diff --git a/polkadot/Cargo.toml b/polkadot/Cargo.toml
index e073800c83a607923289bb95d0d77397ace72e1d..c0211ed506ffe3879d098270290f8dea88985be4 100644
--- a/polkadot/Cargo.toml
+++ b/polkadot/Cargo.toml
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ panic = "unwind"
 [features]
 runtime-benchmarks=["cli/runtime-benchmarks"]
 real-overseer=["cli/real-overseer"]
-approval-checking=["real-overseer", "service/approval-checking"]
 try-runtime = ["cli/try-runtime"]
 
 # Configuration for building a .deb package - for use with `cargo-deb`
diff --git a/polkadot/node/service/Cargo.toml b/polkadot/node/service/Cargo.toml
index 9022f483c451e366bbff46c3950b3dd1540d2aaf..650768b50c2d0735e2dbb875df3fd554eb6c5731 100644
--- a/polkadot/node/service/Cargo.toml
+++ b/polkadot/node/service/Cargo.toml
@@ -141,7 +141,3 @@ real-overseer = [
 	"polkadot-statement-distribution",
 	"polkadot-approval-distribution",
 ]
-
-approval-checking = [
-	"real-overseer"
-]
diff --git a/polkadot/node/service/src/grandpa_support.rs b/polkadot/node/service/src/grandpa_support.rs
index fd685802690971d390435c9e324527c697a74844..70df2be23ddde9697c439e1e1985a93a007c206b 100644
--- a/polkadot/node/service/src/grandpa_support.rs
+++ b/polkadot/node/service/src/grandpa_support.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use sp_runtime::traits::{Block as BlockT, NumberFor};
 use sp_runtime::generic::BlockId;
 use sp_runtime::traits::Header as _;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "approval-checking")]
+#[cfg(feature = "real-overseer")]
 use {
 	polkadot_primitives::v1::{Block as PolkadotBlock, Header as PolkadotHeader, BlockNumber},
 	polkadot_subsystem::messages::ApprovalVotingMessage,
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ use {
 /// The practical effect of this voting rule is to implement a fixed delay of
 /// blocks and to issue a prometheus metric on the lag behind the head that
 /// approval checking would indicate.
-#[cfg(feature = "approval-checking")]
+#[cfg(feature = "real-overseer")]
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct ApprovalCheckingDiagnostic {
 	checking_lag: Option<prometheus_endpoint::Histogram>,
 	overseer: OverseerHandler,
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "approval-checking")]
+#[cfg(feature = "real-overseer")]
 impl ApprovalCheckingDiagnostic {
 	/// Create a new approval checking diagnostic voting rule.
 	pub fn new(overseer: OverseerHandler, registry: Option<&Registry>)
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ impl ApprovalCheckingDiagnostic {
 	}
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "approval-checking")]
+#[cfg(feature = "real-overseer")]
 impl<B> grandpa::VotingRule<PolkadotBlock, B> for ApprovalCheckingDiagnostic
 	where B: sp_blockchain::HeaderBackend<PolkadotBlock>
 {
diff --git a/polkadot/node/service/src/lib.rs b/polkadot/node/service/src/lib.rs
index 71f9d29dcdb14fe599bd608c8bd237c00ddf4550..08b6303b6eb4c8d3264ea9df58dbaa51f2e508dc 100644
--- a/polkadot/node/service/src/lib.rs
+++ b/polkadot/node/service/src/lib.rs
@@ -418,10 +418,10 @@ where
 	use polkadot_availability_recovery::AvailabilityRecoverySubsystem;
 	use polkadot_approval_distribution::ApprovalDistribution as ApprovalDistributionSubsystem;
 
-	#[cfg(feature = "approval-checking")]
+	#[cfg(feature = "real-overseer")]
 	use polkadot_node_core_approval_voting::ApprovalVotingSubsystem;
 
-	#[cfg(not(feature = "approval-checking"))]
+	#[cfg(not(feature = "real-overseer"))]
 	let _ = approval_voting_config; // silence.
 
 	let all_subsystems = AllSubsystems {
@@ -498,12 +498,12 @@ where
 		approval_distribution: ApprovalDistributionSubsystem::new(
 			Metrics::register(registry)?,
 		),
-		#[cfg(feature = "approval-checking")]
+		#[cfg(feature = "real-overseer")]
 		approval_voting: ApprovalVotingSubsystem::with_config(
 			approval_voting_config,
 			keystore.clone(),
 		)?,
-		#[cfg(not(feature = "approval-checking"))]
+		#[cfg(not(feature = "real-overseer"))]
 		approval_voting: polkadot_subsystem::DummySubsystem,
 	};
 
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ pub fn new_full<RuntimeApi, Executor>(
 		// given delay.
 		let builder = grandpa::VotingRulesBuilder::default();
 
-		#[cfg(feature = "approval-checking")]
+		#[cfg(feature = "real-overseer")]
 		let builder = if let Some(ref overseer) = overseer_handler {
 			builder.add(grandpa_support::ApprovalCheckingDiagnostic::new(
 				overseer.clone(),