diff --git a/client/relay-chain-inprocess-interface/Cargo.toml b/client/relay-chain-inprocess-interface/Cargo.toml
index e0479c3fc08..9522d182a38 100644
--- a/client/relay-chain-inprocess-interface/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/relay-chain-inprocess-interface/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ sp-runtime = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", branch = "master
 sp-state-machine = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", branch = "master" }
 
 # Polkadot
-polkadot-cli = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot", branch = "master" }
+polkadot-cli = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot", branch = "master", default-features=false }
 polkadot-client = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot", branch = "master" }
 polkadot-service = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot", branch = "master" }