diff --git a/librashader-cache/Cargo.toml b/librashader-cache/Cargo.toml
index ee41311..aa13d92 100644
--- a/librashader-cache/Cargo.toml
+++ b/librashader-cache/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ platform-dirs = "0.3.0"
 blake3 = { version = "1.3.3" }
 thiserror = "1.0.38"
 bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.2", features = ["serde"] }
-rusqlite = { version = "0.28.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
+rusqlite = { version = "0.28.0", features = ["bundled"] }
 
 bytemuck = "1.13.0"
 
@@ -32,11 +32,10 @@ features = [
 optional = true
 
 [features]
-# should be enabled at librashader crate level.
-cache = ["rusqlite/bundled"]
 d3d = ["windows"]
-docsrs = ["blake3/pure"]
+
+# hack to get building on docsrs
+docsrs = ["blake3/pure", "rusqlite/in_gecko"]
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 features = ["docsrs"]
-no-default-features = true
diff --git a/librashader-cache/src/cache.rs b/librashader-cache/src/cache.rs
index ebe7e19..0e39a72 100644
--- a/librashader-cache/src/cache.rs
+++ b/librashader-cache/src/cache.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use crate::cacheable::Cacheable;
 use crate::key::CacheKey;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "cache")]
 pub(crate) mod internal {
     use platform_dirs::AppDirs;
     use rusqlite::{Connection, DatabaseName};
@@ -66,8 +65,6 @@ pub(crate) mod internal {
     }
 }
 
-
-#[cfg(feature = "cache")]
 /// Cache a shader object (usually bytecode) created by the keyed objects.
 ///
 /// - `factory` is the function that compiles the values passed as keys to a shader object.
@@ -122,7 +119,6 @@ where
     Ok(load(blob)?)
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "cache")]
 /// Cache a pipeline state object.
 ///
 /// Keys are not used to create the object and are only used to uniquely identify the pipeline state.
@@ -182,9 +178,3 @@ where
 
     Ok(pipeline)
 }
-
-#[cfg(not(feature = "cache"))]
-pub use crate::docsrs::cache_pipeline;
-
-#[cfg(not(feature = "cache"))]
-pub use crate::docsrs::cache_shader_object;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/librashader-cache/src/compilation.rs b/librashader-cache/src/compilation.rs
index c90572b..ef1ad16 100644
--- a/librashader-cache/src/compilation.rs
+++ b/librashader-cache/src/compilation.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ pub struct CachedCompilation<T> {
     compilation: T,
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "cache")]
 impl<T: ShaderCompilation + for<'de> serde::Deserialize<'de> + serde::Serialize + Clone>
     ShaderCompilation for CachedCompilation<T>
 {
@@ -57,17 +56,6 @@ impl<T: ShaderCompilation + for<'de> serde::Deserialize<'de> + serde::Serialize
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "cache"))]
-impl<T: ShaderCompilation + for<'de> serde::Deserialize<'de> + serde::Serialize + Clone>
-ShaderCompilation for CachedCompilation<T>
-{
-    fn compile(source: &ShaderSource) -> Result<Self, ShaderCompileError> {
-        Ok(CachedCompilation {
-            compilation: T::compile(source)?
-        })
-    }
-}
-
 impl FromCompilation<CachedCompilation<GlslangCompilation>> for DXIL {
     type Target = <DXIL as FromCompilation<GlslangCompilation>>::Target;
     type Options = <DXIL as FromCompilation<GlslangCompilation>>::Options;
diff --git a/librashader-cache/src/docsrs.rs b/librashader-cache/src/docsrs.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index bf60119..0000000
--- a/librashader-cache/src/docsrs.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-use crate::{CacheKey, Cacheable};
-/// Cache a pipeline state object.
-///
-/// Keys are not used to create the object and are only used to uniquely identify the pipeline state.
-///
-/// - `restore_pipeline` tries to restore the pipeline with either a cached binary pipeline state
-///    cache, or create a new pipeline if no cached value is available.
-/// - `fetch_pipeline_state` fetches the new pipeline state cache after the pipeline was created.
-#[allow(unused_variables)]
-pub fn cache_pipeline<E, T, R, const KEY_SIZE: usize>(
-    index: &str,
-    keys: &[&dyn CacheKey; KEY_SIZE],
-    restore_pipeline: impl Fn(Option<Vec<u8>>) -> Result<R, E>,
-    fetch_pipeline_state: impl FnOnce(&R) -> Result<T, E>,
-    bypass_cache: bool,
-) -> Result<R, E>
-    where
-        T: Cacheable,
-{
-    eprintln!("[librashader:warn] Cache support was not built, you must rebuild librashader with the cache feature.");
-    return Ok(restore_pipeline(None)?);
-}
-
-/// Cache a shader object (usually bytecode) created by the keyed objects.
-///
-/// - `factory` is the function that compiles the values passed as keys to a shader object.
-/// - `load` tries to load a compiled shader object to a driver-specialized result.
-#[allow(unused_variables)]
-pub fn cache_shader_object<E, T, R, H, const KEY_SIZE: usize>(
-    index: &str,
-    keys: &[H; KEY_SIZE],
-    factory: impl FnOnce(&[H; KEY_SIZE]) -> Result<T, E>,
-    load: impl Fn(T) -> Result<R, E>,
-    bypass_cache: bool,
-) -> Result<R, E>
-    where
-        H: CacheKey,
-        T: Cacheable,
-{
-    eprintln!("[librashader:warn] Cache support was not built, you must rebuild librashader with the cache feature.");
-    return Ok(load(factory(keys)?)?);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/librashader-cache/src/lib.rs b/librashader-cache/src/lib.rs
index 79c12b5..e5d9a1d 100644
--- a/librashader-cache/src/lib.rs
+++ b/librashader-cache/src/lib.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,3 @@ pub use cache::cache_shader_object;
 
 #[cfg(all(target_os = "windows", feature = "d3d"))]
 mod d3d;
-
-
-#[cfg(not(feature = "cache"))]
-mod docsrs;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/librashader-capi/Cargo.toml b/librashader-capi/Cargo.toml
index d67a32f..e90f2e2 100644
--- a/librashader-capi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/librashader-capi/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ description = "RetroArch shaders for all."
 crate-type = [ "cdylib", "staticlib" ]
 
 [features]
-default = ["runtime-all", "librashader/cache" ]
+default = ["runtime-all" ]
 runtime-all = ["runtime-opengl", "runtime-d3d11", "runtime-d3d12", "runtime-vulkan"]
 runtime-opengl = ["gl", "librashader/runtime-gl"]
 runtime-d3d11 = ["windows", "librashader/runtime-d3d11", "windows/Win32_Graphics_Direct3D11"]
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ spirv_cross = { package = "librashader-spirv-cross", version = "0.23" }
 version = "0.44.0"
 optional = true
 
-[package.metadata.cargo-post.dependencies]
-
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 targets = ["x86_64-pc-windows-msvc", "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
-no-default-features = true
-features = ["runtime-all", "librashader/docsrs"]
\ No newline at end of file
+features = ["librashader/docsrs"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/librashader-runtime-d3d11/Cargo.toml b/librashader-runtime-d3d11/Cargo.toml
index 805b8b9..418b633 100644
--- a/librashader-runtime-d3d11/Cargo.toml
+++ b/librashader-runtime-d3d11/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ features = [
 
 [[test]]
 name = "triangle"
-required-features = ["librashader-cache/cache"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 gfx-maths = "0.2.8"
+
+[package.metadata.docs.rs]
+features = ["librashader-cache/docsrs"]
diff --git a/librashader-runtime-d3d12/Cargo.toml b/librashader-runtime-d3d12/Cargo.toml
index 24f4c90..cbe3ddc 100644
--- a/librashader-runtime-d3d12/Cargo.toml
+++ b/librashader-runtime-d3d12/Cargo.toml
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ features = [
 
 [[test]]
 name = "triangle"
-required-features = ["librashader-cache/cache"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 gfx-maths = "0.2.8"
+
+[package.metadata.docs.rs]
+features = ["librashader-cache/docsrs"]
diff --git a/librashader-runtime-gl/Cargo.toml b/librashader-runtime-gl/Cargo.toml
index a1b3744..23be501 100644
--- a/librashader-runtime-gl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/librashader-runtime-gl/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,4 +31,6 @@ glfw = "0.47.0"
 
 [[test]]
 name = "triangle"
-required-features = ["librashader-cache/cache"]
+
+[package.metadata.docs.rs]
+features = ["librashader-cache/docsrs"]
diff --git a/librashader-runtime-vk/Cargo.toml b/librashader-runtime-vk/Cargo.toml
index 1df93aa..2c32e1e 100644
--- a/librashader-runtime-vk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/librashader-runtime-vk/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,4 +40,6 @@ ash-window = "0.12.0"
 
 [[test]]
 name = "triangle"
-required-features = ["librashader-cache/cache"]
+
+[package.metadata.docs.rs]
+features = ["librashader-cache/docsrs"]
diff --git a/librashader/Cargo.toml b/librashader/Cargo.toml
index 56a2dfb..b5ec466 100644
--- a/librashader/Cargo.toml
+++ b/librashader/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ librashader-runtime-d3d12  = { path = "../librashader-runtime-d3d12", version =
 librashader-runtime-gl = { path = "../librashader-runtime-gl", version = "0.1.0-rc.5", optional = true }
 librashader-runtime-vk = { path = "../librashader-runtime-vk", version = "0.1.0-rc.5", optional = true }
 
-librashader-cache = { path = "../librashader-cache", version = "0.1.0-rc.5", default-features = false }
+librashader-cache = { path = "../librashader-cache", version = "0.1.0-rc.5" }
 
 ash = { version = "0.37.1+1.3.235", optional = true }
 
@@ -52,13 +52,14 @@ runtime-all = ["runtime-gl", "runtime-d3d11", "runtime-d3d12", "runtime-vk"]
 reflect-all = ["reflect-cross", "reflect-dxil"]
 
 # enable all features by default
-default = [ "runtime-all", "reflect-all", "preprocess", "presets" ]
+default = [ "full" ]
 internal = []
-cache = ["librashader-cache/cache"]
 
+full = ["runtime-all", "reflect-all", "preprocess", "presets"]
+
+# cache hack
 docsrs = ["librashader-cache/docsrs"]
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 targets = ["x86_64-pc-windows-msvc", "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
-no-default-features = true
 features = [ "librashader-cache/docsrs" ]