diff --git a/demo/Cargo.toml b/demo/Cargo.toml
index e3d85b4..b1e5f0f 100644
--- a/demo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/demo/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 [dependencies]
 wasm-bindgen-rayon = { path = "..", optional = true }
 wasm-bindgen = { workspace = true }
-rayon = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+rayon = { workspace = true }
 num-complex = "0.4.0"
 once_cell = "1.7.2"
 getrandom = { version = "0.2.2", features = ["js"] }
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ rand = "0.8.3"
 hsl = "0.1.1"
 
 [features]
-parallel = ["rayon", "wasm-bindgen-rayon"]
+parallel = ["wasm-bindgen-rayon"]
diff --git a/demo/src/lib.rs b/demo/src/lib.rs
index 20bb811..d3a393b 100644
--- a/demo/src/lib.rs
+++ b/demo/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@
 use hsl::HSL;
 use num_complex::Complex64;
 use rand::Rng;
-use wasm_bindgen::{prelude::*, Clamped};
-
-#[cfg(feature = "parallel")]
 use rayon::prelude::*;
+use wasm_bindgen::{prelude::*, Clamped};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "parallel")]
 pub use wasm_bindgen_rayon::init_thread_pool;
@@ -74,19 +72,13 @@ impl Generator {
             .copied()
     }
 
-    // Multi-threaded implementation.
-    #[cfg(feature = "rayon")]
     fn iter_bytes(&self) -> impl '_ + ParallelIterator<Item = u8> {
         (0..self.height)
+            // Note: when built without atomics, into_par_iter() will
+            // automatically fall back to single-threaded mode.
             .into_par_iter()
             .flat_map_iter(move |y| self.iter_row_bytes(y))
     }
-
-    // Single-threaded implementation.
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "rayon"))]
-    fn iter_bytes(&self) -> impl '_ + Iterator<Item = u8> {
-        (0..self.height).flat_map(move |y| self.iter_row_bytes(y))
-    }
 }
 
 #[wasm_bindgen]