diff --git a/cumulus/client/cli/Cargo.toml b/cumulus/client/cli/Cargo.toml
index bdc0236e368faeb24b6dc5e95aebe9e48c06a292..f59a5f9f778dfe723cdd15ced2e6c7fdaa64983e 100644
--- a/cumulus/client/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cumulus/client/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ url = { workspace = true }
 
 # Substrate
 sc-chain-spec = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-cli = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
+sc-cli = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sc-client-api = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
+sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sp-blockchain = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sp-core = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sp-runtime = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
diff --git a/cumulus/client/relay-chain-inprocess-interface/Cargo.toml b/cumulus/client/relay-chain-inprocess-interface/Cargo.toml
index 1307ec76de85ccbe2d36f2ba31b776205165fa8f..920a312deb5e0980c9e31d752a0001e2bbb6142e 100644
--- a/cumulus/client/relay-chain-inprocess-interface/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cumulus/client/relay-chain-inprocess-interface/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ futures = { workspace = true }
 futures-timer = { workspace = true }
 
 # Substrate
-sc-cli = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
+sc-cli = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sc-client-api = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-sysinfo = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-telemetry = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
diff --git a/cumulus/polkadot-omni-node/lib/Cargo.toml b/cumulus/polkadot-omni-node/lib/Cargo.toml
index 9cc4c0c635b53f331e1ebe6030a2c12f3ec4538a..5c3d6821defa4ab4d9a6a96c7000cb70e0206752 100644
--- a/cumulus/polkadot-omni-node/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cumulus/polkadot-omni-node/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pallet-transaction-payment-rpc-runtime-api = { workspace = true, default-feature
 prometheus-endpoint = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-basic-authorship = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-chain-spec = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-cli = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
+sc-cli = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sc-client-api = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-client-db = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-consensus = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ sc-network = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-offchain = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-rpc = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-runtime-utilities = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
+sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sc-sysinfo = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-telemetry = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-tracing = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
diff --git a/polkadot/node/metrics/Cargo.toml b/polkadot/node/metrics/Cargo.toml
index 8d15391b11c2a275cf9cf85c4f5d29538ace0e75..105bb086dc6727a1d8b46ce2c0907b5e819c701f 100644
--- a/polkadot/node/metrics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/polkadot/node/metrics/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,14 +18,13 @@ gum = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 
 metered = { features = ["futures_channel"], workspace = true }
 # Both `sc-service` and `sc-cli` are required by runtime metrics `logger_hook()`.
-sc-cli = { workspace = true }
-sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-
 bs58 = { features = ["alloc"], workspace = true, default-features = true }
 codec = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 log = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 polkadot-primitives = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 prometheus-endpoint = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
+sc-cli = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
+sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sc-tracing = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/prdoc/pr_7649.prdoc b/prdoc/pr_7649.prdoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eb10085ab64ddbdec6a42d7ffe977f1e9f68c3bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prdoc/pr_7649.prdoc
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+title: 'frame-benchmarking-cli should not build RocksDB by default'
+
+doc:
+  - audience: Node Dev
+    description: |- 
+      This PR ensures `frame-benchmarking-cli` does not build RocksDB by default and also ensures rocksDB is not built when `default-features=false`.
+
+crates:
+  - name: cumulus-client-cli
+    bump: patch
+  - name: sc-cli
+    bump: patch
+  - name: polkadot-node-metrics
+    bump: patch
+  - name: frame-benchmarking-cli
+    bump: patch
+  - name: cumulus-relay-chain-inprocess-interface
+    bump: patch
+  - name: polkadot-omni-node-lib
+    bump: patch
diff --git a/substrate/client/cli/Cargo.toml b/substrate/client/cli/Cargo.toml
index d7b4489b6cc5f842106bbfaea73daaeea77f0268..0ee2e24c9a8b3a6f68873a0176e3bd8f00c6413e 100644
--- a/substrate/client/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/client/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ thiserror = { workspace = true }
 # personal fork here as workaround for: https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bip39/pull/64
 bip39 = { package = "parity-bip39", version = "2.0.1", features = ["rand"] }
 sc-client-api = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-client-db = { workspace = true }
+sc-client-db = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sc-keystore = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-mixnet = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-network = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-service = { workspace = true }
+sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sc-telemetry = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-tracing = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-transaction-pool = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
diff --git a/substrate/test-utils/cli/Cargo.toml b/substrate/test-utils/cli/Cargo.toml
index b11e67bc49bcab221af4ab7394c040017d28fe32..1c860e8d429975cca70c600477abc5f270c6f5c1 100644
--- a/substrate/test-utils/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/test-utils/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ nix = { features = ["signal"], workspace = true }
 node-cli = { workspace = true }
 node-primitives = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 regex = { workspace = true }
-sc-cli = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
+sc-cli = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
+sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sp-rpc = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 substrate-rpc-client = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 tokio = { features = ["full"], workspace = true, default-features = true }
diff --git a/substrate/test-utils/client/Cargo.toml b/substrate/test-utils/client/Cargo.toml
index b0709f4e244d96ef097848dde3ccd3bc86e02451..454b20c95c1ed418e3029418af22c28b8d0dc59d 100644
--- a/substrate/test-utils/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/test-utils/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ futures = { workspace = true }
 sc-client-api = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-client-db = { features = [
 	"test-helpers",
-], workspace = true }
+], workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sc-consensus = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-executor = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-service = { workspace = true }
+sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 serde = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sp-blockchain = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
diff --git a/substrate/utils/frame/benchmarking-cli/Cargo.toml b/substrate/utils/frame/benchmarking-cli/Cargo.toml
index c38a7e4f77d812f2d22e7b9dcbff52d4459358cc..a4c93a5235de395a23a3df0c4eefad3aa6dd92ef 100644
--- a/substrate/utils/frame/benchmarking-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/utils/frame/benchmarking-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ rand = { features = ["small_rng"], workspace = true, default-features = true }
 rand_pcg = { workspace = true }
 sc-block-builder = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-chain-spec = { workspace = true }
-sc-cli = { workspace = true }
+sc-cli = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sc-client-api = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-client-db = { workspace = true }
+sc-client-db = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sc-executor = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sc-executor-common = { workspace = true }
 sc-runtime-utilities = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
-sc-service = { workspace = true }
+sc-service = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sc-sysinfo = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ substrate-test-runtime = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 westend-runtime = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 
 [features]
-default = ["rocksdb"]
+default = []
 runtime-benchmarks = [
 	"frame-benchmarking/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"frame-support/runtime-benchmarks",