diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e5a453be7b..3a7e81a4c4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ path = "src/plugins/skip.rs"
 [[bin]]
 name = "nu_plugin_match"
 path = "src/plugins/match.rs"
-required-features = ["regex"]
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "nu_plugin_sys"