diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/Feature.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/Feature.java
index 037e6627a74a3..a0b4780a66af8 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/Feature.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/Feature.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ public enum Feature {
     INFINISPAN_CLIENT,
     INFINISPAN_EMBEDDED,
     JAEGER,
-    JAXRS_CLIENT_REACTIVE,
     JDBC_DB2,
     JDBC_DERBY,
     JDBC_H2,
diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/jaxrs-client-reactive/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jaxrs/client/reactive/deployment/JaxrsClientReactiveProcessor.java b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/jaxrs-client-reactive/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jaxrs/client/reactive/deployment/JaxrsClientReactiveProcessor.java
index 0e0a560ea0a2c..523041e31507c 100644
--- a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/jaxrs-client-reactive/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jaxrs/client/reactive/deployment/JaxrsClientReactiveProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/jaxrs-client-reactive/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jaxrs/client/reactive/deployment/JaxrsClientReactiveProcessor.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package io.quarkus.jaxrs.client.reactive.deployment;
 
-import static io.quarkus.deployment.Feature.JAXRS_CLIENT_REACTIVE;
 import static org.jboss.jandex.Type.Kind.ARRAY;
 import static org.jboss.jandex.Type.Kind.CLASS;
 import static org.jboss.jandex.Type.Kind.PARAMETERIZED_TYPE;
@@ -125,7 +124,6 @@
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.ApplicationIndexBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.BytecodeTransformerBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.CombinedIndexBuildItem;
-import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.FeatureBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.GeneratedClassBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.ReflectiveClassBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.ReflectiveHierarchyBuildItem;
@@ -192,11 +190,6 @@ public class JaxrsClientReactiveProcessor {
     public static final MethodDescriptor MULTIPART_RESPONSE_DATA_ADD_FILLER = MethodDescriptor
             .ofMethod(MultipartResponseDataBase.class, "addFiller", void.class, FieldFiller.class);
 
-    @BuildStep
-    void addFeature(BuildProducer<FeatureBuildItem> features) {
-        features.produce(new FeatureBuildItem(JAXRS_CLIENT_REACTIVE));
-    }
-
     @BuildStep
     void registerClientResponseBuilder(BuildProducer<ServiceProviderBuildItem> serviceProviders) {
         serviceProviders.produce(new ServiceProviderBuildItem(ResponseBuilderFactory.class.getName(),