rocksdb", "systemd"]
+default = ["backend_sqlite", "backend_rocksdb", "systemd"]
 backend_sqlite = ["sqlite"]
 backend_rocksdb = ["rocksdb"]
 jemalloc = ["tikv-jemalloc-ctl", "tikv-jemallocator"]
 sqlite = ["rusqlite", "parking_lot", "tokio/signal"]
-conduit_bin = ["axum"]
 systemd = ["sd-notify"]
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "conduit"
 path = "src/main.rs"
-required-features = ["conduit_bin"]
 
 [lib]
 name = "conduit"
diff --git a/src/api/ruma_wrapper/mod.rs b/src/api/ruma_wrapper/mod.rs
index 862da1dc..28659dfe 100644
--- a/src/api/ruma_wrapper/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/ruma_wrapper/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use ruma::{
 };
 use std::ops::Deref;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "conduit_bin")]
 mod axum;
 
 /// Extractor for Ruma request structs
diff --git a/src/utils/error.rs b/src/utils/error.rs
index 7aa43b9d..6fa7f7ec 100644
--- a/src/utils/error.rs
+++ b/src/utils/error.rs
@@ -64,10 +64,8 @@ pub enum Error {
     BadRequest(ErrorKind, &'static str),
     #[error("{0}")]
     Conflict(&'static str), // This is only needed for when a room alias already exists
-    #[cfg(feature = "conduit_bin")]
     #[error("{0}")]
     ExtensionError(#[from] axum::extract::rejection::ExtensionRejection),
-    #[cfg(feature = "conduit_bin")]
     #[error("{0}")]
     PathError(#[from] axum::extract::rejection::PathRejection),
     #[error("{0}")]
@@ -160,7 +158,6 @@ impl From<Infallible> for Error {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "conduit_bin")]
 impl axum::response::IntoResponse for Error {
     fn into_response(self) -> axum::response::Response {
         self.to_response().into_response()