diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 32ec162c8..2d825b1d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ jobs:
           python-version: "3.10"
       - name: Build
         run: cargo build --verbose
-      - name: Test Encryption
-        run: |
-          cargo test --features encryption --color=always --test integration_tests query_processing::encryption
-          cargo test --features encryption --color=always --lib storage::encryption
       - name: Test Checksums
         run: |
           cargo test --features checksum --color=always --lib storage::checksum
diff --git a/bindings/javascript/Cargo.toml b/bindings/javascript/Cargo.toml
index dcd2ba441..1b1626804 100644
--- a/bindings/javascript/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindings/javascript/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ tracing.workspace = true
 chrono = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["clock"] }
 
 [features]
-encryption = ["turso_core/encryption"]
 browser = []
 tracing_release = ["turso_core/tracing_release"]
 [build-dependencies]
diff --git a/bindings/rust/Cargo.toml b/bindings/rust/Cargo.toml
index e50304f01..d799b5320 100644
--- a/bindings/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindings/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ conn_raw_api = ["turso_core/conn_raw_api"]
 experimental_indexes = []
 antithesis = ["turso_core/antithesis"]
 tracing_release = ["turso_core/tracing_release"]
-encryption = ["turso_core/encryption"]
 
 [dependencies]
 turso_core = { workspace = true, features = ["io_uring"] }
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index d5850d7f0..1b06e8fcc 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ name = "turso_core"
 path = "lib.rs"
 
 [features]
-default = ["fs", "uuid", "time", "json", "series"]
+default = ["fs", "uuid", "time", "json", "series", "encryption"]
 antithesis = ["dep:antithesis_sdk"]
 tracing_release = ["tracing/release_max_level_info"]
 conn_raw_api = []
diff --git a/perf/encryption/Cargo.toml b/perf/encryption/Cargo.toml
index e769c5b0b..a32697c49 100644
--- a/perf/encryption/Cargo.toml
+++ b/perf/encryption/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ name = "encryption-throughput"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-turso = { workspace = true, features = ["encryption"] }
+turso = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { workspace = true, default-features = true, features = ["full"] }
 futures = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/tests/Cargo.toml b/tests/Cargo.toml
index a0cf560c4..207699faa 100644
--- a/tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,5 +36,4 @@ tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, features = ["env-filter"] }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
-encryption = ["turso_core/encryption"]
 checksum = ["turso_core/checksum"]
diff --git a/tests/integration/query_processing/mod.rs b/tests/integration/query_processing/mod.rs
index fd30cac1e..e24945f20 100644
--- a/tests/integration/query_processing/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/integration/query_processing/mod.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ mod test_ddl;
 mod test_read_path;
 mod test_write_path;
 
+mod encryption;
 mod test_multi_thread;
 mod test_transactions;
-
-#[cfg(feature = "encryption")]
-mod encryption;
diff --git a/whopper/Cargo.toml b/whopper/Cargo.toml
index 8056fbc43..1f69a4820 100644
--- a/whopper/Cargo.toml
+++ b/whopper/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,4 +29,3 @@ hex = "0.4.3"
 
 [features]
 checksum = ["turso_core/checksum"]
-encryption = ["turso_core/encryption"]
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