diff --git a/crates/apps_lib/Cargo.toml b/crates/apps_lib/Cargo.toml
index c769cff7fe0..82585e696d3 100644
--- a/crates/apps_lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/apps_lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namada-eth-bridge = [
 namada = {path = "../namada", features = ["multicore", "http-client", "tendermint-rpc", "std"]}
 namada_macros = {path = "../macros"}
 namada_migrations = {path = "../migrations", optional = true}
-namada_sdk = {path = "../sdk", default-features = false, features = ["download-params", "std", "rand"]}
+namada_sdk = {path = "../sdk", default-features = false, features = ["validation", "std", "rand"]}
 namada_test_utils = {path = "../test_utils", optional = true}
 
 async-trait.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/encoding_spec/Cargo.toml b/crates/encoding_spec/Cargo.toml
index 487b7916da3..5db557c51c0 100644
--- a/crates/encoding_spec/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/encoding_spec/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ default = []
 namada-eth-bridge = ["namada/namada-eth-bridge"]
 
 [dependencies]
-namada = { path = "../namada", features = ["rand", "tendermint-rpc", "download-params"] }
+namada = { path = "../namada" }
 borsh.workspace = true
 itertools.workspace = true
 lazy_static.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/namada/Cargo.toml b/crates/namada/Cargo.toml
index a2f4ba22f14..e3fddc76cbc 100644
--- a/crates/namada/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/namada/Cargo.toml
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ multicore = [
   "namada_sdk/multicore",
   "namada_token/multicore",
 ]
-# Download MASP params if they're not present
-download-params = ["namada_sdk/download-params"]
+validation = ["namada_sdk/validation"]
 rand = ["namada_sdk/rand"]
 migrations = [
   "namada_migrations",
diff --git a/crates/node/Cargo.toml b/crates/node/Cargo.toml
index 7e4d13b9c58..c9fe647f4e0 100644
--- a/crates/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namada-eth-bridge = [
 namada = {path = "../namada", features = ["multicore", "http-client", "tendermint-rpc", "std"]}
 namada_apps_lib = {path = "../apps_lib"}
 namada_migrations = {path = "../migrations", optional = true}
-namada_sdk = {path = "../sdk", default-features = false, features = ["download-params", "std", "rand"]}
+namada_sdk = {path = "../sdk", default-features = false, features = ["validation", "std", "rand"]}
 namada_test_utils = {path = "../test_utils", optional = true}
 
 arse-merkle-tree = { workspace = true, features = ["blake2b"] }
diff --git a/crates/sdk/Cargo.toml b/crates/sdk/Cargo.toml
index 64faf3d0bda..8278bdd0547 100644
--- a/crates/sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ version.workspace = true
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [features]
-default = ["tendermint-rpc", "download-params", "std", "rand", "migrations"]
+default = ["tendermint-rpc", "std", "rand", "migrations"]
 
 mainnet = ["namada_core/mainnet", "namada_events/mainnet"]
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ testing = [
   "jubjub",
 ]
 
-download-params = ["namada_token/download-params"]
+validation = ["namada_token/validation"]
 migrations = [
   "namada_migrations",
   "namada_account/migrations",
diff --git a/crates/shielded_token/Cargo.toml b/crates/shielded_token/Cargo.toml
index 6f4dac99922..85d065500ac 100644
--- a/crates/shielded_token/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/shielded_token/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@ version.workspace = true
 [features]
 default = []
 multicore = ["dep:rayon"]
-# Download MASP params if they're not present
-download-params = ["masp_proofs/download-params"]
+validation = [
+  "namada_gas",
+  "lazy_static",
+  "masp_proofs",
+  "rand_core",
+]
 testing = [
   "multicore",
   "namada_core/testing",
@@ -26,16 +30,16 @@ testing = [
 [dependencies]
 namada_controller = { path = "../controller" }
 namada_core = { path = "../core" }
-namada_gas = { path = "../gas" }
+namada_gas = { path = "../gas", optional = true }
 namada_parameters = { path = "../parameters" }
 namada_storage = { path = "../storage" }
 namada_trans_token = { path = "../trans_token" }
 
 borsh.workspace = true
-lazy_static.workspace = true
+lazy_static = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 masp_primitives.workspace = true
-masp_proofs.workspace = true
-rand_core.workspace = true
+masp_proofs = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["download-params"] }
+rand_core = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 rayon = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 serde.workspace = true
 smooth-operator.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/shielded_token/src/lib.rs b/crates/shielded_token/src/lib.rs
index 50d137955c5..625a5318f9a 100644
--- a/crates/shielded_token/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/shielded_token/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ pub mod conversion;
 mod storage;
 pub mod storage_key;
 pub mod utils;
+#[cfg(any(test, feature = "validation", feature = "testing"))]
 pub mod validation;
 
 use std::str::FromStr;
diff --git a/crates/shielded_token/src/validation.rs b/crates/shielded_token/src/validation.rs
index c52300b4d19..79a4caad627 100644
--- a/crates/shielded_token/src/validation.rs
+++ b/crates/shielded_token/src/validation.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ lazy_static! {
         let [spend_path, convert_path, output_path] =
             [SPEND_NAME, CONVERT_NAME, OUTPUT_NAME].map(|p| params_dir.join(p));
 
-        #[cfg(feature = "download-params")]
         if !spend_path.exists() || !convert_path.exists() || !output_path.exists() {
             let paths = masp_proofs::download_masp_parameters(None).expect(
                 "MASP parameters were not present, expected the download to \
diff --git a/crates/tests/Cargo.toml b/crates/tests/Cargo.toml
index 6c76c5d8168..dcb7e8d0832 100644
--- a/crates/tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namada-eth-bridge = [
 [dependencies]
 namada = {path = "../namada", features = ["testing"]}
 namada_core = {path = "../core", features = ["testing"]}
-namada_sdk = {path = "../sdk", default-features = false, features = ["tendermint-rpc", "download-params", "std", "rand"]}
+namada_sdk = {path = "../sdk", default-features = false, features = ["tendermint-rpc", "validation", "std", "rand"]}
 namada_test_utils = {path = "../test_utils"}
 namada_tx_prelude = {path = "../tx_prelude"}
 namada_vp_prelude = {path = "../vp_prelude"}
diff --git a/crates/token/Cargo.toml b/crates/token/Cargo.toml
index 175f73b54ad..058f57f3a49 100644
--- a/crates/token/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/token/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ version.workspace = true
 [features]
 default = []
 multicore = ["namada_shielded_token/multicore"]
-download-params = ["namada_shielded_token/download-params"]
+validation = ["namada_shielded_token/validation"]
 testing = ["namada_core/testing", "namada_shielded_token/testing", "proptest"]
 
 [dependencies]