diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1a2a77e..c2658db 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,15 +33,13 @@ nom = { version = "6", optional = true }
 openid = { version = "0.9.1", optional = true }
 opentelemetry = { version = "0.17", optional = true }
 opentelemetry-http = { version = "0.6", optional = true }
-reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json"], optional = true }
-reqwest-wasm-ext = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
+reqwest = { version = "0.11.11", features = ["json"], optional = true } # requires 0.11.11+
 
 [features]
 default = ["reqwest", "openid", "telemetry", "nom"]
 telemetry = ["opentelemetry", "opentelemetry-http", "http"]
 # alternate default target for wasm
-wasm = ["reqwest", "reqwest-wasm-ext", "nom"]
-reqwest = ["dep:reqwest", "reqwest-wasm-ext"]
+wasm = ["reqwest", "nom"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 anyhow = "1"