diff --git a/cumulus/client/cli/Cargo.toml b/cumulus/client/cli/Cargo.toml
index bdc0236e368fa..f59a5f9f778df 100644
--- a/cumulus/client/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cumulus/client/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ url = { workspace = true }
 
 # Substrate
 sc-chain-spec = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-cli = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
+sc-cli = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sc-client-api = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
+sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sp-blockchain = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sp-core = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sp-runtime = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
diff --git a/cumulus/client/relay-chain-inprocess-interface/Cargo.toml b/cumulus/client/relay-chain-inprocess-interface/Cargo.toml
index 1307ec76de85c..920a312deb5e0 100644
--- a/cumulus/client/relay-chain-inprocess-interface/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cumulus/client/relay-chain-inprocess-interface/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ futures = { workspace = true }
 futures-timer = { workspace = true }
 
 # Substrate
-sc-cli = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
+sc-cli = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sc-client-api = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-sysinfo = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-telemetry = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
diff --git a/cumulus/polkadot-omni-node/lib/Cargo.toml b/cumulus/polkadot-omni-node/lib/Cargo.toml
index 020d980d3d9d6..93df73c081be7 100644
--- a/cumulus/polkadot-omni-node/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cumulus/polkadot-omni-node/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pallet-transaction-payment-rpc-runtime-api = { workspace = true, default-feature
 prometheus-endpoint = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-basic-authorship = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-chain-spec = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-cli = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
+sc-cli = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sc-client-api = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-client-db = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-consensus = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ sc-network = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-offchain = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-rpc = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-runtime-utilities = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
+sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sc-sysinfo = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-telemetry = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-tracing = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
diff --git a/polkadot/cli/Cargo.toml b/polkadot/cli/Cargo.toml
index 6909d142b3a63..a6c9a7cf3d194 100644
--- a/polkadot/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/polkadot/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ polkadot-service = { optional = true, workspace = true }
 frame-benchmarking-cli = { optional = true, workspace = true, default-features = true }
 polkadot-node-metrics = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 polkadot-node-primitives = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-cli = { optional = true, workspace = true, default-features = true }
+sc-cli = { optional = true, workspace = true }
 sc-executor = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-service = { optional = true, workspace = true, default-features = true }
+sc-service = { optional = true, workspace = true }
 sc-storage-monitor = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-sysinfo = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-tracing = { optional = true, workspace = true, default-features = true }
diff --git a/polkadot/node/metrics/Cargo.toml b/polkadot/node/metrics/Cargo.toml
index 8d15391b11c2a..8ff2e91685c64 100644
--- a/polkadot/node/metrics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/polkadot/node/metrics/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ gum = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 
 metered = { features = ["futures_channel"], workspace = true }
 # Both `sc-service` and `sc-cli` are required by runtime metrics `logger_hook()`.
-sc-cli = { workspace = true }
-sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-
+sc-cli = { workspace = true , default-features = false}
+sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 bs58 = { features = ["alloc"], workspace = true, default-features = true }
 codec = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 log = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
diff --git a/substrate/client/cli/Cargo.toml b/substrate/client/cli/Cargo.toml
index d7b4489b6cc5f..0ee2e24c9a8b3 100644
--- a/substrate/client/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/client/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ thiserror = { workspace = true }
 # personal fork here as workaround for: https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bip39/pull/64
 bip39 = { package = "parity-bip39", version = "2.0.1", features = ["rand"] }
 sc-client-api = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-client-db = { workspace = true }
+sc-client-db = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sc-keystore = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-mixnet = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-network = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-service = { workspace = true }
+sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sc-telemetry = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-tracing = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-transaction-pool = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
diff --git a/substrate/test-utils/cli/Cargo.toml b/substrate/test-utils/cli/Cargo.toml
index b11e67bc49bca..1c860e8d42997 100644
--- a/substrate/test-utils/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/test-utils/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ nix = { features = ["signal"], workspace = true }
 node-cli = { workspace = true }
 node-primitives = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 regex = { workspace = true }
-sc-cli = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
+sc-cli = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
+sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sp-rpc = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 substrate-rpc-client = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 tokio = { features = ["full"], workspace = true, default-features = true }
diff --git a/substrate/test-utils/client/Cargo.toml b/substrate/test-utils/client/Cargo.toml
index b0709f4e244d9..454b20c95c1ed 100644
--- a/substrate/test-utils/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/test-utils/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ futures = { workspace = true }
 sc-client-api = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-client-db = { features = [
 	"test-helpers",
-], workspace = true }
+], workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sc-consensus = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-executor = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-service = { workspace = true }
+sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 serde = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sp-blockchain = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
diff --git a/substrate/utils/frame/benchmarking-cli/Cargo.toml b/substrate/utils/frame/benchmarking-cli/Cargo.toml
index c38a7e4f77d81..a4c93a5235de3 100644
--- a/substrate/utils/frame/benchmarking-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/utils/frame/benchmarking-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ rand = { features = ["small_rng"], workspace = true, default-features = true }
 rand_pcg = { workspace = true }
 sc-block-builder = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-chain-spec = { workspace = true }
-sc-cli = { workspace = true }
+sc-cli = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sc-client-api = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-client-db = { workspace = true }
+sc-client-db = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sc-executor = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-executor-common = { workspace = true }
 sc-runtime-utilities = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-service = { workspace = true }
+sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sc-sysinfo = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ substrate-test-runtime = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 westend-runtime = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 
 [features]
-default = ["rocksdb"]
+default = []
 runtime-benchmarks = [
 	"frame-benchmarking/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"frame-support/runtime-benchmarks",