diff --git a/crates/bevy_dev_tools/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_dev_tools/Cargo.toml
index 0120ab9184..322c924f81 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_dev_tools/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_dev_tools/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ bevy_render = { path = "../bevy_render", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_time = { path = "../bevy_time", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_transform = { path = "../bevy_transform", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_text = { path = "../bevy_text", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
-bevy_ui = { path = "../bevy_ui", version = "0.15.0-dev", features = [
-  "bevy_text",
-] }
+bevy_ui = { path = "../bevy_ui", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_utils = { path = "../bevy_utils", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_window = { path = "../bevy_window", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_state = { path = "../bevy_state", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml
index 74267a4797..4033c6b5ba 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ android_shared_stdcxx = ["bevy_audio/android_shared_stdcxx"]
 # screen readers and forks.)
 accesskit_unix = ["bevy_winit/accesskit_unix"]
 
-bevy_text = ["dep:bevy_text", "bevy_ui?/bevy_text"]
+bevy_text = ["dep:bevy_text"]
 
 bevy_render = [
   "dep:bevy_render",
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_ui/Cargo.toml
index 1184b94b09..d3f456d63f 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ bevy_reflect = { path = "../bevy_reflect", version = "0.15.0-dev", features = [
 bevy_render = { path = "../bevy_render", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_animation = { path = "../bevy_animation", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_sprite = { path = "../bevy_sprite", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
-bevy_text = { path = "../bevy_text", version = "0.15.0-dev", optional = true }
+bevy_text = { path = "../bevy_text", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_picking = { path = "../bevy_picking", version = "0.15.0-dev", optional = true }
 bevy_transform = { path = "../bevy_transform", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
 bevy_window = { path = "../bevy_window", version = "0.15.0-dev" }