diff --git a/beacon_node/store/Cargo.toml b/beacon_node/store/Cargo.toml
index 81c9494951..5882987741 100644
--- a/beacon_node/store/Cargo.toml
+++ b/beacon_node/store/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ rayon = "1.4.1"
 
 [dependencies]
 db-key = "0.0.5"
-leveldb = "0.8.6"
+leveldb = { version = "0.8.6", default-features = false }
 parking_lot = "0.11.0"
 itertools = "0.9.0"
 eth2_ssz = "0.1.2"