diff --git a/tor-dirmgr/Cargo.toml b/tor-dirmgr/Cargo.toml
index 73bc6bae3..2af61b4ba 100644
--- a/tor-dirmgr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tor-dirmgr/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ edition = "2018"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 publish = false
 
+[features]
+default = []
+legacy-store = []
+
 [dependencies]
 tor-chanmgr = { path="../tor-chanmgr", version= "*" }
 tor-checkable = { path="../tor-checkable", version= "*" }
diff --git a/tor-dirmgr/src/config.rs b/tor-dirmgr/src/config.rs
index 3e2250fc0..ad229f7ac 100644
--- a/tor-dirmgr/src/config.rs
+++ b/tor-dirmgr/src/config.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 //! Directory configuration tells us where to load and store directory
 //! information ,where to fetch it from, and how to validate it.
 
+#[cfg(feature = "legacy-storage")]
 use crate::storage::legacy::LegacyStore;
 use crate::storage::sqlite::SqliteStore;
 use crate::Authority;
-use crate::PartialNetDir;
 use crate::{Error, Result};
 use tor_netdir::fallback::{FallbackDir, FallbackSet};
 
@@ -266,8 +266,9 @@ impl Default for NetDirConfigBuilder {
 }
 
 impl NetDirConfig {
+    #[cfg(feature = "legacy-storage")]
     /// Read directory information from the configured storage location.
-    pub fn load_legacy(&self) -> Result<PartialNetDir> {
+    pub fn load_legacy(&self) -> Result<tor_netdir::PartialNetDir> {
         let store = LegacyStore::new(self.legacy_cache_path.as_ref().unwrap().clone());
         store.load_legacy(&self.authorities[..])
     }
diff --git a/tor-dirmgr/src/storage.rs b/tor-dirmgr/src/storage.rs
index bb678f88b..071b6089b 100644
--- a/tor-dirmgr/src/storage.rs
+++ b/tor-dirmgr/src/storage.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 //! We have code implemented for two methods: the legacy format used by
 //! the C Tor implementation, and a more flexible format based on sqlite.
 
+#[cfg(feature = "legacy-storage")]
 pub(crate) mod legacy;
 pub(crate) mod sqlite;