diff --git a/cbindgen-fix-metadata.diff b/cbindgen-fix-metadata.diff
index 9123689..8e4c870 100644
--- a/cbindgen-fix-metadata.diff
+++ b/cbindgen-fix-metadata.diff
@@ -1,15 +1,32 @@
 --- cbindgen-0.26.0/Cargo.toml	1970-01-01T00:00:01+00:00
-+++ cbindgen-0.26.0/Cargo.toml	2024-10-09T17:58:26.638747+00:00
-@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
- optional = true
++++ cbindgen-0.26.0/Cargo.toml	2024-10-09T19:33:13.198852+00:00
+@@ -34,23 +34,14 @@
+ ]
+ license = "MPL-2.0"
+ repository = "https://github.com/mozilla/cbindgen"
++autobins = false
  
+ [lib]
+ name = "cbindgen"
+ path = "src/lib.rs"
+ 
+-[[bin]]
+-name = "cbindgen"
+-path = "src/main.rs"
+-doc = false
+-required-features = ["clap"]
+-
+-[dependencies.clap]
+-version = "3.1"
+-optional = true
+-
  [dependencies.heck]
 -version = "0.4"
 +version = "0.5"
  
  [dependencies.indexmap]
  version = "1"
-@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
+@@ -91,7 +82,7 @@
  version = "0.5"
  
  [dev-dependencies.serial_test]
@@ -17,4 +34,5 @@
 +version = "3.1"
  
  [features]
- default = ["clap"]
+-default = ["clap"]
++default = []
diff --git a/rust-cbindgen0.26.spec b/rust-cbindgen0.26.spec
index 3a2dae2..7106468 100644
--- a/rust-cbindgen0.26.spec
+++ b/rust-cbindgen0.26.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Generated by rust2rpm 26
-%bcond_without check
+# * tests require the cbindgen executable
+%bcond_with check
 %global debug_package %{nil}
 
 # prevent executables from being installed
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ License:        MPL-2.0
 URL:            https://crates.io/crates/cbindgen
 Source:         %{crates_source}
 # Manually created patch for downstream crate metadata changes
+# * drop cbindgen executable from the compat package
 # * bump heck dependency from 0.4 to 0.5
 # * bump serial_test dev-dependency from 0.5 to 3.1
 Patch:          cbindgen-fix-metadata.diff
@@ -61,18 +63,6 @@ use the "default" feature of the "%{crate}" crate.
 %files       -n %{name}+default-devel
 %ghost %{crate_instdir}/Cargo.toml
 
-%package     -n %{name}+clap-devel
-Summary:        %{summary}
-BuildArch:      noarch
-
-%description -n %{name}+clap-devel %{_description}
-
-This package contains library source intended for building other packages which
-use the "clap" feature of the "%{crate}" crate.
-
-%files       -n %{name}+clap-devel
-%ghost %{crate_instdir}/Cargo.toml
-
 %prep
 %autosetup -n %{crate}-%{version} -p1
 %cargo_prep
diff --git a/rust2rpm.toml b/rust2rpm.toml
index eed282c..a90ac2d 100644
--- a/rust2rpm.toml
+++ b/rust2rpm.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 cargo-install-bin = false
 cargo-toml-patch-comments = [
+    "drop cbindgen executable from the compat package",
     "bump heck dependency from 0.4 to 0.5",
     "bump serial_test dev-dependency from 0.5 to 3.1",
 ]
@@ -12,3 +13,7 @@ test = [
     "/usr/bin/g++",
 ]
 
+[tests]
+run = ["none"]
+comments = ["tests require the cbindgen executable"]
+