diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7d75c8da560..3be2d798be2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ reth-era-utils = { path = "crates/era-utils" }
 reth-errors = { path = "crates/errors" }
 reth-eth-wire = { path = "crates/net/eth-wire" }
 reth-eth-wire-types = { path = "crates/net/eth-wire-types" }
-reth-ethereum-cli = { path = "crates/ethereum/cli" }
+reth-ethereum-cli = { path = "crates/ethereum/cli", default-features = false }
 reth-ethereum-consensus = { path = "crates/ethereum/consensus", default-features = false }
 reth-ethereum-engine-primitives = { path = "crates/ethereum/engine-primitives", default-features = false }
 reth-ethereum-forks = { path = "crates/ethereum/hardforks", default-features = false }
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ reth-optimism-node = { path = "crates/optimism/node" }
 reth-node-types = { path = "crates/node/types" }
 reth-op = { path = "crates/optimism/reth", default-features = false }
 reth-optimism-chainspec = { path = "crates/optimism/chainspec", default-features = false }
-reth-optimism-cli = { path = "crates/optimism/cli" }
+reth-optimism-cli = { path = "crates/optimism/cli", default-features = false }
 reth-optimism-consensus = { path = "crates/optimism/consensus", default-features = false }
 reth-optimism-forks = { path = "crates/optimism/hardforks", default-features = false }
 reth-optimism-payload-builder = { path = "crates/optimism/payload" }
diff --git a/bin/reth/Cargo.toml b/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
index d4e134bf48c..31bc630a8a9 100644
--- a/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ backon.workspace = true
 tempfile.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-default = ["jemalloc", "reth-revm/portable"]
+default = ["jemalloc", "otlp", "reth-revm/portable"]
+
+otlp = ["reth-ethereum-cli/otlp"]
 
 dev = ["reth-ethereum-cli/dev"]
 
diff --git a/crates/ethereum/cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/ethereum/cli/Cargo.toml
index e232ea0cdb1..b63dafe3df1 100644
--- a/crates/ethereum/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ethereum/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ tracing.workspace = true
 tempfile.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-default = ["jemalloc", "otlp"]
+default = []
 
 otlp = ["reth-tracing/otlp", "reth-node-core/otlp"]
 
diff --git a/crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml
index 3733227a3aa..568ed8aabfe 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/bin/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ tracing.workspace = true
 workspace = true
 
 [features]
-default = ["jemalloc", "reth-optimism-evm/portable"]
+default = ["jemalloc", "otlp", "reth-optimism-evm/portable"]
+
+otlp = ["reth-optimism-cli/otlp"]
 
 jemalloc = ["reth-cli-util/jemalloc", "reth-optimism-cli/jemalloc"]
 jemalloc-prof = ["reth-cli-util/jemalloc-prof"]
diff --git a/crates/optimism/cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/cli/Cargo.toml
index 6ed24ca5823..bdb680b2062 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ reth-stages = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
 reth-optimism-chainspec = { workspace = true, features = ["std", "superchain-configs"] }
 
 [features]
-default = ["otlp"]
+default = []
 
 # Opentelemtry feature to activate metrics export
 otlp = ["reth-tracing/otlp", "reth-node-core/otlp"]