diff --git a/cpu/cpu.go b/cpu/cpu.go
index 4f0c5d2..3074534 100644
--- a/cpu/cpu.go
+++ b/cpu/cpu.go
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ type option struct {
 	Feature   *bool
 	Specified bool // whether feature value was specified in GODEBUG
 	Enable    bool // whether feature should be enabled
-	Required  bool // whether feature is mandatory and can not be disabled
 }
 
 // processOptions enables or disables CPU feature values based on the parsed env string.
@@ -179,7 +178,7 @@ field:
 		if key == "all" {
 			for i := range options {
 				options[i].Specified = true
-				options[i].Enable = enable || options[i].Required
+				options[i].Enable = enable
 			}
 			continue field
 		}
@@ -205,11 +204,6 @@ field:
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if !o.Enable && o.Required {
-			print("GODEBUG: can not disable \"", o.Name, "\", required CPU feature\n")
-			continue
-		}
-
 		*o.Feature = o.Enable
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cpu/cpu_test.go b/cpu/cpu_test.go
index 2de7365..06ad208 100644
--- a/cpu/cpu_test.go
+++ b/cpu/cpu_test.go
@@ -9,28 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"internal/testenv"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
-func TestMinimalFeatures(t *testing.T) {
-	// TODO: maybe do MustSupportFeatureDectection(t) ?
-	if runtime.GOARCH == "arm64" {
-		switch runtime.GOOS {
-		case "linux", "android", "darwin":
-		default:
-			t.Skipf("%s/%s is not supported", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
-		}
-	}
-
-	for _, o := range Options {
-		if o.Required && !*o.Feature {
-			t.Errorf("%v expected true, got false", o.Name)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func MustHaveDebugOptionsSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	if !DebugOptions {
 		t.Skipf("skipping test: cpu feature options not supported by OS")
@@ -75,7 +57,7 @@ func TestAllCapabilitiesDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, o := range Options {
-		want := o.Required
+		want := false
 		if got := *o.Feature; got != want {
 			t.Errorf("%v: expected %v, got %v", o.Name, want, got)
 		}