diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 035dd02a..6987d52e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Enhancements
 ------------
 
 * `rhai-repl` tool has a few more commands, such as `strict` to turn on/off _Strict Variables Mode_ and `optimize` to turn on/off script optimization.
+* Default features for dependencies (such as `ahash/std` and `num-traits/std`) are no longer required.
 
 
 Version 1.4.1
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 006c67bf..81d16837 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ rhai_codegen = { version = "1.2", path = "codegen", default-features = false }
 serde_bytes = "0.11"
 
 [features]
-default = ["ahash/std", "num-traits/std"]
+default = []
 unchecked = []                  # unchecked arithmetic
 sync = []                       # restrict to only types that implement Send + Sync
 no_position = []                # do not track position in the parser
diff --git a/src/ast/expr.rs b/src/ast/expr.rs
index 3edfddc6..d2256c5b 100644
--- a/src/ast/expr.rs
+++ b/src/ast/expr.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use std::{
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
 #[cfg(not(feature = "no_float"))]
-use num_traits::Float;
+use num_traits::float::FloatCore as Float;
 
 /// _(internals)_ A binary expression.
 /// Exported under the `internals` feature only.