diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1b07e2f498..756f23b0a2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ miden-core-lib = { path = "./crates/lib/core", version = "0.21", default-feature
 miden-utils-core-derive = { path = "./crates/utils-core-derive", version = "0.21", default-features = false }
 miden-utils-diagnostics = { path = "./crates/utils-diagnostics", version = "0.21", default-features = false }
 miden-utils-indexing = { path = "./crates/utils-indexing", version = "0.21", default-features = false }
-miden-utils-sync = { path = "./crates/utils-sync", version = "0.21", default-features = false }
+miden-utils-sync = { path = "./crates/utils-sync", version = "0.21" }
 miden-utils-testing = { path = "./crates/test-utils", package = "miden-test-utils" }
 miden-verifier = { path = "./verifier", version = "0.21", default-features = false }
 
diff --git a/crates/test-serde-macros/Cargo.toml b/crates/test-serde-macros/Cargo.toml
index 8c77843106..30f07d594c 100644
--- a/crates/test-serde-macros/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/test-serde-macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 name = "miden-test-serde-macros"
 version = "0.1.0"
 description = "Proc macros for serde roundtrip testing in Miden VM"
-readme = "README.md"
 categories = ["development-tools::testing", "no-std"]
 keywords = ["miden", "serde", "testing", "proc-macro"]
 publish = false