diff --git a/truss-transfer/Cargo.toml b/truss-transfer/Cargo.toml
index 60abdbadb..b74149af9 100644
--- a/truss-transfer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/truss-transfer/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_yaml = "0.9"
 tokio = { version = "1.24", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros", "fs"] }
 
-# Default reqwest dependency with rustls for portability
+# Base reqwest dependency without default features
+reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false }
+
+# Conditional dependencies for architectures
 [target.'cfg(any(target_arch = "x86", target_arch = "x86_64", target_arch = "x64", target_arch = "ppc64le"))'.dependencies]
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["blocking", "json", "stream", "rustls-tls"] }