diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7d55cc5..3b35e52 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ rust-version = "1.43.0" # cached requires 1.42.0
 default = ["multi-threaded", "infer-backend"]
 multi-threaded = ["rayon"]
 infer-backend = ["infer"]
-
-# always disable xdg-mime-backend on windows
-[target.'cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))'.features]
 xdg-mime-backend = ["xdg-mime"]
 
 [dependencies]