diff --git a/query-engine/core/Cargo.toml b/query-engine/core/Cargo.toml
index 6441abf8ca3a..7ccf1a293411 100644
--- a/query-engine/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/query-engine/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ name = "query-core"
 version = "0.1.0"
 
 [features]
-# default = ["metrics"]
 metrics = ["query-engine-metrics"]
 
 [dependencies]