diff --git a/embassy-executor/Cargo.toml b/embassy-executor/Cargo.toml
index 5984cc49c..01fa28b88 100644
--- a/embassy-executor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/embassy-executor/Cargo.toml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ arch-cortex-m = ["_arch", "dep:cortex-m"]
 ## RISC-V 32
 arch-riscv32 = ["_arch"]
 ## WASM
-arch-wasm = ["_arch", "dep:wasm-bindgen", "dep:js-sys"]
+arch-wasm = ["_arch", "dep:wasm-bindgen", "dep:js-sys", "critical-section/std"]
 ## AVR
 arch-avr = ["_arch", "dep:portable-atomic", "dep:avr-device"]
 
diff --git a/examples/wasm/Cargo.toml b/examples/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 9bd37550c..75de079b7 100644
--- a/examples/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ wasm-logger = "0.2.0"
 wasm-bindgen = "0.2"
 web-sys = { version = "0.3", features = ["Document", "Element", "HtmlElement", "Node", "Window" ] }
 log = "0.4.11"
-critical-section = { version = "1.1", features = ["std"] }
 
 [profile.release]
 debug = 2