diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c0b49411..c74db0b3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ vergen = { version = "8", features = ["git", "gitcl"] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["unstable-locales"] }
 dirs = "5.0.1"
 env_logger = "0.11"
-freedesktop_entry_parser = { version = "1.3", optional = true }
+freedesktop_entry_parser = "1.3"
 flate2 = "1.0"
 fs_extra = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/fs_extra.git" }
 gio = { version = "0.20", optional = true }
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ features = ["serde"]
 
 [features]
 default = ["desktop", "gvfs", "notify", "winit", "wgpu"]
-desktop = ["libcosmic/desktop", "dep:freedesktop_entry_parser", "dep:xdg"]
+desktop = ["libcosmic/desktop", "dep:xdg"]
 gvfs = ["dep:gio", "dep:glib"]
 notify = ["dep:notify-rust"]
 wayland = ["libcosmic/wayland", "dep:wayland-client"]