diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7b9d182..16c3e74 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,21 +45,13 @@ rustls-native-certs = { version = "0.6", optional = true }
 native-tls = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 flate2 = { version = "1.0.22", optional = true }
 brotli-decompressor = { version = "2.3.2", optional = true }
-mbedtls = { version = "0.8.1", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 env_logger = "0.9"
 rustls = { version = "0.20", features = ["dangerous_configuration"] }
 rustls-pemfile = { version = "0.2" }
-
-[[example]]
-name = "smoke-test"
-
-[[example]]
-name = "mbedtls-req"
-required-features = ["mbedtls"]
-
+mbedtls = { version = "0.8.1" }
 
 [[example]]
 name = "cureq"
diff --git a/examples/mbedtls-req/main.rs b/examples/mbedtls/main.rs
similarity index 95%
rename from examples/mbedtls-req/main.rs
rename to examples/mbedtls/main.rs
index 63b8d0c..dff3d45 100644
--- a/examples/mbedtls-req/main.rs
+++ b/examples/mbedtls/main.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
 /*
  * Local Variables:
- * compile-command: "cargo build --example mbedtls-req --features=\"mbedtls\""
+ * compile-command: "cargo build --example mbedtls-req"
  * mode: rust
  * End:
  */
diff --git a/examples/mbedtls-req/mbedtls_connector.rs b/examples/mbedtls/mbedtls_connector.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from examples/mbedtls-req/mbedtls_connector.rs
rename to examples/mbedtls/mbedtls_connector.rs
index 0120d1e..13855d1 100644
--- a/examples/mbedtls-req/mbedtls_connector.rs
+++ b/examples/mbedtls/mbedtls_connector.rs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ impl io::Write for MbedTlsStream {
 
 /*
  * Local Variables:
- * compile-command: "cd ../.. && cargo build --example mbedtls-req --features=\"mbedtls\""
+ * compile-command: "cd ../.. && cargo build --example mbedtls-req"
  * mode: rust
  * End:
  */