diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fb9524391..fef70dfed 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ glob = "0.2.11"
 
 [features]
 default = ["fast-tests"]
-vfs = ["wasmer-runtime-abi", "wasmer-runtime-core/vfs", "wasmer-emscripten/vfs",  "wasmer-clif-backend/vfs", "wasmer-llvm-backend/vfs"]
+vfs = ["wasmer-runtime-abi", "wasmer-emscripten/vfs"]
 debug = ["wasmer-clif-backend/debug", "wasmer-runtime-core/debug"]
 # This feature will allow cargo test to run much faster
 fast-tests = []
diff --git a/lib/clif-backend/Cargo.toml b/lib/clif-backend/Cargo.toml
index 5e68f96af..1f08b8b1e 100644
--- a/lib/clif-backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/clif-backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,4 +37,3 @@ wasmer-win-exception-handler = { path = "../win-exception-handler", version = "0
 
 [features]
 debug = ["wasmer-runtime-core/debug"]
-vfs = ["wasmer-runtime-core/vfs"]
diff --git a/lib/clif-backend/src/module.rs b/lib/clif-backend/src/module.rs
index a0929e03b..521f41cef 100644
--- a/lib/clif-backend/src/module.rs
+++ b/lib/clif-backend/src/module.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ impl Module {
                 namespace_table: StringTable::new(),
                 name_table: StringTable::new(),
 
-                #[cfg(feature = "vfs")]
                 custom_sections: HashMap::new(),
             },
         }
diff --git a/lib/emscripten/Cargo.toml b/lib/emscripten/Cargo.toml
index 3506e564f..43831fa8a 100644
--- a/lib/emscripten/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/emscripten/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ glob = "0.2.11"
 [features]
 clif = []
 llvm = []
-vfs = ["wasmer-runtime-core/vfs", "wasmer-clif-backend/vfs", "wasmer-llvm-backend/vfs", "wasmer-runtime-abi"]
+vfs = ["wasmer-runtime-abi"]
diff --git a/lib/llvm-backend/Cargo.toml b/lib/llvm-backend/Cargo.toml
index f4ff1dc96..1b3edbb7e 100644
--- a/lib/llvm-backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/llvm-backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,4 +28,3 @@ wabt = "0.7.4"
 [features]
 debug = ["wasmer-runtime-core/debug"]
 disasm = ["capstone"]
-vfs = ["wasmer-runtime-core/vfs"]
diff --git a/lib/llvm-backend/src/read_info.rs b/lib/llvm-backend/src/read_info.rs
index 0324fb9c3..596e06b52 100644
--- a/lib/llvm-backend/src/read_info.rs
+++ b/lib/llvm-backend/src/read_info.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use wasmparser::{
     SectionCode, Type as WpType,
 };
 
-#[cfg(feature = "vfs")]
 use hashbrown::HashMap;
 
 pub fn read_module(wasm: &[u8]) -> Result<(ModuleInfo, CodeSectionReader), BinaryReaderError> {
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ pub fn read_module(wasm: &[u8]) -> Result<(ModuleInfo, CodeSectionReader), Binar
         namespace_table: StringTable::new(),
         name_table: StringTable::new(),
 
-        #[cfg(feature = "vfs")]
         custom_sections: HashMap::new(),
     };
 
diff --git a/lib/runtime-abi/Cargo.toml b/lib/runtime-abi/Cargo.toml
index 6737d167f..8b8f03620 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-abi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/runtime-abi/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-wasmer-runtime-core = { path = "../runtime-core", features = ["vfs"] }
+wasmer-runtime-core = { path = "../runtime-core" }
 hashbrown = "0.1"
 failure = "0.1"
 tar = "0.4"
diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/Cargo.toml b/lib/runtime-core/Cargo.toml
index 6ba8c0e56..e186e26e5 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,4 +45,3 @@ field-offset = "0.1.1"
 
 [features]
 debug = []
-vfs = []
diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/src/error.rs b/lib/runtime-core/src/error.rs
index 63297554f..46fae102e 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/src/error.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/src/error.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ pub type LinkResult<T> = std::result::Result<T, Vec<LinkError>>;
 pub type RuntimeResult<T> = std::result::Result<T, RuntimeError>;
 pub type CallResult<T> = std::result::Result<T, CallError>;
 pub type ResolveResult<T> = std::result::Result<T, ResolveError>;
-#[cfg(feature = "vfs")]
 pub type ParseResult<T> = std::result::Result<T, ParseError>;
 
 /// This is returned when the chosen compiler is unable to
@@ -448,13 +447,11 @@ impl Into<GrowError> for MemoryProtectionError {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "vfs")]
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum ParseError {
     BinaryReadError,
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "vfs")]
 impl From<wasmparser::BinaryReaderError> for ParseError {
     fn from(_: wasmparser::BinaryReaderError) -> Self {
         ParseError::BinaryReadError
diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/src/lib.rs b/lib/runtime-core/src/lib.rs
index 83b9e110b..c780dfd87 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -67,14 +67,9 @@ pub fn compile_with(
     compiler: &dyn backend::Compiler,
 ) -> CompileResult<module::Module> {
     let token = backend::Token::generate();
-    compiler.compile(wasm, token).map(|inner| {
-        #[cfg(feature = "vfs")]
-        let inner = {
-            let mut inner = inner;
-            let inner_info: &mut crate::module::ModuleInfo = &mut inner.info;
-            inner_info.import_custom_sections(wasm).unwrap();
-            inner
-        };
+    compiler.compile(wasm, token).map(|mut inner| {
+        let inner_info: &mut crate::module::ModuleInfo = &mut inner.info;
+        inner_info.import_custom_sections(wasm).unwrap();
         module::Module::new(Arc::new(inner))
     })
 }
diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/src/module.rs b/lib/runtime-core/src/module.rs
index 5bf2df172..04a8b3b9a 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/src/module.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/src/module.rs
@@ -57,12 +57,10 @@ pub struct ModuleInfo {
     pub namespace_table: StringTable<NamespaceIndex>,
     pub name_table: StringTable<NameIndex>,
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "vfs")]
     pub custom_sections: HashMap<String, Vec<u8>>,
 }
 
 impl ModuleInfo {
-    #[cfg(feature = "vfs")]
     pub fn import_custom_sections(&mut self, wasm: &[u8]) -> crate::error::ParseResult<()> {
         let mut parser = wasmparser::ModuleReader::new(wasm)?;
         while !parser.eof() {
diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/src/vm.rs b/lib/runtime-core/src/vm.rs
index 4e4d697ea..08f6c270f 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/src/vm.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/src/vm.rs
@@ -592,7 +592,6 @@ mod vm_ctx_tests {
                 namespace_table: StringTable::new(),
                 name_table: StringTable::new(),
 
-                #[cfg(feature = "vfs")]
                 custom_sections: HashMap::new(),
             },
         }