diff --git a/keymaps/Cargo.toml b/keymaps/Cargo.toml
index 727e3cd..373cece 100644
--- a/keymaps/Cargo.toml
+++ b/keymaps/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
+[features]
+default = []
+crossterm = ["dep:crossterm"]
+
 [dependencies]
+crossterm = { version = "0.25", optional = true }
 log = "0.4.20"
 thiserror = "1.0.50"
 pest = "2.7.5"
diff --git a/keymaps/src/key_repr/key/crossterm.rs b/keymaps/src/key_repr/key/crossterm.rs
index 8730907..720a009 100644
--- a/keymaps/src/key_repr/key/crossterm.rs
+++ b/keymaps/src/key_repr/key/crossterm.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use log::{debug, info};
 
 use crossterm::event::{Event, KeyCode, KeyEvent, KeyEventKind, KeyEventState, KeyModifiers};
 
-
 impl Into<Event> for Key {
     fn into(self) -> Event {
         let mut modifiers;
@@ -30,28 +29,8 @@ impl Into<Event> for Key {
 
         let output = Event::Key(KeyEvent {
             code: {
-                // We sorta hit a edge case here, if we have a shifted char we need to tell
-                // crossterm about that. Thus we need to manually apply the shift modifier on the
-                // value.
-                if self.shift {
-                    if let Some(KeyValue::Char(char)) = self.value {
-                        let upper_case_char: char = {
-                            let chars = char.to_uppercase().collect::<Vec<char>>();
-                            if chars.len() != 1 {
-                                unimplemented!(
-                                    "
-                                    I have no idea how we handle this case,
-                                    we'll just have to hope, that it never comes up.
-                                    "
-                                );
-                            } else {
-                                *chars.first().expect("We checked the length")
-                            }
-                        };
-                        KeyCode::Char(upper_case_char)
-                    } else {
-                        self.value.unwrap_or(KeyValue::Null).into()
-                    }
+                if let Some(KeyValue::Char(char)) = self.value {
+                    KeyCode::Char(char)
                 } else {
                     self.value.unwrap_or(KeyValue::Null).into()
                 }
@@ -85,41 +64,7 @@ impl TryFrom<&Event> for Key {
                 }
 
                 {
-                    let key_code = key_event.code;
-                    if output_key.shift {
-                        // We need to deal have an edge case for shift, as the value will be in the
-                        // shifted form (for example 'A'). If we left that, we would get "<S-A>" as
-                        // Key representation, which can't be parsed. So we simply unshift the 'A'
-                        // here, turning the representation into: "<S-a>"
-                        if let KeyCode::Char(char) = key_code {
-                            let lower_case_char: char = {
-                                let chars = char.to_lowercase().collect::<Vec<char>>();
-                                if chars.len() != 1 {
-                                    unimplemented!(
-                                        "
-                                    I have no idea how we handle this case,
-                                    we'll just have to hope, that it never comes up.
-                                    "
-                                    );
-                                } else {
-                                    *chars.first().expect("We checked the length")
-                                }
-                            };
-                            info!(
-                                "Had to translate key ('{}') to it's lowercase variant ('{}')",
-                                char, lower_case_char
-                            );
-                            output_key.value = Some(KeyValue::Char(lower_case_char));
-                        } else {
-                            debug!(
-                                "Key ('{}') is shifted but not a character!",
-                                Into::<KeyValue>::into(key_code)
-                            );
-                            output_key.value = Some(key_code.into());
-                        }
-                    } else {
-                        output_key.value = Some(key_code.into());
-                    }
+                    output_key.value = Some(key_event.code.into());
                 }
 
                 Ok(output_key)
diff --git a/keymaps/src/key_repr/key/mod.rs b/keymaps/src/key_repr/key/mod.rs
index 1580ba9..66a744d 100644
--- a/keymaps/src/key_repr/key/mod.rs
+++ b/keymaps/src/key_repr/key/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #[cfg(crossterm)]
 mod crossterm;
+
 mod parsing;
 
 use std::fmt::Display;