diff --git a/clients/webassembly/Cargo.toml b/clients/webassembly/Cargo.toml
index b46c39fb63..8f2826def4 100644
--- a/clients/webassembly/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clients/webassembly/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
 crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto" }
 nymsphinx = { path = "../../common/nymsphinx" }
 topology = { path = "../../common/topology" }
-gateway-client = { path = "../../common/client-libs/gateway-client", features = ["wasm"] }
-validator-client = { path = "../../common/client-libs/validator-client", features = ["wasm"] }
+gateway-client = { path = "../../common/client-libs/gateway-client" }
+validator-client = { path = "../../common/client-libs/validator-client" }
 wasm-utils = { path = "../../common/wasm-utils" }
 
 # The `console_error_panic_hook` crate provides better debugging of panics by
diff --git a/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml b/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml
index ab30379515..c357a9d3dc 100644
--- a/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,20 +32,16 @@ version = "0.14"
 
 # wasm-only dependencies
 [target."cfg(target_arch = \"wasm32\")".dependencies.wasm-bindgen]
-optional = true
 version = "0.2"
 
 [target."cfg(target_arch = \"wasm32\")".dependencies.wasm-bindgen-futures]
-optional = true
 version = "0.4"
 
 [target."cfg(target_arch = \"wasm32\")".dependencies.wasm-utils]
-optional = true
 path = "../../wasm-utils"
 
 # only import it in wasm. Prefer proper tokio timer in non-wasm
 [target."cfg(target_arch = \"wasm32\")".dependencies.wasm-timer]
-optional = true
 version = "0.2"
 
 # this is due to tungstenite using `rand` 0.8 and associated changes in `getrandom` crate
@@ -54,14 +50,9 @@ version = "0.2"
 # containing javascript (such as a web browser or node.js).
 # refer to https://docs.rs/getrandom/0.2.2/getrandom/#webassembly-support for more information
 [target."cfg(target_arch = \"wasm32\")".dependencies.getrandom]
-optional = true
 version = "0.2"
+features = ["js"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 # for tests
 #url = "2.1"
-
-[features]
-# the reason for introducing additional features is to let cargo know we don't want anything to do with "getrandom/js"
-# by default as it messes up with cyclic dependencies for ahash that's indirectly used by sqlx in validator-api
-wasm = ["getrandom/js", "wasm-timer", "wasm-utils", "wasm-bindgen-futures", "wasm-bindgen"]
diff --git a/common/client-libs/validator-client/Cargo.toml b/common/client-libs/validator-client/Cargo.toml
index be7143dd6a..626c327082 100644
--- a/common/client-libs/validator-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/client-libs/validator-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,9 +20,5 @@ wasm-timer = "0.2"
 
 [target."cfg(target_arch = \"wasm32\")".dependencies.getrandom]
 version = "0.2"
-optional = true
+features = ["js"]
 
-[features]
-# the reason for introducing additional features is to let cargo know we don't want anything to do with "getrandom/js"
-# by default as it messes up with cyclic dependencies for ahash that's indirectly used by sqlx in validator-api
-wasm = ["getrandom/js"]