diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 83d7fb4..349d727 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -174,10 +174,7 @@ pub enum Error {
     /// Returning `Err(ExternalError(...))` from a Rust callback will raise the error as a Lua
     /// error. The Rust code that originally invoked the Lua code then receives a `CallbackError`,
     /// from which the original error (and a stack traceback) can be recovered.
-    #[cfg(feature = "send")]
     ExternalError(Arc<dyn StdError + Send + Sync>),
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "send"))]
-    ExternalError(Arc<dyn StdError>),
 }
 
 /// A specialized `Result` type used by `mlua`'s API.
@@ -277,35 +274,21 @@ impl StdError for Error {
 }
 
 impl Error {
-    #[cfg(feature = "send")]
     pub fn external<T: Into<Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync>>>(err: T) -> Error {
         Error::ExternalError(err.into().into())
     }
-
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "send"))]
-    pub fn external<T: Into<Box<dyn StdError>>>(err: T) -> Error {
-        Error::ExternalError(err.into().into())
-    }
 }
 
 pub trait ExternalError {
     fn to_lua_err(self) -> Error;
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "send")]
 impl<E: Into<Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync>>> ExternalError for E {
     fn to_lua_err(self) -> Error {
         Error::external(self)
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "send"))]
-impl<E: Into<Box<dyn StdError>>> ExternalError for E {
-    fn to_lua_err(self) -> Error {
-        Error::external(self)
-    }
-}
-
 pub trait ExternalResult<T> {
     fn to_lua_err(self) -> Result<T>;
 }