diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/Cargo.toml
index 83a29e8c52..e4f20cbb46 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ optional = true
 version = "0.30.0"
 
 [features]
-dataframe = ["default"]
-default = ["num", "polars", "sqlparser"]
+dataframe = ["num", "polars", "sqlparser"]
+default = []
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 nu-cmd-lang = { path = "../nu-cmd-lang", version = "0.83.2" }
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/src/lib.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/src/lib.rs
index f84027aca2..7e7c8014c6 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+#[cfg(feature = "dataframe")]
 pub mod dataframe;
+#[cfg(feature = "dataframe")]
 pub use dataframe::*;