diff --git a/examples/minimal/Cargo.toml b/examples/minimal/Cargo.toml
index 400e3d396..aba8b55b7 100644
--- a/examples/minimal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/minimal/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ edition = "2021"
 publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
-riot-rs = { path = "../../src/riot-rs", features = ["threading"] }
+riot-rs = { path = "../../src/riot-rs" }
 riot-rs-boards = { path = "../../src/riot-rs-boards" }
diff --git a/examples/minimal/README.md b/examples/minimal/README.md
index f5058fc2c..ef53abe7f 100644
--- a/examples/minimal/README.md
+++ b/examples/minimal/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # minimal
 
 This application tries to be a _compile time_ test to see RIOT-rs' minimal
-RAM/ROM usage, similar to RIOT's `tests/minimal`.
+RAM/ROM usage ("doing nothing", with all features disabled).
diff --git a/examples/minimal/laze.yml b/examples/minimal/laze.yml
index 3344ee1be..b09771c73 100644
--- a/examples/minimal/laze.yml
+++ b/examples/minimal/laze.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,3 @@ apps:
   - name: minimal
     depends:
       - ?release
-    env:
-      global:
-        CFLAGS:
-          - -DTHREAD_STACKSIZE_MAIN=256
-          - -DLOG_LEVEL=LOG_NONE
diff --git a/examples/minimal/src/main.rs b/examples/minimal/src/main.rs
index 91e694a07..284847326 100644
--- a/examples/minimal/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/minimal/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 #![no_main]
 #![no_std]
-#![feature(type_alias_impl_trait)]
-#![feature(used_with_arg)]
 
-#[riot_rs::thread]
-fn main() {}
+use riot_rs as _;