diff --git a/.changes/fix-usage-without-compression.md b/.changes/fix-usage-without-compression.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0e6bf6154ca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fix-usage-without-compression.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"tauri": patch:bug
+"tauri-codegen": patch:bug
+---
+
+Fixes asset resolving when not using the `compression` feature.
diff --git a/core/tauri-codegen/Cargo.toml b/core/tauri-codegen/Cargo.toml
index b957145572f4..2ffed639a10f 100644
--- a/core/tauri-codegen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/tauri-codegen/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ plist = "1"
 time = { version = "0.3", features = [ "parsing", "formatting" ] }
 
 [features]
-default = [ "compression" ]
 compression = [ "brotli", "tauri-utils/compression" ]
 isolation = [ "tauri-utils/isolation" ]
 shell-scope = [ "regex" ]