diff --git a/ntex-io/Cargo.toml b/ntex-io/Cargo.toml
index 696c7476..396ceb2a 100644
--- a/ntex-io/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ntex-io/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ ntex-codec = "0.6"
 ntex-bytes = "0.1"
 ntex-util = "2.8"
 ntex-service = "3.4"
-ntex-rt = "0.4"
 
 bitflags = "2"
 log = "0.4"
diff --git a/ntex-rt/CHANGES.md b/ntex-rt/CHANGES.md
index a1366130..536a64ca 100644
--- a/ntex-rt/CHANGES.md
+++ b/ntex-rt/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [0.4.24] - 2025-01-03
+
+* Relax runtime requirements
+
 ## [0.4.23] - 2024-12-10
 
 * Remove Unpin requirements for Arbiter::spawn()
diff --git a/ntex-rt/Cargo.toml b/ntex-rt/Cargo.toml
index 7632b628..92b15284 100644
--- a/ntex-rt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ntex-rt/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ntex-rt"
-version = "0.4.23"
+version = "0.4.24"
 authors = ["ntex contributors <team@ntex.rs>"]
 description = "ntex runtime"
 keywords = ["network", "framework", "async", "futures"]
diff --git a/ntex-rt/build.rs b/ntex-rt/build.rs
index 2e51b24f..7f7fe5a4 100644
--- a/ntex-rt/build.rs
+++ b/ntex-rt/build.rs
@@ -1,33 +1,22 @@
 use std::{collections::HashSet, env};
 
 fn main() {
-    let mut clippy = false;
     let mut features = HashSet::<&'static str>::default();
 
-    for (key, val) in env::vars() {
+    for (key, _) in env::vars() {
         let _ = match key.as_ref() {
             "CARGO_FEATURE_COMPIO" => features.insert("compio"),
             "CARGO_FEATURE_TOKIO" => features.insert("tokio"),
             "CARGO_FEATURE_GLOMMIO" => features.insert("glommio"),
             "CARGO_FEATURE_ASYNC_STD" => features.insert("async-std"),
-            "CARGO_CFG_FEATURE" => {
-                if val.contains("cargo-clippy") {
-                    clippy = true;
-                }
-                false
-            }
             _ => false,
         };
     }
 
-    if !clippy {
-        if features.is_empty() {
-            panic!("Runtime must be selected '--feature=ntex/$runtime', available options are \"compio\", \"tokio\", \"async-std\", \"glommio\"");
-        } else if features.len() > 1 {
-            panic!(
-                "Only one runtime feature could be selected, current selection {:?}",
-                features
-            );
-        }
+    if features.len() > 1 {
+        panic!(
+            "Only one runtime feature could be selected, current selection {:?}",
+            features
+        );
     }
 }