diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5faf3953d..5666a2dbe 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ with-time = ["time"]
 with-ipnetwork = ["ipnetwork"]
 with-mac_address = ["mac_address"]
 tests-cfg = []
-sea-orm = []
 
 [[test]]
 name = "test-derive"
diff --git a/sea-query-derive/Cargo.toml b/sea-query-derive/Cargo.toml
index 25eed2283..680636a6f 100644
--- a/sea-query-derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sea-query-derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ thiserror = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
 trybuild = "1.0"
 sea-query = { version = "0", path = ".." }
 strum = { version = "0.24", features = ["derive"] }
+
+[features]
+sea-orm = []