diff --git a/packages/html/Cargo.toml b/packages/html/Cargo.toml
index b8e91e5ac..0d9085f6a 100644
--- a/packages/html/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/html/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ keywords = ["dom", "ui", "gui", "react"]
 [dependencies]
 dioxus-core = { workspace = true }
 dioxus-rsx = { workspace = true, features = ["hot_reload"], optional = true }
-serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_repr = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 wasm-bindgen = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 euclid = "0.22.7"
@@ -50,9 +50,7 @@ serde_json = "1"
 [features]
 default = ["serialize", "mounted"]
 serialize = [
-    "serde",
     "serde_repr",
-    "serde_json",
     "euclid/serde",
     "keyboard-types/serde",
     "dioxus-core/serialize",