diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b50134b66..f8c86feac 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ std = [
   "crossbeam-queue/std",
   "crossbeam-utils/std",
 ]
-alloc = ["crossbeam-epoch/alloc", "crossbeam-utils/alloc", "crossbeam-queue/alloc"]
+alloc = ["crossbeam-epoch/alloc", "crossbeam-queue/alloc"]
 
 [dependencies]
 cfg-if = "0.1.2"
diff --git a/crossbeam-epoch/Cargo.toml b/crossbeam-epoch/Cargo.toml
index 66107b26b..71ef42cf2 100644
--- a/crossbeam-epoch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crossbeam-epoch/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ categories = ["concurrency", "memory-management", "no-std"]
 default = ["std"]
 nightly = ["crossbeam-utils/nightly"]
 std = ["alloc", "crossbeam-utils/std", "lazy_static"]
-alloc = ["crossbeam-utils/alloc"]
+alloc = []
 sanitize = [] # Makes it more likely to trigger any potential data races.
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crossbeam-queue/Cargo.toml b/crossbeam-queue/Cargo.toml
index 5520e44ae..668e15a6c 100644
--- a/crossbeam-queue/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crossbeam-queue/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ categories = ["concurrency", "data-structures"]
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = ["alloc", "crossbeam-utils/std"]
-alloc = ["crossbeam-utils/alloc"]
+alloc = []
 nightly = []
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crossbeam-skiplist/Cargo.toml b/crossbeam-skiplist/Cargo.toml
index 549b6be6b..10054ffe1 100644
--- a/crossbeam-skiplist/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crossbeam-skiplist/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ categories = ["algorithms", "concurrency", "data-structures", "no-std"]
 default = ["std"]
 nightly = ["crossbeam-epoch/nightly", "crossbeam-utils/nightly"]
 std = ["alloc", "crossbeam-epoch/std", "crossbeam-utils/std"]
-alloc = ["crossbeam-epoch/alloc", "crossbeam-utils/alloc"]
+alloc = ["crossbeam-epoch/alloc"]
 
 [dependencies]
 cfg-if = "0.1.2"
diff --git a/crossbeam-utils/Cargo.toml b/crossbeam-utils/Cargo.toml
index d46bfef9b..58cfafc8b 100644
--- a/crossbeam-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crossbeam-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ categories = ["algorithms", "concurrency", "data-structures", "no-std"]
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 nightly = []
-std = ["alloc", "lazy_static"]
-alloc = []
+std = ["lazy_static"]
 
 [dependencies]
 cfg-if = "0.1.2"
diff --git a/crossbeam-utils/src/lib.rs b/crossbeam-utils/src/lib.rs
index fea9f16aa..e971ad111 100644
--- a/crossbeam-utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crossbeam-utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate cfg_if;
-#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
-extern crate alloc;
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 extern crate core;