diff --git a/gix-packetline-blocking/Cargo.toml b/gix-packetline-blocking/Cargo.toml
index 84e1cce0917..b1febf34603 100644
--- a/gix-packetline-blocking/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gix-packetline-blocking/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ default = ["blocking-io"]
 ## If set, all IO will become blocking. The same types will be used preventing side-by-side usage of blocking and non-blocking IO.
 blocking-io = []
 
-## DO NOT USE, use instead `gix-packetline` directly.
+## DO NOT USE, instead use `gix-packetline` directly.
 async-io = []
 
+## DO NOT USE, instead use `gix-packetline` directly (and still don't specify `futures-lite`).
+futures-lite = []
+
 #! ### Other
 ## Data structures implement `serde::Serialize` and `serde::Deserialize`.
 serde = ["dep:serde", "bstr/serde"]