diff --git a/bin/node/cli/Cargo.toml b/bin/node/cli/Cargo.toml
index ca9b25b6e75f3..e82032e5deaff 100644
--- a/bin/node/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/node/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -100,14 +100,14 @@ node-executor = { version = "3.0.0-dev", path = "../executor" }
 
 # CLI-specific dependencies
 sc-cli = { version = "0.10.0-dev", optional = true, path = "../../../client/cli" }
-frame-benchmarking-cli = { version = "4.0.0-dev", optional = true, path = "../../../utils/frame/benchmarking-cli" }
+frame-benchmarking-cli = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, optional = true, path = "../../../utils/frame/benchmarking-cli" }
 node-inspect = { version = "0.9.0-dev", optional = true, path = "../inspect" }
 try-runtime-cli = { version = "0.10.0-dev", optional = true, path = "../../../utils/frame/try-runtime/cli" }
 serde_json = "1.0.85"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 sc-keystore = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../../../client/keystore" }
-sc-client-db = { version = "0.10.0-dev", path = "../../../client/db" }
+sc-client-db = { version = "0.10.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../../client/db" }
 sc-consensus = { version = "0.10.0-dev", path = "../../../client/consensus/common" }
 sc-consensus-babe = { version = "0.10.0-dev", path = "../../../client/consensus/babe" }
 sc-consensus-epochs = { version = "0.10.0-dev", path = "../../../client/consensus/epochs" }
@@ -135,22 +135,28 @@ substrate-cli-test-utils = { path = "../../../test-utils/cli" }
 clap = { version = "4.2.5", optional = true }
 clap_complete = { version = "4.0.2", optional = true }
 node-inspect = { version = "0.9.0-dev", optional = true, path = "../inspect" }
-frame-benchmarking-cli = { version = "4.0.0-dev", optional = true, path = "../../../utils/frame/benchmarking-cli" }
+frame-benchmarking-cli = { version = "4.0.0-dev", optional = true, default-features = false, path = "../../../utils/frame/benchmarking-cli" }
 substrate-build-script-utils = { version = "3.0.0", optional = true, path = "../../../utils/build-script-utils" }
 substrate-frame-cli = { version = "4.0.0-dev", optional = true, path = "../../../utils/frame/frame-utilities-cli" }
 try-runtime-cli = { version = "0.10.0-dev", optional = true, path = "../../../utils/frame/try-runtime/cli" }
-sc-cli = { version = "0.10.0-dev", path = "../../../client/cli", optional = true }
+sc-cli = { version = "0.10.0-dev", path = "../../../client/cli", default-features = false, optional = true }
 pallet-balances = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../../../frame/balances" }
 sc-storage-monitor = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../../../client/storage-monitor" }
 
 [features]
-default = ["cli"]
+default = ["cli", "rocksdb"]
+rocksdb = [
+	"cli",
+	"sc-client-db/rocksdb",
+	"frame-benchmarking-cli/rocksdb",
+	"sc-cli/rocksdb",
+	"sc-service/rocksdb"
+]
 cli = [
 	"node-inspect",
 	"sc-cli",
 	"frame-benchmarking-cli",
 	"substrate-frame-cli",
-	"sc-service/rocksdb",
 	"clap",
 	"clap_complete",
 	"substrate-build-script-utils",