diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 013d9ac3d..d00da1746 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -142,9 +142,6 @@ arrow = "53.0.0"
 assets-url = "https://github.com/parseablehq/console/releases/download/v0.9.16/build.zip"
 assets-sha1 = "cb9af17fc1af07e590e839fc0ef4db18c323fc48"
 
-[features]
-debug = []
-
 [profile.release-lto]
 inherits = "release"
 lto = "fat"
diff --git a/src/handlers/http/mod.rs b/src/handlers/http/mod.rs
index 00b7e50e8..471383600 100644
--- a/src/handlers/http/mod.rs
+++ b/src/handlers/http/mod.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pub fn metrics_path() -> String {
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn cross_origin_config() -> Cors {
-    if !CONFIG.options.cors || cfg!(feature = "debug") {
+    if !CONFIG.options.cors || cfg!(debug_assertions) {
         Cors::permissive().block_on_origin_mismatch(false)
     } else {
         Cors::default().block_on_origin_mismatch(false)