diff --git a/wgpu-hal/Cargo.toml b/wgpu-hal/Cargo.toml
index aa8bbcada98..9fee2782c3d 100644
--- a/wgpu-hal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wgpu-hal/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 [lib]
 
 [features]
-default = ["gles"]
+default = []
 metal = ["naga/msl-out", "block", "foreign-types"]
 vulkan = ["naga/spv-out", "ash", "gpu-alloc", "gpu-descriptor", "libloading", "smallvec"]
 gles = ["naga/glsl-out", "glow", "egl", "libloading"]