diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d3b026e7..61b22086 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 all-features = true
 
 [features]
-default = ["bracketed-paste", "events", "windows"]
+default = ["bracketed-paste", "events"]
 
 #! ### Default features
 ## Enables triggering [`Event::Paste`](event::Event::Paste) when pasting text into the terminal.
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ bracketed-paste = []
 ## Enables reading input/events from the system using the [`event`] module.
 events = ["dep:mio", "dep:signal-hook", "dep:signal-hook-mio"]
 
-## Enables windows specific crates.
-windows = ["dep:winapi", "dep:crossterm_winapi"]
-
 #! ### Optional Features
 
 ## Enables the [EventStream](event::EventStream) struct for async event reading.
@@ -53,8 +50,8 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 
 # Windows dependencies
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-crossterm_winapi = { version = "0.9.1", optional = true }
-winapi = { version = "0.3.9", optional = true, features = ["winuser", "winerror"] }
+crossterm_winapi = { version = "0.9.1" }
+winapi = { version = "0.3.9", features = ["winuser", "winerror"] }
 
 # UNIX dependencies
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]