diff --git a/contrib/Cargo.toml b/contrib/Cargo.toml
index dfe743e1..7a99685d 100644
--- a/contrib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contrib/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 
 [features]
 default = ["json"]
+cors = []
 json = ["serde", "serde_json"]
 tera_templates = ["tera", "templates"]
 handlebars_templates = ["handlebars", "templates"]
diff --git a/contrib/src/lib.rs b/contrib/src/lib.rs
index 851fe878..7acb3ec9 100644
--- a/contrib/src/lib.rs
+++ b/contrib/src/lib.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "lazy_static_macro")]
 extern crate lazy_static;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "cors")]
 mod cors;
 
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "json", macro_use)]
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ mod templates;
 #[cfg(feature = "uuid")]
 mod uuid;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "cors")]
 pub use cors::{PreflightCORS, CORS};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "json")]
diff --git a/examples/cors/Cargo.toml b/examples/cors/Cargo.toml
index bdfae231..5525b9d0 100644
--- a/examples/cors/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/cors/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ rocket = { path = "../../lib" }
 rocket_codegen = { path = "../../codegen" }
 
 [dependencies.rocket_contrib]
-default-features = true
+default-features = false
 path = "../../contrib"
+features = ["cors"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rocket = { path = "../../lib", features = ["testing"] }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/cors/src/main.rs b/examples/cors/src/main.rs
index f4c3f25b..34b5d1f2 100644
--- a/examples/cors/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/cors/src/main.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ fn hello() -> CORS<String> {
 
 fn main() {
     rocket::ignite()
-        .mount("/", routes![cors_preflight, hello])
+        .mount("/", routes![hello])
         .launch();
 }