diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8fd494a67..cd10c10f9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ unicode_names2 = { version = "0.6.0", git = "https://github.com/youknowone/unico
 widestring = "0.5.1"
 
 [features]
-default = ["threading", "stdlib", "zlib", "importlib", "encodings"]
+default = ["threading", "stdlib", "zlib", "importlib"]
 importlib = ["rustpython-vm/importlib"]
 encodings = ["rustpython-vm/encodings"]
-stdlib = ["rustpython-stdlib", "rustpython-pylib"]
+stdlib = ["rustpython-stdlib", "rustpython-pylib", "encodings"]
 flame-it = ["rustpython-vm/flame-it", "flame", "flamescope"]
 freeze-stdlib = ["rustpython-vm/freeze-stdlib", "rustpython-pylib?/freeze-stdlib"]
 jit = ["rustpython-vm/jit"]
diff --git a/vm/Cargo.toml b/vm/Cargo.toml
index d25096bd4..fb3ab1e55 100644
--- a/vm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vm/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ importlib = []
 encodings = ["importlib"]
 vm-tracing-logging = []
 flame-it = ["flame", "flamer"]
-freeze-stdlib = []
+freeze-stdlib = ["encodings"]
 jit = ["rustpython-jit"]
 threading = ["rustpython-common/threading"]
 compiler = ["parser", "codegen", "rustpython-compiler"]