diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index f2d7f28716..10b600f61d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -72531,7 +72531,11 @@ (define-public rust-tokio-core-0.1
         (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0wbgg59mxfvrhzv97y56nh3gmnmw3jj9dhgkmvz27410jjxzpvxf"))))
+         "0wbgg59mxfvrhzv97y56nh3gmnmw3jj9dhgkmvz27410jjxzpvxf"))
+       (snippet
+        #~(begin (use-modules (guix build utils))
+                 (substitute* "Cargo.toml"
+                   (("features = \\[\"tokio\"\\]") ""))))))
     (build-system cargo-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:cargo-inputs