diff --git a/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml b/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml
index 99fc32e8..4577b7d5 100644
--- a/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ getrandom = "0.2.9"
 hex_fmt = "0.3.0"
 instant = "0.1.12"
 libp2p-core = { workspace = true }
-libp2p-identity = { workspace = true }
+libp2p-identity = { workspace = true, features = ["rand"] }
 libp2p-swarm = { workspace = true }
 log = "0.4.20"
 quick-protobuf = "0.8"
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ async-std = { version = "1.6.3", features = ["unstable"] }
 env_logger = "0.10.0"
 hex = "0.4.2"
 libp2p-core = { workspace = true }
-libp2p-identity = { workspace = true, features = ["rand"] }
 libp2p-yamux = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-noise = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-swarm-test = { path = "../../swarm-test" }
diff --git a/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml b/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml
index a0889419..7e8b67b7 100644
--- a/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ libp2p-core = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-swarm = { workspace = true }
 quick-protobuf = "0.8"
 quick-protobuf-codec = { workspace = true }
-libp2p-identity = { workspace = true }
+libp2p-identity = { workspace = true, features = ["rand"] }
 rand = "0.8"
 sha2 = "0.10.8"
 smallvec = "1.11.1"
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ async-std = { version = "1.12.0", features = ["attributes"] }
 env_logger = "0.10.0"
 futures-timer = "3.0"
 libp2p-identify = { path = "../identify" }
-libp2p-identity = { workspace = true, features = ["rand"] }
 libp2p-noise = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-swarm = { path = "../../swarm", features = ["macros"] }
 libp2p-swarm-test = { path = "../../swarm-test" }
diff --git a/protocols/perf/Cargo.toml b/protocols/perf/Cargo.toml
index 7d38d44b..3a40b0de 100644
--- a/protocols/perf/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/perf/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ futures = "0.3.28"
 instant = "0.1.12"
 libp2p-core = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-dns = { workspace = true, features = ["tokio"] }
-libp2p-identity = { workspace = true }
+libp2p-identity = { workspace = true, features = ["rand"] }
 libp2p-tls = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-quic = { workspace = true, features = ["tokio"] }
 libp2p-request-response = { workspace = true }
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ void = "1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand = "0.8"
-libp2p-identity = { workspace = true, features = ["rand"] }
 libp2p-swarm-test = { path = "../../swarm-test" }
 
 # Passing arguments to the docsrs builder in order to properly document cfg's.