diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 995dad53e..e95cf93f7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ default_features = false
 default = ["std", "elf32", "elf64", "mach32", "mach64", "pe32", "pe64", "archive", "endian_fd"]
 std = ["alloc", "scroll/std"]
 alloc = ["scroll/derive", "log"]
-endian_fd = ["alloc", "elf32", "elf64", "mach32", "mach64", "pe32", "pe64", "archive"]
+endian_fd = ["alloc"]
 elf32 = []
 elf64 = []
 # for now we will require mach and pe to be alloc + endian_fd
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 805b28550..a1c7c7efe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,24 +25,28 @@ example:
 api:
 	cargo build --no-default-features
 	cargo build --no-default-features --features="std"
+	cargo build --no-default-features --features="endian_fd std"
 	cargo build --no-default-features --features="elf32"
 	cargo build --no-default-features --features="elf32 elf64"
 	cargo build --no-default-features --features="elf32 elf64 std"
+	cargo build --no-default-features --features="elf32 elf64 endian_fd std"
 	cargo build --no-default-features --features="archive std"
+	cargo build --no-default-features --features="mach64 std"
+	cargo build --no-default-features --features="mach32 std"
 	cargo build --no-default-features --features="mach64 mach32 std"
+	cargo build --no-default-features --features="pe32 std"
 	cargo build --no-default-features --features="pe32 pe64 std"
-	cargo build --no-default-features --features="endian_fd std"
 	cargo build
 
 nightly_api:
 	cargo build --no-default-features --features="alloc"
-	cargo build --no-default-features --features="elf32 elf64 alloc"
+	cargo build --no-default-features --features="endian_fd"
+	cargo build --no-default-features --features="elf32 elf64 endian_fd"
 	cargo build --no-default-features --features="archive"
 	cargo build --no-default-features --features="mach64"
 	cargo build --no-default-features --features="mach32"
 	cargo build --no-default-features --features="mach64 mach32"
 	cargo build --no-default-features --features="pe32"
 	cargo build --no-default-features --features="pe32 pe64"
-	cargo build --no-default-features --features="endian_fd"
 
 .PHONY: clean test example doc
diff --git a/src/elf/mod.rs b/src/elf/mod.rs
index 820e612ee..d631b5dd9 100644
--- a/src/elf/mod.rs
+++ b/src/elf/mod.rs
@@ -52,8 +52,14 @@ pub mod dyn;
 pub mod reloc;
 pub mod note;
 
+macro_rules! if_sylvan {
+    ($($i:item)*) => ($(
+        #[cfg(all(feature = "elf32", feature = "elf64", feature = "endian_fd"))]
+        $i
+    )*)
+}
 
-if_endian_fd! {
+if_sylvan! {
     use scroll::{self, ctx, Pread, Endian};
     use strtab::Strtab;
     use error;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f7b65b93d..31ed64a51 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -125,14 +125,6 @@ macro_rules! if_alloc {
     )*)
 }
 
-#[allow(unused)]
-macro_rules! if_endian_fd {
-    ($($i:item)*) => ($(
-        #[cfg(feature = "endian_fd")]
-        $i
-    )*)
-}
-
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 pub mod error;
 
@@ -222,6 +214,13 @@ pub mod container {
     }
 }
 
+macro_rules! if_endian_fd {
+    ($($i:item)*) => ($(
+        #[cfg(all(feature = "endian_fd", feature = "elf64", feature = "elf32", feature = "pe64", feature = "pe32", feature = "mach64", feature = "mach32", feature = "archive"))]
+        $i
+    )*)
+}
+
 if_endian_fd! {
 
     #[derive(Debug, Default)]