diff --git a/asap-query-engine/Cargo.toml b/asap-query-engine/Cargo.toml
index d780551..bb7a8d4 100644
--- a/asap-query-engine/Cargo.toml
+++ b/asap-query-engine/Cargo.toml
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ criterion = { version = "0.5", features = ["html_reports"] }
 [[bench]]
 name = "simple_store_bench"
 harness = false
+required-features = ["legacy_stores"]
 
 [features]
 #default = ["lock_profiling", "extra_debugging"]
@@ -97,3 +98,8 @@ jemalloc = ["dep:tikv-jemallocator"]
 lock_profiling = []
 # Enable extra debugging output
 extra_debugging = []
+# Legacy SimpleMapStore implementations, kept only for the simple_store_bench
+# comparison benchmark. Off by default so the Store trait's real implementors
+# are just SimpleMapStoreGlobal/PerKey — adding a Store trait method doesn't
+# require updating the legacy variants.
+legacy_stores = []
diff --git a/asap-query-engine/src/stores/simple_map_store/mod.rs b/asap-query-engine/src/stores/simple_map_store/mod.rs
index 7ac1fd6..24773bd 100644
--- a/asap-query-engine/src/stores/simple_map_store/mod.rs
+++ b/asap-query-engine/src/stores/simple_map_store/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 mod common;
 pub mod global;
+#[cfg(feature = "legacy_stores")]
 pub mod legacy;
 pub mod per_key;