diff --git a/src/cargo/util/toml_mut/manifest.rs b/src/cargo/util/toml_mut/manifest.rs
index 7d51f6b5c05..1ac1007d954 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/toml_mut/manifest.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/toml_mut/manifest.rs
@@ -496,11 +496,6 @@ fn fix_feature_activations(
     for idx in remove_list.iter().rev() {
         feature_values.remove(*idx);
     }
-    if !remove_list.is_empty() {
-        // HACK: Instead of cleaning up the users formatting from having removed a feature, we just
-        // re-format the whole feature list
-        feature_values.fmt();
-    }
 
     if status == DependencyStatus::Required {
         for value in feature_values.iter_mut() {
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_remove/multiple_dev/out/Cargo.toml b/tests/testsuite/cargo_remove/multiple_dev/out/Cargo.toml
index d961b2bb135..b435e33ebf2 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/cargo_remove/multiple_dev/out/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_remove/multiple_dev/out/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ toml = "0.1"
 clippy = "0.4"
 
 [features]
-std = ["semver/std"]
+std = [ "semver/std"]
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_remove/optional_dep_feature/out/Cargo.toml b/tests/testsuite/cargo_remove/optional_dep_feature/out/Cargo.toml
index 63112d33424..f9613bd3092 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/cargo_remove/optional_dep_feature/out/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_remove/optional_dep_feature/out/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ clippy = "0.4"
 regex = "0.1.1"
 
 [features]
-std = ["semver/std"]
+std = [ "semver/std"]
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_remove/optional_dep_feature_formatting/out/Cargo.toml b/tests/testsuite/cargo_remove/optional_dep_feature_formatting/out/Cargo.toml
index c01931b22eb..c535b19749d 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/cargo_remove/optional_dep_feature_formatting/out/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_remove/optional_dep_feature_formatting/out/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,4 +19,16 @@ regex = "0.1.1"
 serde = "1.0.90"
 
 [features]
-std = ["dep:clippy", "dep:rustc-serialize", "serde/std", "semver/std"]
+std = [
+  # Leading clippy
+  "dep:clippy",  # trailing docopt
+
+  # Leading rustc-serialize
+  "dep:rustc-serialize",  # trailing rustc-serialize
+
+  # Leading serde/std
+  "serde/std",  # trailing serde/std
+
+  # Leading semver/std
+  "semver/std",  # trailing toml
+]