diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ada0935bc2..7ea2002d5b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -855,27 +855,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bindgen"
-version = "0.65.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cfdf7b466f9a4903edc73f95d6d2bcd5baf8ae620638762244d3f60143643cc5"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "cexpr",
- "clang-sys",
- "lazy_static",
- "lazycell",
- "peeking_take_while",
- "prettyplease 0.2.12",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "regex",
- "rustc-hash",
- "shlex",
- "syn 2.0.28",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bip32"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -1146,17 +1125,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bzip2-sys"
-version = "0.1.11+1.0.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "736a955f3fa7875102d57c82b8cac37ec45224a07fd32d58f9f7a186b6cd4cdc"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
- "pkg-config",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "camino"
 version = "1.1.6"
@@ -1259,15 +1227,6 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6d43a04d8753f35258c91f8ec639f792891f748a1edbd759cf1dcea3382ad83c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cexpr"
-version = "0.6.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6fac387a98bb7c37292057cffc56d62ecb629900026402633ae9160df93a8766"
-dependencies = [
- "nom",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -1405,17 +1364,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "clang-sys"
-version = "1.6.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c688fc74432808e3eb684cae8830a86be1d66a2bd58e1f248ed0960a590baf6f"
-dependencies = [
- "glob",
- "libc",
- "libloading",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "3.2.25"
@@ -2913,7 +2861,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "refinery",
  "reqwest",
- "rocksdb",
  "rusqlite",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
@@ -4483,12 +4430,6 @@ version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "lazycell"
-version = "1.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "830d08ce1d1d941e6b30645f1a0eb5643013d835ce3779a5fc208261dbe10f55"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ledger"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -4557,16 +4498,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "libloading"
-version = "0.7.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b67380fd3b2fbe7527a606e18729d21c6f3951633d0500574c4dc22d2d638b9f"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libm"
 version = "0.2.7"
@@ -5311,22 +5242,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "yamux",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "librocksdb-sys"
-version = "0.11.0+8.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d3386f101bcb4bd252d8e9d2fb41ec3b0862a15a62b478c355b2982efa469e3e"
-dependencies = [
- "bindgen",
- "bzip2-sys",
- "cc",
- "glob",
- "libc",
- "libz-sys",
- "lz4-sys",
- "zstd-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libsqlite3-sys"
 version = "0.24.2"
@@ -5470,16 +5385,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "linked-hash-map",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "lz4-sys"
-version = "1.9.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "57d27b317e207b10f69f5e75494119e391a96f48861ae870d1da6edac98ca900"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "macro_rules_attribute"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -7932,12 +7837,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.28",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "peeking_take_while"
-version = "0.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "19b17cddbe7ec3f8bc800887bab5e717348c95ea2ca0b1bf0837fb964dc67099"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "peg"
 version = "0.7.0"
@@ -8240,16 +8139,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "prettyplease"
-version = "0.2.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6c64d9ba0963cdcea2e1b2230fbae2bab30eb25a174be395c41e764bfb65dd62"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "syn 2.0.28",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro-crate"
 version = "1.1.3"
@@ -8352,7 +8241,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "multimap",
  "petgraph",
- "prettyplease 0.1.25",
+ "prettyplease",
  "prost",
  "prost-types",
  "regex",
@@ -9101,16 +8990,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rocksdb"
-version = "0.21.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bb6f170a4041d50a0ce04b0d2e14916d6ca863ea2e422689a5b694395d299ffe"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "librocksdb-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rtcp"
 version = "0.7.2"
@@ -9402,7 +9281,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b08f58cf71a58bda5734758eb20051cdb66c06c9243badbc45092ced1be834df"
 dependencies = [
  "macro_rules_attribute",
- "prettyplease 0.1.25",
+ "prettyplease",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 1.0.109",
@@ -9789,12 +9668,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs 4.0.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "shlex"
-version = "1.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "43b2853a4d09f215c24cc5489c992ce46052d359b5109343cbafbf26bc62f8a3"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook"
 version = "0.3.17"
diff --git a/ephemera/Cargo.toml b/ephemera/Cargo.toml
index 95cd7daab2..ee991b3876 100644
--- a/ephemera/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ephemera/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ nym-ephemera-common = { path = "../common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/ephemera" }
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
 refinery = { version = "0.8.7", features = ["rusqlite"], optional = true }
 reqwest = { version = "0.11.6", features = ["json"] }
-rocksdb = { version = "0.21.0", optional = true }
+# Rocksdb kills compilation times and we're not currently using it. The reason
+# we comment it out is that rust-analyzer runs with --all-features
+#rocksdb = { version = "0.21.0", optional = true }
 rusqlite = { version = "0.27.0", features = ["bundled"], optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_derive = "1.0.149"
@@ -61,5 +63,7 @@ rand = "0.8.5"
 
 [features]
 default = ["sqlite_storage"]
-rocksdb_storage = ["rocksdb"]
+# Rocksdb kills compilation times and we're not currently using it. The reason
+# we comment it out is that rust-analyzer runs with --all-features
+#rocksdb_storage = ["rocksdb"]
 sqlite_storage = ["rusqlite", "refinery"]