diff --git a/.github/workflows/cont_integration.yml b/.github/workflows/cont_integration.yml
index 35101517..aa03c865 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cont_integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cont_integration.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
           - default
           - minimal
           - all-keys
-          - minimal,esplora,ureq
+          - minimal,use-esplora-ureq
           - key-value-db
           - electrum
           - compact_filters
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           - rpc
           - verify
           - async-interface
-          - async-interface,esplora,reqwest
+          - use-esplora-reqwest
     steps:
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Update toolchain
         run: rustup update
       - name: Check
-        run: cargo check --target wasm32-unknown-unknown --features esplora,reqwest --no-default-features
+        run: cargo check --target wasm32-unknown-unknown --features use-esplora-reqwest --no-default-features
 
 
   fmt:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f8caafbf..fd3c5a91 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,13 +60,20 @@ rpc = ["bitcoincore-rpc"]
 #
 # - Users wanting asynchronous HTTP calls should enable `async-interface` to get
 #   access to the asynchronous method implementations. Then, if Esplora is wanted,
-#   enable `esplora` AND `reqwest`.
+#   enable `esplora` AND `reqwest` (`--features=use-esplora-reqwest`).
 # - Users wanting blocking HTTP calls can use any of the other blockchain
 #   implementations (`compact_filters`, `electrum`, or `esplora`). Users wanting to
-#   use Esplora should enable `esplora` AND `ureq`.
+#   use Esplora should enable `esplora` AND `ureq`  (`--features=use-esplora-ureq`).
+#
+# WARNING: Please take care with the features below, various combinations will
+# fail to build. We cannot currently build `bdk` with `--all-features`.
 async-interface = ["async-trait"]
 electrum = ["electrum-client"]
-esplora = ["futures"]           # Requires one of: `ureq` or `reqwest`.
+# MUST ALSO USE `--no-default-features`.
+use-esplora-reqwest = ["async-interface", "esplora", "reqwest", "futures"]
+use-esplora-ureq = ["esplora", "ureq"]
+# Typical configurations will not need to use `esplora` feature directly.
+esplora = []
 
 
 # Debug/Test features
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0d0c3e9c..0a7d61b3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -223,9 +223,6 @@ compile_error!(
     "Features async-interface and compact_filters are mutually exclusive and cannot be enabled together"
 );
 
-#[cfg(all(feature = "esplora", not(feature = "ureq"), not(feature = "reqwest")))]
-compile_error!("Feature missing: esplora requires either ureq or reqwest to be enabled");
-
 #[cfg(feature = "keys-bip39")]
 extern crate bip39;