diff --git a/embassy-net/Cargo.toml b/embassy-net/Cargo.toml
index a85eea0c..90e84d82 100644
--- a/embassy-net/Cargo.toml
+++ b/embassy-net/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ flavors = [
 ]
 
 [features]
-default = ["pool-4"]
+default = []
 std = []
 
+defmt = ["dep:defmt", "smoltcp/defmt"]
+
 tcp = ["smoltcp/socket-tcp"]
 dhcpv4 = ["medium-ethernet", "smoltcp/socket-dhcpv4"]
 medium-ethernet = ["smoltcp/medium-ethernet"]
diff --git a/embassy-stm32/Cargo.toml b/embassy-stm32/Cargo.toml
index 037d3275..91a65193 100644
--- a/embassy-stm32/Cargo.toml
+++ b/embassy-stm32/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ flavors = [
 embassy = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../embassy" }
 embassy-macros = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../embassy-macros", features = ["stm32"] }
 embassy-hal-common = {version = "0.1.0", path = "../embassy-hal-common" }
-embassy-net = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../embassy-net", default-features = false, optional = true }
+embassy-net = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../embassy-net", optional = true }
 
 embedded-hal-02 = { package = "embedded-hal", version = "0.2.6", features = ["unproven"] }
 embedded-hal-1 = { package = "embedded-hal", version = "1.0.0-alpha.7", git = "https://github.com/embassy-rs/embedded-hal", branch = "embassy2", optional = true}
diff --git a/examples/std/Cargo.toml b/examples/std/Cargo.toml
index ef60fe99..0853c323 100644
--- a/examples/std/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/std/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 
 [dependencies]
 embassy = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../../embassy", features = ["log", "std", "time", "nightly"] }
-embassy-net = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../../embassy-net", features=["std", "log", "medium-ethernet", "tcp", "dhcpv4"] }
+embassy-net = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../../embassy-net", features=["std", "log", "medium-ethernet", "tcp", "dhcpv4", "pool-16"] }
 
 async-io = "1.6.0"
 env_logger = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/examples/stm32f7/Cargo.toml b/examples/stm32f7/Cargo.toml
index 3703f551..09a06aa7 100644
--- a/examples/stm32f7/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/stm32f7/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 [dependencies]
 embassy = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../../embassy", features = ["defmt", "defmt-timestamp-uptime"] }
 embassy-stm32 = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../../embassy-stm32", features = ["nightly", "defmt", "net", "stm32f767zi", "unstable-pac", "time-driver-any", "exti"]  }
-embassy-net = { path = "../../embassy-net", default-features = false, features = ["defmt", "tcp", "medium-ethernet", "pool-16"] }
+embassy-net = { path = "../../embassy-net", features = ["defmt", "tcp", "medium-ethernet", "pool-16"] }
 
 defmt = "0.3"
 defmt-rtt = "0.3"
diff --git a/examples/stm32h7/Cargo.toml b/examples/stm32h7/Cargo.toml
index 64baad99..f237a817 100644
--- a/examples/stm32h7/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/stm32h7/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 [dependencies]
 embassy = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../../embassy", features = ["defmt", "defmt-timestamp-uptime", "unstable-traits"] }
 embassy-stm32 = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../../embassy-stm32", features = ["nightly", "defmt", "stm32h743bi", "net", "time-driver-any", "exti", "unstable-pac", "unstable-traits"] }
-embassy-net = { path = "../../embassy-net", default-features = false, features = ["defmt", "tcp", "medium-ethernet", "pool-16"] }
+embassy-net = { path = "../../embassy-net", features = ["defmt", "tcp", "medium-ethernet", "pool-16"] }
 
 defmt = "0.3"
 defmt-rtt = "0.3"