diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e61163a..0080ed9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@ version = "0.6.5-pre"
 [badges.travis-ci]
 repository = "gyscos/Cursive"
 
-[build-dependencies.skeptic]
-optional = true
-version = "0.10"
+[build-dependencies]
+skeptic = "0.13"
 
 [dependencies]
 log = "0.3"
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ version = "1.4.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand = "0.3"
-skeptic = "0.10"
+skeptic = "0.13"
 
 [features]
 default = ["ncurses-backend"]
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index ea3c7e2..84a193d 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#[cfg(feature = "skeptic")]
 fn main() {
     extern crate skeptic;
 
@@ -7,6 +6,3 @@ fn main() {
                                   "doc/tutorial_2.md",
                                   "doc/tutorial_3.md" ]);
 }
-
-#[cfg(not(feature = "skeptic"))]
-fn main() {}