diff --git a/veilid-core/Cargo.toml b/veilid-core/Cargo.toml
index 05b9003a..d12d8347 100644
--- a/veilid-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/veilid-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib", "staticlib", "rlib"]
 
 [features]
 android_tests = []
-ios_tests = [ "simplelog", "backtrace" ]
+ios_tests = []
 
 [dependencies]
 capnp = { version = "^0", default_features = false }
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ winapi = { version = "^0", features = [ "iptypes", "iphlpapi" ] }
 
 # Dependencies for iOS
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "ios")'.dependencies]
-simplelog = { version = "^0", optional = true }
-backtrace = { version = "^0", optional = true }
+simplelog = { version = "^0" }
+backtrace = { version = "^0" }
 
 # Rusqlite configuration to ensure platforms that don't come with sqlite get it bundled
 # Except WASM which doesn't use sqlite