diff --git a/.github/bors.toml b/.github/bors.toml
index 0380d3003e1a9..7c237230f15ca 100644
--- a/.github/bors.toml
+++ b/.github/bors.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ status = [
     "check-compiles",
     "build-and-install-on-iOS",
     "run-examples-on-windows-dx12",
+    "build-without-default-features (bevy)",
+    "build-without-default-features (bevy_ecs)",
+    "build-without-default-features (bevy_reflect)",
 ]
 
 use_squash_merge = true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validation-jobs.yml b/.github/workflows/validation-jobs.yml
index b97b669a7af09..b8f20dc33326f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validation-jobs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validation-jobs.yml
@@ -154,3 +154,23 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: screenshots
           path: .github/start-wasm-example/screenshot-*.png
+
+  build-without-default-features:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        crate: [bevy_ecs, bevy_reflect, bevy]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          toolchain: stable
+          override: true
+      - name: Install alsa and udev
+        run: sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends libasound2-dev libudev-dev
+        if: runner.os == 'linux'
+      - name: Build
+        run: cargo build -p ${{ matrix.crate }} --no-default-features
+        env:
+          CARGO_INCREMENTAL: 0
+          RUSTFLAGS: "-C debuginfo=0 -D warnings"
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/change_detection.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/change_detection.rs
index 53fb90aa5a0e7..26b82acbb69ec 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/change_detection.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/change_detection.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 //! Types that detect when their internal data mutate.
 
 use crate::{component::ComponentTicks, ptr::PtrMut, system::Resource};
-#[cfg(feature = "bevy_reflect")]
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 
 /// The (arbitrarily chosen) minimum number of world tick increments between `check_tick` scans.