diff --git a/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml b/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
index 9e380a2..df840c0 100644
--- a/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,3 +28,8 @@ uuid = { version = "1.8.0", features=["v4"] }
 vhost = { path = "../vhost", version = "0.14.0", features = ["test-utils", "vhost-user-frontend", "vhost-user-backend"] }
 vm-memory = { workspace = true, features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }
 tempfile = "3.2.0"
+
+[package.metadata.cargo-all-features]
+skip_feature_sets = [
+    ["xen", "postcopy"]
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vhost/Cargo.toml b/vhost/Cargo.toml
index 355490a..88a02c3 100644
--- a/vhost/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,3 +37,10 @@ vm-memory = { workspace = true, features=["backend-mmap"] }
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3.2.0"
 serial_test = "3.0"
+
+[package.metadata.cargo-all-features]
+skip_feature_sets = [
+    ["xen", "postcopy"]
+]
+
+denylist = ["test_utils"]