diff --git a/actix-web/Cargo.toml b/actix-web/Cargo.toml
index 0091175be..4322fb871 100644
--- a/actix-web/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-web/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ name = "actix_web"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [features]
-default = ["macros", "compress-brotli", "compress-gzip", "compress-zstd", "cookies"]
+default = ["macros", "compress-brotli", "compress-gzip", "compress-zstd", "cookies", "http2"]
 
 # Brotli algorithm content-encoding support
 compress-brotli = ["actix-http/compress-brotli", "__compress"]
@@ -46,11 +46,13 @@ cookies = ["cookie"]
 # Secure & signed cookies
 secure-cookies = ["cookies", "cookie/secure"]
 
+http2 = ["actix-http/http2"]
+
 # TLS via OpenSSL
-openssl = ["actix-http/openssl", "actix-tls/accept", "actix-tls/openssl"]
+openssl = ["http2", "actix-http/openssl", "actix-tls/accept", "actix-tls/openssl"]
 
 # TLS via Rustls
-rustls = ["actix-http/rustls", "actix-tls/accept", "actix-tls/rustls"]
+rustls = ["http2", "actix-http/rustls", "actix-tls/accept", "actix-tls/rustls"]
 
 # Internal (PRIVATE!) features used to aid testing and checking feature status.
 # Don't rely on these whatsoever. They may disappear at anytime.
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ actix-service = "2"
 actix-utils = "3"
 actix-tls = { version = "3", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
-actix-http = { version = "3.3", features = ["http2", "ws"] }
+actix-http = { version = "3.3", features = ["ws"] }
 actix-router = "0.5"
 actix-web-codegen = { version = "4.2", optional = true }
 
diff --git a/actix-web/src/server.rs b/actix-web/src/server.rs
index b96a84939..a540da7c8 100644
--- a/actix-web/src/server.rs
+++ b/actix-web/src/server.rs
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ where
 
     /// Resolves socket address(es) and binds server to created listener(s) for plaintext HTTP/1.x
     /// or HTTP/2 connections.
+    #[cfg(feature = "http2")]
     pub fn bind_auto_h2c<A: net::ToSocketAddrs>(mut self, addrs: A) -> io::Result<Self> {
         let sockets = bind_addrs(addrs, self.backlog)?;
 
@@ -453,6 +454,7 @@ where
     }
 
     /// Binds to existing listener for accepting incoming plaintext HTTP/1.x or HTTP/2 connections.
+    #[cfg(feature = "http2")]
     pub fn listen_auto_h2c(mut self, lst: net::TcpListener) -> io::Result<Self> {
         let cfg = self.config.clone();
         let factory = self.factory.clone();