diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fa7fe6f3..dc08e35f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ name = "bitcoin"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [features]
-bitcoinconsenus = ["bitcoinconsensus"]
 fuzztarget = ["secp256k1/fuzztarget"]
 
 [dependencies]
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ rand = "0.3"
 rust-crypto = "0.2"
 serde = "0.6"
 strason = "0.3"
-bitcoinconsensus = { version = "0.16", optional=true }
+bitcoinconsensus = { version = "0.16", optional = true }
 
 [dependencies.hex]
 git = "https://github.com/KokaKiwi/rust-hex"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e9bda447..87aa1a13 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ downstream users to also have a `num` dependency just so they can use `Uint256::
 
 * Removed old script interpreter
 
-* A new optional feature "bitcoinconsenus" lets this library use Bitcoin Core's native
+* A new optional feature "bitcoinconsensus" lets this library use Bitcoin Core's native
 script verifier, wrappend into Rust by the rust-bitcoinconsenus project. 
 See `Transaction::verify` and `Script::verify` methods.
 
diff --git a/src/blockdata/script.rs b/src/blockdata/script.rs
index 75f690c9..3c68bd91 100644
--- a/src/blockdata/script.rs
+++ b/src/blockdata/script.rs
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ impl error::Error for Error {
             Error::EarlyEndOfScript => "unexpected end of script",
             Error::NumericOverflow => "numeric overflow (number on stack larger than 4 bytes)",
             #[cfg(feature="bitcoinconsensus")]
-            Error::BitcoinConsensus(ref _n) => "bitcoinconsenus verification failed",
+            Error::BitcoinConsensus(ref _n) => "bitcoinconsensus verification failed",
             #[cfg(feature="bitcoinconsensus")]
             Error::UnknownSpentTransaction (ref _hash) => "unknown transaction referred in Transaction::verify()",
             #[cfg(feature="bitcoinconsensus")]