diff --git a/src/codegen/sys/cargo_toml.rs b/src/codegen/sys/cargo_toml.rs
index ce98702e1..44ce52239 100644
--- a/src/codegen/sys/cargo_toml.rs
+++ b/src/codegen/sys/cargo_toml.rs
@@ -172,16 +172,26 @@ fn fill_in(root: &mut Table, env: &Env) {
         let docs_rs_metadata = upsert_table(docs_rs_metadata, "metadata");
         let docs_rs_metadata = upsert_table(docs_rs_metadata, "docs");
         let docs_rs_metadata = upsert_table(docs_rs_metadata, "rs");
-        let docs_rs_features = env.config.docs_rs_features.clone();
-        docs_rs_metadata.insert(
-            "features".to_string(),
-            Value::Array(
-                docs_rs_features
-                    .into_iter()
-                    .map(Value::String)
-                    .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
-            ),
-        );
+
+        // Set the rustc and rustdoc args to be able to build the docs on docs.rs without the libraries
+        docs_rs_metadata.entry("rustc-args").or_insert_with(|| {
+            Value::Array(vec![
+                Value::String("--cfg".to_string()),
+                Value::String("docsrs".to_string()),
+            ])
+        });
+        docs_rs_metadata.entry("rustdoc-args").or_insert_with(|| {
+            Value::Array(vec![
+                Value::String("--cfg".to_string()),
+                Value::String("docsrs".to_string()),
+                Value::String("--generate-link-to-definition".to_string()),
+            ])
+        });
+
+        // Generate docs for all features unless a list of features to be activated on docs.rs was specified
+        if let toml::map::Entry::Vacant(_) = docs_rs_metadata.entry("features") {
+            set_string(docs_rs_metadata, "all-features", "true");
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/config/config.rs b/src/config/config.rs
index 9efdfd701..0d24a4042 100644
--- a/src/config/config.rs
+++ b/src/config/config.rs
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub single_version_file: Option<PathBuf>,
     pub generate_display_trait: bool,
     pub trust_return_value_nullability: bool,
-    pub docs_rs_features: Vec<String>,
     pub disable_format: bool,
     pub split_build_rs: bool,
     pub extra_versions: Vec<Version>,
@@ -265,17 +264,6 @@ impl Config {
                 None => false,
             };
 
-        let mut docs_rs_features = Vec::new();
-        for v in match toml.lookup("options.docs_rs_features") {
-            Some(v) => v.as_result_vec("options.docs_rs_features")?.as_slice(),
-            None => &[],
-        } {
-            docs_rs_features.push(v.as_str().map(|s| s.to_owned()).ok_or(format!(
-                "Invalid `docs_rs_features` value element, expected a string, found {}",
-                v.type_str()
-            ))?);
-        }
-
         // options.concurrency is the default of all objects if nothing
         // else is configured
         let mut objects = toml
@@ -373,7 +361,6 @@ impl Config {
             single_version_file,
             generate_display_trait,
             trust_return_value_nullability,
-            docs_rs_features,
             disable_format,
             split_build_rs,
             extra_versions,