diff --git a/helix-core/Cargo.toml b/helix-core/Cargo.toml
index 050bc8abd..20bc6fb8f 100644
--- a/helix-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ homepage = "https://helix-editor.com"
 include = ["src/**/*", "README.md"]
 
 [features]
+default = ["unicode-lines"]
 unicode-lines = ["ropey/unicode_lines"]
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/helix-core/src/chars.rs b/helix-core/src/chars.rs
index 549915740..817bbb86b 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/chars.rs
+++ b/helix-core/src/chars.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,10 @@ mod test {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_categorize() {
-        const EOL_TEST_CASE: &str = "\n\r\u{000B}\u{000C}\u{0085}\u{2028}\u{2029}";
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "unicode-lines"))]
+        const EOL_TEST_CASE: &str = "\n";
+        #[cfg(feature = "unicode-lines")]
+        const EOL_TEST_CASE: &str = "\n\u{000B}\u{000C}\u{0085}\u{2028}\u{2029}";
         const WORD_TEST_CASE: &str = "_hello_world_あいうえおー1234567890１２３４５６７８９０";
         const PUNCTUATION_TEST_CASE: &str =
             "!\"#$%&\'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\\]^`{|}~！”＃＄％＆’（）＊＋、。：；＜＝＞？＠「」＾｀｛｜｝～";
diff --git a/helix-term/Cargo.toml b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
index 48365743f..6a4d82859 100644
--- a/helix-term/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ build = true
 app = true
 
 [features]
+default = ["unicode-lines"]
+unicode-lines = ["helix-core/unicode-lines"]
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "hx"