diff --git a/scripts/run_integration_tests_live_migration.sh b/scripts/run_integration_tests_live_migration.sh
index fd41250ba..e8126a541 100755
--- a/scripts/run_integration_tests_live_migration.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_integration_tests_live_migration.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ process_common_args "$@"
 test_features=""
 
 if [ "$hypervisor" = "mshv" ] ;  then
-    test_features="--no-default-features --features mshv"
+    test_features="--features mshv"
 fi
 
 cp scripts/sha1sums-x86_64 $WORKLOADS_DIR
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ if [[ "${BUILD_TARGET}" == "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl" ]]; then
     CFLAGS="-I /usr/include/x86_64-linux-musl/ -idirafter /usr/include/"
 fi
 
-cargo build --no-default-features --features "kvm,mshv" --all --release --target $BUILD_TARGET
+cargo build --features mshv --all --release --target $BUILD_TARGET
 
 # Test ovs-dpdk relies on hugepages
 HUGEPAGESIZE=`grep Hugepagesize /proc/meminfo | awk '{print $2}'`
diff --git a/scripts/run_integration_tests_rate_limiter.sh b/scripts/run_integration_tests_rate_limiter.sh
index d4fbe2ff8..c502d32ac 100755
--- a/scripts/run_integration_tests_rate_limiter.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_integration_tests_rate_limiter.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ process_common_args "$@"
 test_features=""
 
 if [ "$hypervisor" = "mshv" ] ;  then
-    test_features="--no-default-features --features mshv"
+    test_features="--features mshv"
 fi
 
 cp scripts/sha1sums-x86_64 $WORKLOADS_DIR
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ if [[ "${BUILD_TARGET}" == "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl" ]]; then
     CFLAGS="-I /usr/include/x86_64-linux-musl/ -idirafter /usr/include/"
 fi
 
-cargo build --no-default-features --features "kvm,mshv" --all --release --target $BUILD_TARGET
+cargo build --features mshv --all --release --target $BUILD_TARGET
 
 export RUST_BACKTRACE=1
 time cargo test $test_features "rate_limiter::$test_filter" -- --test-threads=1 ${test_binary_args[*]}
diff --git a/scripts/run_integration_tests_sgx.sh b/scripts/run_integration_tests_sgx.sh
index 3f98b6a1b..c8e9ec62b 100755
--- a/scripts/run_integration_tests_sgx.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_integration_tests_sgx.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if [[ "${BUILD_TARGET}" == "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl" ]]; then
     CFLAGS="-I /usr/include/x86_64-linux-musl/ -idirafter /usr/include/"
 fi
 
-cargo build --no-default-features --features "kvm,mshv" --all --release --target $BUILD_TARGET
+cargo build --features mshv --all --release --target $BUILD_TARGET
 
 export RUST_BACKTRACE=1
 
diff --git a/scripts/run_integration_tests_vfio.sh b/scripts/run_integration_tests_vfio.sh
index 746949a9e..4d198af3f 100755
--- a/scripts/run_integration_tests_vfio.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_integration_tests_vfio.sh
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ TARGET_CC="musl-gcc"
 CFLAGS="-I /usr/include/x86_64-linux-musl/ -idirafter /usr/include/"
 fi
 
-cargo build --no-default-features --features "kvm,mshv" --all --release --target $BUILD_TARGET
+cargo build --features mshv --all --release --target $BUILD_TARGET
 
 # We always copy a fresh version of our binary for our L2 guest.
 cp target/$BUILD_TARGET/release/cloud-hypervisor $VFIO_DIR
diff --git a/scripts/run_integration_tests_windows_x86_64.sh b/scripts/run_integration_tests_windows_x86_64.sh
index 236ed9ffe..4afd5482f 100755
--- a/scripts/run_integration_tests_windows_x86_64.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_integration_tests_windows_x86_64.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ process_common_args "$@"
 test_features=""
 
 if [ "$hypervisor" = "mshv" ] ;  then
-    test_features="--no-default-features --features mshv"
+    test_features="--features mshv"
 fi
 WIN_IMAGE_FILE="/root/workloads/windows-server-2022-amd64-2.raw"
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ dmsetup mknodes
 dmsetup create windows-snapshot-base --table "0 $img_blk_size snapshot-origin /dev/mapper/windows-base"
 dmsetup mknodes
 
-cargo build --no-default-features --features "kvm,mshv" --all --release --target $BUILD_TARGET
+cargo build --features mshv --all --release --target $BUILD_TARGET
 
 export RUST_BACKTRACE=1
 
diff --git a/scripts/run_integration_tests_x86_64.sh b/scripts/run_integration_tests_x86_64.sh
index 45c47c133..2a14615f0 100755
--- a/scripts/run_integration_tests_x86_64.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_integration_tests_x86_64.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ process_common_args "$@"
 test_features=""
 
 if [ "$hypervisor" = "mshv" ] ;  then
-    test_features="--no-default-features --features mshv"
+    test_features="--features mshv"
 fi
 
 cp scripts/sha1sums-x86_64 $WORKLOADS_DIR
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ cp $VMLINUX_IMAGE $VFIO_DIR || exit 1
 
 BUILD_TARGET="$(uname -m)-unknown-linux-${CH_LIBC}"
 
-cargo build --no-default-features --features "kvm,mshv" --all  --release --target $BUILD_TARGET
+cargo build --features mshv --all  --release --target $BUILD_TARGET
 
 # We always copy a fresh version of our binary for our L2 guest.
 cp target/$BUILD_TARGET/release/cloud-hypervisor $VFIO_DIR
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ fi
 
 # Run tests on dbus_api
 if [ $RES -eq 0 ]; then
-    cargo build --no-default-features --features "kvm,mshv,dbus_api" --all  --release --target $BUILD_TARGET
+    cargo build --features "mshv,dbus_api" --all  --release --target $BUILD_TARGET
     export RUST_BACKTRACE=1
     # integration tests now do not reply on build feature "dbus_api"
     time cargo test $test_features "dbus_api::$test_filter" -- ${test_binary_args[*]}
diff --git a/scripts/run_metrics.sh b/scripts/run_metrics.sh
index ea39c2b48..7c60bef1b 100755
--- a/scripts/run_metrics.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_metrics.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ if [[ "${BUILD_TARGET}" == "${TEST_ARCH}-unknown-linux-musl" ]]; then
     CFLAGS="-I /usr/include/${TEST_ARCH}-linux-musl/ -idirafter /usr/include/"
 fi
 
-cargo build --no-default-features --features "kvm,mshv" --all --release --target $BUILD_TARGET
+cargo build --features mshv --all --release --target $BUILD_TARGET
 
 # setup hugepages
 HUGEPAGESIZE=`grep Hugepagesize /proc/meminfo | awk '{print $2}'`
diff --git a/scripts/run_unit_tests.sh b/scripts/run_unit_tests.sh
index 9b27add0e..b511bffd7 100755
--- a/scripts/run_unit_tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_unit_tests.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ BUILD_TARGET=${BUILD_TARGET-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu}
 cargo_args=("")
 
 if [[ $hypervisor = "mshv" ]]; then
-    cargo_args+=("--no-default-features")
     cargo_args+=("--features $hypervisor")
 elif [[ $(uname -m) = "x86_64" ]]; then
     cargo_args+=("--features tdx")