diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 3d98254e8..dc9a204d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ jobs:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           path-to-lcov: ./lcov.info
 
+      - name: Test standard build without default features
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: test
+          args: --no-default-features
+
       - name: Test musl build without default features
         env:
            CFLAGS: -I/usr/local/musl/include
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c6e0d0677..95afd61ad 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ default = ["bzip2", "lzma", "curl"]
 bzip2 = ["hts-sys/bzip2"]
 lzma = ["hts-sys/lzma"]
 curl = ["hts-sys/curl"]
-#openssl = ["hts-sys/openssl"]
 serde = ["serde_base", "serde_bytes"]
 static = []
 
diff --git a/hts-sys/Cargo.toml b/hts-sys/Cargo.toml
index 296a916df..6180bd912 100644
--- a/hts-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hts-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ curl-sys = { version = "0.4.31", optional = true, features = ["static-curl", "st
 default = ["bzip2", "lzma"]
 bzip2 = ["bzip2-sys"]
 lzma = ["lzma-sys"]
-#openssl = ["openssl-sys"]
 curl = ["curl-sys"]
 static = []
 
@@ -35,4 +34,4 @@ static = []
 fs-utils = "1.1"
 bindgen = { version = "0.53.2", default-features = false, features = ["runtime"] }
 cc = "1.0"
-glob = "0.3.0"
\ No newline at end of file
+glob = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/hts-sys/build.rs b/hts-sys/build.rs
index 66f745c6c..04f41c6e9 100644
--- a/hts-sys/build.rs
+++ b/hts-sys/build.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ fn main() {
     if !out.join("htslib").exists() {
         copy_directory("htslib", &out).unwrap();
     }
-    
+
     let use_bzip2 = env::var("CARGO_FEATURE_BZIP2").is_ok();
     if !use_bzip2 {
         let bzip2_patterns = vec!["s/ -lbz2//", "/#define HAVE_LIBBZ2/d"];
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ fn main() {
     }
 
     let use_lzma = env::var("CARGO_FEATURE_LZMA").is_ok();
-    if !use_lzma && want_static {
+    if !use_lzma {
         let lzma_patterns = vec!["s/ -llzma//", "/#define HAVE_LIBLZMA/d"];
         sed_htslib_makefile(&out, &lzma_patterns, "lzma");
     } else if let Ok(inc) = env::var("DEP_LZMA_INCLUDE").map(PathBuf::from) {
diff --git a/hts-sys/src/lib.rs b/hts-sys/src/lib.rs
index c0774ffe3..fe2728e74 100644
--- a/hts-sys/src/lib.rs
+++ b/hts-sys/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #![allow(improper_ctypes)]
 //! This module exposes the raw Htslib bindings.
 
-#[cfg(feature = "libz")]
 extern crate libz_sys;
 #[cfg(feature = "bzip2")]
 extern crate bzip2_sys;