diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b0459e2..ea768ff 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 description = "The missing YAML 1.2 parser for rust"
 repository = "https://github.com/chyh1990/yaml-rust"
 
-[features]
-preserve_order = ["linked-hash-map"]
-
 [dependencies]
 clippy = { version = "^0.*", optional = true }
-linked-hash-map = { version = ">=0.0.9, <0.4", optional = true }
+linked-hash-map = ">=0.0.9, <0.4"
diff --git a/src/emitter.rs b/src/emitter.rs
index e56fc14..9571e80 100644
--- a/src/emitter.rs
+++ b/src/emitter.rs
@@ -278,7 +278,6 @@ fn need_quotes(string: &str) -> bool {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use yaml::*;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_emit_simple() {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6bdde1f..aa35e47 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #![cfg_attr(feature="clippy", warn(cyclomatic_complexity))]
 #![cfg_attr(feature="clippy", allow(match_same_arms))]
 
-#[cfg(feature = "preserve_order")]
 extern crate linked_hash_map;
 
 pub mod yaml;
diff --git a/src/yaml.rs b/src/yaml.rs
index d9f63d4..94f60bf 100644
--- a/src/yaml.rs
+++ b/src/yaml.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::ops::Index;
 use std::string;
 use std::i64;
-use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::mem;
 use std::vec;
 use parser::*;
 use scanner::{TScalarStyle, ScanError, TokenType, Marker};
+use linked_hash_map::LinkedHashMap;
 
 /// A YAML node is stored as this `Yaml` enumeration, which provides an easy way to
 /// access your YAML document.
@@ -37,16 +37,9 @@ pub enum Yaml {
     Boolean(bool),
     /// YAML array, can be accessed as a `Vec`.
     Array(self::Array),
-    /// YAML hash, can be accessed as a `BTreeMap`.
+    /// YAML hash, can be accessed as a `LinkedHashMap`.
     ///
-    /// If the order of keys is meaningful, enable the `preserve_order` feature to
-    /// store hashes as a `LinkedHashMap` intead of `BTreeMap`. When using a
-    /// `LinkedHashMap`, the itertion order will match the order of insertion into
-    /// the map.
-    ///
-    /// ```toml
-    /// yaml-rust = { version = "*", features = ["preserve_order"] }
-    /// ```
+    /// Itertion order will match the order of insertion into the map.
     Hash(self::Hash),
     /// Alias, not fully supported yet.
     Alias(usize),
@@ -59,11 +52,7 @@ pub enum Yaml {
 }
 
 pub type Array = Vec<Yaml>;
-
-#[cfg(not(feature = "preserve_order"))]
-pub type Hash = BTreeMap<Yaml, Yaml>;
-#[cfg(feature = "preserve_order")]
-pub type Hash = ::linked_hash_map::LinkedHashMap<Yaml, Yaml>;
+pub type Hash = LinkedHashMap<Yaml, Yaml>;
 
 pub struct YamlLoader {
     docs: Vec<Yaml>,
@@ -587,4 +576,20 @@ a1: &DEFAULT
         assert_eq!(doc.next().unwrap().into_i64().unwrap(), 63);
         assert_eq!(doc.next().unwrap().into_i64().unwrap(), 12345);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_hash_order() {
+        let s = "---
+b: ~
+a: ~
+c: ~
+";
+        let out = YamlLoader::load_from_str(&s).unwrap();
+        let first = out.into_iter().next().unwrap();
+        let mut iter = first.into_hash().unwrap().into_iter();
+        assert_eq!(Some((Yaml::String("b".to_owned()), Yaml::Null)), iter.next());
+        assert_eq!(Some((Yaml::String("a".to_owned()), Yaml::Null)), iter.next());
+        assert_eq!(Some((Yaml::String("c".to_owned()), Yaml::Null)), iter.next());
+        assert_eq!(None, iter.next());
+    }
 }