diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_ecs/Cargo.toml
index f7ac0e430e91b..dabd9e9f70dae 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,13 +48,9 @@ portable-atomic = [
   "concurrent-queue/portable-atomic",
 ]
 
-
 [dependencies]
 bevy_ptr = { path = "../bevy_ptr", version = "0.15.0-dev" }
-bevy_reflect = { path = "../bevy_reflect", version = "0.15.0-dev", default-features = false, features = [
-  "smallvec",
-  "debug",
-], optional = true }
+bevy_reflect = { path = "../bevy_reflect", version = "0.15.0-dev", default-features = false, optional = true }
 bevy_tasks = { path = "../bevy_tasks", version = "0.15.0-dev", default-features = false }
 bevy_utils = { path = "../bevy_utils", version = "0.15.0-dev", default-features = false, features = [
   "alloc",
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/reflect.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/reflect.rs
index 2763d55278e66..afa2015f4ef38 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/reflect.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/reflect.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use core::any::TypeId;
 
 use thiserror::Error;
 
-use alloc::string::String;
+use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
 use bevy_reflect::{Reflect, ReflectFromPtr};
 
 use crate::{prelude::*, world::ComponentId};
diff --git a/tools/ci/src/commands/compile_check_no_std.rs b/tools/ci/src/commands/compile_check_no_std.rs
index 9ce1134855cc0..02bfd7c58790f 100644
--- a/tools/ci/src/commands/compile_check_no_std.rs
+++ b/tools/ci/src/commands/compile_check_no_std.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ impl Prepare for CompileCheckNoStdCommand {
         commands.push(PreparedCommand::new::<Self>(
             cmd!(
                 sh,
-                "cargo check -p bevy_ecs --no-default-features --features edge_executor,critical-section --target {target}"
+                "cargo check -p bevy_ecs --no-default-features --features edge_executor,critical-section,bevy_debug_stepping,bevy_reflect --target {target}"
             ),
             "Please fix compiler errors in output above for bevy_ecs no_std compatibility.",
         ));