diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 596437555203..2d7d69808cb3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5943,8 +5943,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "indicatif",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
  "parking_lot",
- "re_build_info",
- "re_build_tools",
  "re_log",
  "re_mp4",
  "re_rav1d",
diff --git a/crates/build/re_build_info/src/build_info.rs b/crates/build/re_build_info/src/build_info.rs
index e81cc03dab01..55abb7290e60 100644
--- a/crates/build/re_build_info/src/build_info.rs
+++ b/crates/build/re_build_info/src/build_info.rs
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ pub struct BuildInfo {
     /// `CARGO_PKG_NAME`
     pub crate_name: &'static str,
 
-    /// Space-separated names of all features enabled for this crate.
-    pub features: &'static str,
-
     /// Crate version, parsed from `CARGO_PKG_VERSION`, ignoring any `+metadata` suffix.
     pub version: super::CrateVersion,
 
@@ -77,7 +74,6 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for BuildInfo {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         let Self {
             crate_name,
-            features,
             version,
             rustc_version,
             llvm_version,
@@ -93,10 +89,6 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for BuildInfo {
 
         write!(f, "{crate_name} {version}")?;
 
-        if !features.is_empty() {
-            write!(f, " ({features})")?;
-        }
-
         if let Some(rustc_version) = rustc_version {
             write!(f, " [{rustc_version}")?;
             if let Some(llvm_version) = llvm_version {
@@ -155,7 +147,6 @@ impl CrateVersion {
 fn crate_version_from_build_info_string() {
     let build_info = BuildInfo {
         crate_name: "re_build_info",
-        features: "default extra",
         version: CrateVersion {
             major: 0,
             minor: 10,
diff --git a/crates/build/re_build_info/src/lib.rs b/crates/build/re_build_info/src/lib.rs
index d7b4208e6a76..42501cd64243 100644
--- a/crates/build/re_build_info/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/build/re_build_info/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ macro_rules! build_info {
     () => {
         $crate::BuildInfo {
             crate_name: env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"),
-            features: env!("RE_BUILD_FEATURES"),
             version: $crate::CrateVersion::parse(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")),
             rustc_version: env!("RE_BUILD_RUSTC_VERSION"),
             llvm_version: env!("RE_BUILD_LLVM_VERSION"),
diff --git a/crates/build/re_build_tools/src/lib.rs b/crates/build/re_build_tools/src/lib.rs
index e7bd9f816660..316e335f58aa 100644
--- a/crates/build/re_build_tools/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/build/re_build_tools/src/lib.rs
@@ -194,11 +194,6 @@ pub fn export_build_info_vars_for_crate(crate_name: &str) {
             );
         }
     }
-
-    set_env(
-        "RE_BUILD_FEATURES",
-        &enabled_features_of(crate_name).unwrap().join(" "),
-    );
 }
 
 /// ISO 8601 / RFC 3339 build time.
@@ -278,25 +273,3 @@ fn rust_llvm_versions() -> anyhow::Result<(String, String)> {
 pub fn cargo_metadata() -> anyhow::Result<cargo_metadata::Metadata> {
     Ok(cargo_metadata::MetadataCommand::new().exec()?)
 }
-
-/// Returns a list of all the enabled features of the given package.
-pub fn enabled_features_of(crate_name: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<String>> {
-    let metadata = cargo_metadata()?;
-
-    let mut features = vec![];
-    for package in &metadata.packages {
-        if package.name == crate_name {
-            for feature in package.features.keys() {
-                println!("Checking if feature is enabled: {feature:?}");
-                let feature_in_screaming_snake_case =
-                    feature.to_ascii_uppercase().replace('-', "_");
-                if std::env::var(format!("CARGO_FEATURE_{feature_in_screaming_snake_case}")).is_ok()
-                {
-                    features.push(feature.clone());
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    Ok(features)
-}
diff --git a/crates/store/re_video/Cargo.toml b/crates/store/re_video/Cargo.toml
index f77f33ea978e..a9ccd76883c5 100644
--- a/crates/store/re_video/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/store/re_video/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ nasm = [
 
 
 [dependencies]
-re_build_info.workspace = true
 re_log.workspace = true
 re_tracing.workspace = true
 
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ indicatif.workspace = true
 
 # For build.rs:
 [build-dependencies]
-re_build_tools.workspace = true
 cfg_aliases.workspace = true
 
 
diff --git a/crates/store/re_video/build.rs b/crates/store/re_video/build.rs
index 261ccb770ba3..773e9ed9afa4 100644
--- a/crates/store/re_video/build.rs
+++ b/crates/store/re_video/build.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 fn main() {
-    re_build_tools::export_build_info_vars_for_crate(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"));
-
     // uncomment these when we update to Rust 1.80: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2024/05/06/check-cfg.html
     // println!("cargo::rustc-check-cfg=cfg(native)");
     // println!("cargo::rustc-check-cfg=cfg(linux_arm64)");
diff --git a/crates/store/re_video/src/lib.rs b/crates/store/re_video/src/lib.rs
index d38a194da8c9..b007518fb2f4 100644
--- a/crates/store/re_video/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/store/re_video/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,15 @@ pub use self::{
     time::{Time, Timescale},
 };
 
-/// Returns information about this crate
-pub fn build_info() -> re_build_info::BuildInfo {
-    re_build_info::build_info!()
+/// Which features was this crate compiled with?
+pub fn features() -> Vec<&'static str> {
+    // TODO(emilk): is there a helper crate for this?
+    let mut features = vec![];
+    if cfg!(feature = "av1") {
+        features.push("av1");
+    }
+    if cfg!(feature = "nasm") {
+        features.push("nasm");
+    }
+    features
 }
diff --git a/crates/top/rerun/src/commands/entrypoint.rs b/crates/top/rerun/src/commands/entrypoint.rs
index 029b8f137d1a..6fe9e16c5b05 100644
--- a/crates/top/rerun/src/commands/entrypoint.rs
+++ b/crates/top/rerun/src/commands/entrypoint.rs
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ where
 
     if args.version {
         println!("{build_info}");
-        println!("Video features: {}", re_video::build_info().features);
+        println!("Video features: {}", re_video::features().join(" "));
         return Ok(0);
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/utils/re_analytics/src/lib.rs b/crates/utils/re_analytics/src/lib.rs
index a0a10c8e7b0d..99dd49fc573b 100644
--- a/crates/utils/re_analytics/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/utils/re_analytics/src/lib.rs
@@ -345,7 +345,6 @@ impl Properties for re_build_info::BuildInfo {
         let git_hash = self.git_hash_or_tag();
         let Self {
             crate_name: _,
-            features,
             version,
             rustc_version,
             llvm_version,
@@ -356,7 +355,6 @@ impl Properties for re_build_info::BuildInfo {
             datetime,
         } = self;
 
-        event.insert("features", features);
         event.insert("git_hash", git_hash);
         event.insert("rerun_version", version.to_string());
         event.insert("rust_version", rustc_version);
diff --git a/crates/viewer/re_viewer/src/ui/rerun_menu.rs b/crates/viewer/re_viewer/src/ui/rerun_menu.rs
index 6143c70428e9..5d75274b4a49 100644
--- a/crates/viewer/re_viewer/src/ui/rerun_menu.rs
+++ b/crates/viewer/re_viewer/src/ui/rerun_menu.rs
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ impl App {
     fn about_rerun_ui(&self, frame: &eframe::Frame, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
         let re_build_info::BuildInfo {
             crate_name,
-            features,
             version,
             rustc_version,
             llvm_version,
@@ -139,12 +138,6 @@ impl App {
             {target_triple}"
         );
 
-        // It is really the features of `rerun-cli` (the `rerun` binary) that are interesting.
-        // For the web-viewer we get `crate_name: "re_viewer"` here, which is much less interesting.
-        if crate_name == "rerun-cli" && !features.is_empty() {
-            label += &format!("\n{crate_name} features: {features}");
-        }
-
         if !rustc_version.is_empty() {
             label += &format!("\nrustc {rustc_version}");
             if !llvm_version.is_empty() {