diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1deb11a205..64ff0e8015 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ Nu adheres closely to a set of goals that make up its design philosophy. As feat
 | pivot --header-row <headers> | Pivot the tables, making columns into rows and vice versa |
 | reject ...columns | Remove the given columns from the table |
 | reverse | Reverses the table. |
-| split-by column | Creates a new table with the data from the inner tables splitted by the column given |
 | skip amount | Skip a number of rows |
 | skip-while condition | Skips rows while the condition matches. |
 | sort-by ...columns | Sort by the given columns |
diff --git a/features.toml b/features.toml
index f7cea6d9e9..e1cf56e33d 100644
--- a/features.toml
+++ b/features.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,12 @@ reason = """
 This is laying the groundwork for merging coloring and parsing. It also makes token_nodes.atomic() naturally
 work with coloring, which is pretty useful on its own.
 """
+enabled = false
+
+[data_processing_primitives]
+
+description = "Groundwork so tables can be data processed"
+reason = """
+These will allow take tables and be able to transform, process, and explore.
+"""
 enabled = false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index a66dd6cbbf..d53e587a38 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -259,7 +259,6 @@ pub async fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
             whole_stream_command(Previous),
             whole_stream_command(Debug),
             whole_stream_command(Shells),
-            whole_stream_command(SplitBy),
             whole_stream_command(SplitColumn),
             whole_stream_command(SplitRow),
             whole_stream_command(Lines),
@@ -319,6 +318,8 @@ pub async fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
             whole_stream_command(Table),
             whole_stream_command(Version),
             whole_stream_command(Which),
+            #[cfg(data_processing_primitives)]
+            whole_stream_command(SplitBy),
         ]);
 
         #[cfg(feature = "clipboard")]
diff --git a/src/commands.rs b/src/commands.rs
index 0a71a93631..5300a39ec1 100644
--- a/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src/commands.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ pub(crate) mod shells;
 pub(crate) mod size;
 pub(crate) mod skip_while;
 pub(crate) mod sort_by;
+
+#[cfg(data_processing_primitives)]
 pub(crate) mod split_by;
+
 pub(crate) mod split_column;
 pub(crate) mod split_row;
 pub(crate) mod table;
@@ -130,7 +133,10 @@ pub(crate) use shells::Shells;
 pub(crate) use size::Size;
 pub(crate) use skip_while::SkipWhile;
 pub(crate) use sort_by::SortBy;
+
+#[cfg(data_processing_primitives)]
 pub(crate) use split_by::SplitBy;
+
 pub(crate) use split_column::SplitColumn;
 pub(crate) use split_row::SplitRow;
 pub(crate) use table::Table;
diff --git a/tests/commands_test.rs b/tests/commands_test.rs
index 7b31c6ae4d..547f1e0080 100644
--- a/tests/commands_test.rs
+++ b/tests/commands_test.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ fn group_by_errors_if_unknown_column_name() {
     })
 }
 
+#[cfg(data_processing_primitives)]
 #[test]
 fn split_by() {
     Playground::setup("split_by_test_1", |dirs, sandbox| {
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ fn split_by() {
     })
 }
 
+#[cfg(data_processing_primitives)]
 #[test]
 fn split_by_errors_if_no_table_given_as_input() {
     Playground::setup("split_by_test_2", |dirs, sandbox| {