diff --git a/crates/api/Cargo.toml b/crates/api/Cargo.toml
index 21b07420a..66dcea19b 100644
--- a/crates/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ doctest = false
 workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-lemmy_utils = { workspace = true, features = ["default"] }
+lemmy_utils = { workspace = true }
 lemmy_db_schema = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 lemmy_db_views = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 lemmy_db_views_moderator = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/crates/api/src/local_user/login.rs b/crates/api/src/local_user/login.rs
index 956dcbba1..1fe337f3c 100644
--- a/crates/api/src/local_user/login.rs
+++ b/crates/api/src/local_user/login.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::check_totp_2fa_valid;
+use crate::{check_totp_2fa_valid, local_user::check_email_verified};
 use actix_web::{
   web::{Data, Json},
   HttpRequest,
@@ -43,15 +43,7 @@ pub async fn login(
     Err(LemmyErrorType::IncorrectLogin)?
   }
   check_user_valid(&local_user_view.person)?;
-
-  // Check if the user's email is verified if email verification is turned on
-  // However, skip checking verification if the user is an admin
-  if !local_user_view.local_user.admin
-    && site_view.local_site.require_email_verification
-    && !local_user_view.local_user.email_verified
-  {
-    Err(LemmyErrorType::EmailNotVerified)?
-  }
+  check_email_verified(&local_user_view, &site_view)?;
 
   check_registration_application(&local_user_view, &site_view.local_site, &mut context.pool())
     .await?;
diff --git a/crates/api/src/local_user/mod.rs b/crates/api/src/local_user/mod.rs
index 98e023fa5..8bf2e5327 100644
--- a/crates/api/src/local_user/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/api/src/local_user/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+use lemmy_db_views::structs::{LocalUserView, SiteView};
+use lemmy_utils::{error::LemmyResult, LemmyErrorType};
+
 pub mod add_admin;
 pub mod ban_person;
 pub mod block;
@@ -16,3 +19,15 @@ pub mod save_settings;
 pub mod update_totp;
 pub mod validate_auth;
 pub mod verify_email;
+
+/// Check if the user's email is verified if email verification is turned on
+/// However, skip checking verification if the user is an admin
+fn check_email_verified(local_user_view: &LocalUserView, site_view: &SiteView) -> LemmyResult<()> {
+  if !local_user_view.local_user.admin
+    && site_view.local_site.require_email_verification
+    && !local_user_view.local_user.email_verified
+  {
+    Err(LemmyErrorType::EmailNotVerified)?
+  }
+  Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/crates/api/src/local_user/reset_password.rs b/crates/api/src/local_user/reset_password.rs
index 90aa910e0..414f506ba 100644
--- a/crates/api/src/local_user/reset_password.rs
+++ b/crates/api/src/local_user/reset_password.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::local_user::check_email_verified;
 use actix_web::web::{Data, Json};
 use lemmy_api_common::{
   context::LemmyContext,
@@ -6,7 +7,7 @@ use lemmy_api_common::{
   SuccessResponse,
 };
 use lemmy_db_schema::source::password_reset_request::PasswordResetRequest;
-use lemmy_db_views::structs::LocalUserView;
+use lemmy_db_views::structs::{LocalUserView, SiteView};
 use lemmy_utils::error::{LemmyErrorExt, LemmyErrorType, LemmyResult};
 
 #[tracing::instrument(skip(context))]
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ pub async fn reset_password(
   if recent_resets_count >= 3 {
     Err(LemmyErrorType::PasswordResetLimitReached)?
   }
+  let site_view = SiteView::read_local(&mut context.pool()).await?;
+  check_email_verified(&local_user_view, &site_view)?;
 
   // Email the pure token to the user.
   send_password_reset_email(&local_user_view, &mut context.pool(), context.settings()).await?;
diff --git a/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml b/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml
index 9d144ddb4..0192099f3 100644
--- a/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ full = [
   "lemmy_db_views/full",
   "lemmy_db_views_actor/full",
   "lemmy_db_views_moderator/full",
-  "lemmy_utils/default",
+  "lemmy_utils/full",
   "activitypub_federation",
   "encoding",
   "reqwest-middleware",
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ lemmy_db_views = { workspace = true }
 lemmy_db_views_moderator = { workspace = true }
 lemmy_db_views_actor = { workspace = true }
 lemmy_db_schema = { workspace = true }
-lemmy_utils = { workspace = true, features = ["error-type"] }
+lemmy_utils = { workspace = true }
 activitypub_federation = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_with = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml b/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
index 2211d84ad..af50c5648 100644
--- a/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ repository.workspace = true
 workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-lemmy_utils = { workspace = true, features = ["default"] }
+lemmy_utils = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 lemmy_db_schema = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 lemmy_db_views = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 lemmy_db_views_actor = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/crates/apub/Cargo.toml b/crates/apub/Cargo.toml
index 33778a1b0..4c3189a09 100644
--- a/crates/apub/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/apub/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ doctest = false
 workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-lemmy_utils = { workspace = true, features = ["default"] }
+lemmy_utils = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 lemmy_db_schema = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 lemmy_db_views = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 lemmy_db_views_actor = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/crates/db_perf/Cargo.toml b/crates/db_perf/Cargo.toml
index f1e8faba3..ebadde00b 100644
--- a/crates/db_perf/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/db_perf/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ diesel = { workspace = true }
 diesel-async = { workspace = true }
 lemmy_db_schema = { workspace = true }
 lemmy_db_views = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
-lemmy_utils = { workspace = true, features = ["default"] }
+lemmy_utils = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/db_schema/Cargo.toml b/crates/db_schema/Cargo.toml
index 6d227ad40..d0d66d69f 100644
--- a/crates/db_schema/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/db_schema/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ workspace = true
 
 [features]
 full = [
+  "lemmy_utils/full",
   "diesel",
   "diesel-derive-newtype",
   "diesel-derive-enum",
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ strum = { workspace = true }
 strum_macros = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 activitypub_federation = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-lemmy_utils = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["default"] }
+lemmy_utils = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 bcrypt = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 diesel = { workspace = true, features = [
   "postgres",
diff --git a/crates/db_views/Cargo.toml b/crates/db_views/Cargo.toml
index e70030b64..cdd44869c 100644
--- a/crates/db_views/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/db_views/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ full = [
 
 [dependencies]
 lemmy_db_schema = { workspace = true }
-lemmy_utils = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["default"] }
+lemmy_utils = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 diesel = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 diesel-async = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 diesel_ltree = { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/routes/Cargo.toml b/crates/routes/Cargo.toml
index 324894ab9..1403f92e7 100644
--- a/crates/routes/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/routes/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ doctest = false
 workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-lemmy_utils = { workspace = true, features = ["default"] }
+lemmy_utils = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 lemmy_db_views = { workspace = true }
 lemmy_db_views_actor = { workspace = true }
 lemmy_db_schema = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
index 326cbf2e4..2a832bec0 100644
--- a/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,23 +16,24 @@ doctest = false
 [[bin]]
 name = "lemmy_util_bin"
 path = "src/main.rs"
-required-features = ["default"]
+required-features = ["full"]
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
 
 [features]
-default = [
-  "error-type",
-  "dep:serde_json",
-  "dep:anyhow",
-  "dep:tracing-error",
+full = [
+  "dep:ts-rs",
   "dep:diesel",
-  "dep:http",
+  "dep:rosetta-i18n",
   "dep:actix-web",
   "dep:reqwest-middleware",
   "dep:tracing",
   "dep:actix-web",
+  "dep:serde_json",
+  "dep:anyhow",
+  "dep:tracing-error",
+  "dep:http",
   "dep:deser-hjson",
   "dep:regex",
   "dep:urlencoding",
@@ -47,27 +48,23 @@ default = [
   "dep:html2text",
   "dep:lettre",
   "dep:uuid",
-  "dep:rosetta-i18n",
   "dep:itertools",
   "dep:markdown-it",
-
 ]
-full = ["default", "dep:ts-rs"]
-error-type = ["dep:serde", "dep:strum"]
 
 [dependencies]
 regex = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 tracing-error = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 itertools = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-serde = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 once_cell = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 url = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 actix-web = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 anyhow = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 reqwest-middleware = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-strum = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+strum = { workspace = true }
 strum_macros = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 diesel = { workspace = true, features = ["chrono"], optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/utils/src/error.rs b/crates/utils/src/error.rs
index 0f68d70da..ad3f4371f 100644
--- a/crates/utils/src/error.rs
+++ b/crates/utils/src/error.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@ use cfg_if::cfg_if;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use strum_macros::{Display, EnumIter};
-#[cfg(feature = "ts-rs")]
-use ts_rs::TS;
 
 #[derive(Display, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, EnumIter, Hash)]
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "ts-rs", derive(TS))]
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "ts-rs", ts(export))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "full", derive(ts_rs::TS))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "full", ts(export))]
 #[serde(tag = "error", content = "message", rename_all = "snake_case")]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 // TODO: order these based on the crate they belong to (utils, federation, db, api)
@@ -168,7 +166,7 @@ pub enum LemmyErrorType {
 }
 
 cfg_if! {
-  if #[cfg(feature = "default")] {
+  if #[cfg(feature = "full")] {
 
     use tracing_error::SpanTrace;
     use std::fmt;
@@ -276,52 +274,52 @@ cfg_if! {
         self.map_err(|e| e.inner)
       }
     }
-  }
-}
 
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-  #![allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
-  #![allow(clippy::indexing_slicing)]
-  use super::*;
-  use actix_web::{body::MessageBody, ResponseError};
-  use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
-  use std::fs::read_to_string;
-  use strum::IntoEnumIterator;
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    mod tests {
+      #![allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+      #![allow(clippy::indexing_slicing)]
+      use super::*;
+      use actix_web::{body::MessageBody, ResponseError};
+      use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+      use std::fs::read_to_string;
+      use strum::IntoEnumIterator;
 
-  #[test]
-  fn deserializes_no_message() {
-    let err = LemmyError::from(LemmyErrorType::Banned).error_response();
-    let json = String::from_utf8(err.into_body().try_into_bytes().unwrap().to_vec()).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(&json, "{\"error\":\"banned\"}")
-  }
+      #[test]
+      fn deserializes_no_message() {
+        let err = LemmyError::from(LemmyErrorType::Banned).error_response();
+        let json = String::from_utf8(err.into_body().try_into_bytes().unwrap().to_vec()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(&json, "{\"error\":\"banned\"}")
+      }
 
-  #[test]
-  fn deserializes_with_message() {
-    let reg_banned = LemmyErrorType::PersonIsBannedFromSite(String::from("reason"));
-    let err = LemmyError::from(reg_banned).error_response();
-    let json = String::from_utf8(err.into_body().try_into_bytes().unwrap().to_vec()).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(
-      &json,
-      "{\"error\":\"person_is_banned_from_site\",\"message\":\"reason\"}"
-    )
-  }
+      #[test]
+      fn deserializes_with_message() {
+        let reg_banned = LemmyErrorType::PersonIsBannedFromSite(String::from("reason"));
+        let err = LemmyError::from(reg_banned).error_response();
+        let json = String::from_utf8(err.into_body().try_into_bytes().unwrap().to_vec()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+          &json,
+          "{\"error\":\"person_is_banned_from_site\",\"message\":\"reason\"}"
+        )
+      }
 
-  /// Check if errors match translations. Disabled because many are not translated at all.
-  #[test]
-  #[ignore]
-  fn test_translations_match() {
-    #[derive(Deserialize)]
-    struct Err {
-      error: String,
+      /// Check if errors match translations. Disabled because many are not translated at all.
+      #[test]
+      #[ignore]
+      fn test_translations_match() {
+        #[derive(Deserialize)]
+        struct Err {
+          error: String,
+        }
+
+        let translations = read_to_string("translations/translations/en.json").unwrap();
+        LemmyErrorType::iter().for_each(|e| {
+          let msg = serde_json::to_string(&e).unwrap();
+          let msg: Err = serde_json::from_str(&msg).unwrap();
+          let msg = msg.error;
+          assert!(translations.contains(&format!("\"{msg}\"")), "{msg}");
+        });
+      }
     }
-
-    let translations = read_to_string("translations/translations/en.json").unwrap();
-    LemmyErrorType::iter().for_each(|e| {
-      let msg = serde_json::to_string(&e).unwrap();
-      let msg: Err = serde_json::from_str(&msg).unwrap();
-      let msg = msg.error;
-      assert!(translations.contains(&format!("\"{msg}\"")), "{msg}");
-    });
   }
 }
diff --git a/crates/utils/src/lib.rs b/crates/utils/src/lib.rs
index 65dbaaa45..c2760d9d9 100644
--- a/crates/utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,28 +1,21 @@
 use cfg_if::cfg_if;
 
 cfg_if! {
-  if #[cfg(feature = "default")] {
+  if #[cfg(feature = "full")] {
     pub mod apub;
     pub mod cache_header;
     pub mod email;
-    pub mod error;
     pub mod rate_limit;
     pub mod request;
     pub mod response;
     pub mod settings;
     pub mod utils;
     pub mod version;
-  } else {
-    mod error;
-  }
-}
-
-cfg_if! {
-    if #[cfg(feature = "error-type")] {
-    pub use error::LemmyErrorType;
   }
 }
 
+pub mod error;
+pub use error::LemmyErrorType;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 pub type ConnectionId = usize;
@@ -41,7 +34,7 @@ macro_rules! location_info {
   };
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "default")]
+#[cfg(feature = "full")]
 /// tokio::spawn, but accepts a future that may fail and also
 /// * logs errors
 /// * attaches the spawned task to the tracing span of the caller for better logging
diff --git a/crates/utils/src/main.rs b/crates/utils/src/main.rs
index c2365f233..ed658b097 100644
--- a/crates/utils/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/utils/src/main.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
-use doku::json::{AutoComments, CommentsStyle, Formatting, ObjectsStyle};
-use lemmy_utils::settings::structs::Settings;
+use cfg_if::cfg_if;
+
 fn main() {
-  let fmt = Formatting {
-    auto_comments: AutoComments::none(),
-    comments_style: CommentsStyle {
-      separator: "#".to_owned(),
-    },
-    objects_style: ObjectsStyle {
-      surround_keys_with_quotes: false,
-      use_comma_as_separator: false,
-    },
-    ..Default::default()
-  };
-  println!("{}", doku::to_json_fmt_val(&fmt, &Settings::default()));
+  cfg_if! {
+    if #[cfg(feature = "full")] {
+      use doku::json::{AutoComments, CommentsStyle, Formatting, ObjectsStyle};
+      use lemmy_utils::settings::structs::Settings;
+      let fmt = Formatting {
+        auto_comments: AutoComments::none(),
+        comments_style: CommentsStyle {
+          separator: "#".to_owned(),
+        },
+        objects_style: ObjectsStyle {
+          surround_keys_with_quotes: false,
+          use_comma_as_separator: false,
+        },
+        ..Default::default()
+      };
+      println!("{}", doku::to_json_fmt_val(&fmt, &Settings::default()));
+    } else {
+
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/update_config_defaults.sh b/scripts/update_config_defaults.sh
index 0984c247c..de7fa6479 100755
--- a/scripts/update_config_defaults.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_config_defaults.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ set -e
 
 dest=${1-config/defaults.hjson}
 
-cargo run  --manifest-path crates/utils/Cargo.toml > "$dest"
+cargo run --manifest-path crates/utils/Cargo.toml --features full > "$dest"