diff --git a/rtic-macros/Cargo.toml b/rtic-macros/Cargo.toml
index bdc2c12278..94aa88b1a8 100644
--- a/rtic-macros/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rtic-macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,16 +23,15 @@ proc-macro = true
 
 [features]
 default = []
-debugprint = []
 
 # list of supported codegen backends
-cortex_m_source_masking = []
-cortex_m_basepri = []
-# riscv_clic = []
-# riscv_ch32 = []
+cortex-m-source-masking = []
+cortex-m-basepri = []
+# riscv-clic = []
+# riscv-ch32 = []
 
 # backend API test
-test_template = []
+test-template = []
 
 [dependencies]
 indexmap = "1.9.2"
diff --git a/rtic-macros/src/codegen/bindings.rs b/rtic-macros/src/codegen/bindings.rs
index a187820ea0..68378b5e7e 100644
--- a/rtic-macros/src/codegen/bindings.rs
+++ b/rtic-macros/src/codegen/bindings.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 #[cfg(not(any(
-    feature = "cortex_m_source_masking",
-    feature = "cortex_m_basepri",
-    feaute = "test_template"
+    feature = "cortex-m-source-masking",
+    feature = "cortex-m-basepri",
+    feaute = "test-template"
 )))]
 compile_error!("No backend selected");
 
-#[cfg(any(feature = "cortex_m_source_masking", feature = "cortex_m_basepri"))]
+#[cfg(any(feature = "cortex-m-source-masking", feature = "cortex-m-basepri"))]
 pub use cortex::*;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "test_template")]
+#[cfg(feature = "test-template")]
 pub use cortex::*;
 
-#[cfg(any(feature = "cortex_m_source_masking", feature = "cortex_m_basepri"))]
+#[cfg(any(feature = "cortex-m-source-masking", feature = "cortex-m-basepri"))]
 mod cortex;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "test_template")]
+#[cfg(feature = "test-template")]
 mod template;
diff --git a/rtic-macros/src/codegen/bindings/cortex.rs b/rtic-macros/src/codegen/bindings/cortex.rs
index d5eb12e21f..3f0584c551 100644
--- a/rtic-macros/src/codegen/bindings/cortex.rs
+++ b/rtic-macros/src/codegen/bindings/cortex.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ use quote::quote;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use syn::{parse, Attribute, Ident};
 
-#[cfg(feature = "cortex_m_basepri")]
+#[cfg(feature = "cortex-m-basepri")]
 pub use basepri::*;
-#[cfg(feature = "cortex_m_source_masking")]
+#[cfg(feature = "cortex-m-source-masking")]
 pub use source_masking::*;
 
 /// Whether `name` is an exception with configurable priority
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fn is_exception(name: &Ident) -> bool {
     )
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "cortex_m_source_masking")]
+#[cfg(feature = "cortex-m-source-masking")]
 mod source_masking {
     use super::*;
     use std::collections::HashMap;
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ mod source_masking {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "cortex_m_basepri")]
+#[cfg(feature = "cortex-m-basepri")]
 mod basepri {
     use super::*;
 
diff --git a/rtic/Cargo.toml b/rtic/Cargo.toml
index 4448fd3c88..51a580e8df 100644
--- a/rtic/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rtic/Cargo.toml
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ trybuild = "1"
 [features]
 default = []
 
-thumbv6 = ["rtic-macros/cortex_m_source_masking"]
-thumbv7 = ["rtic-macros/cortex_m_basepri"]
-thumbv8_base = ["rtic-macros/cortex_m_source_masking"]
-thumbv8_main = ["rtic-macros/cortex_m_basepri"]
-# riscv_clic = ["rtic-macros/riscv_clic"]
-# riscv_ch32 = ["rtic-macros/riscv_ch32"]
-# riscv_esp32c3 = ["rtic-macros/riscv_esp32c3"]
+thumbv6-backend = ["rtic-macros/cortex-m-source-masking"]
+thumbv7-backend = ["rtic-macros/cortex-m-basepri"]
+thumbv8base-backend = ["rtic-macros/cortex-m-source-masking"]
+thumbv8main-backend = ["rtic-macros/cortex-m-basepri"]
+# riscv-clic-backend = ["rtic-macros/riscv-clic"]
+# riscv-ch32-backend = ["rtic-macros/riscv-ch32"]
+# riscv-esp32c3-backend = ["rtic-macros/riscv-esp32c3"]
 
 # needed for testing
 test-critical-section = ["cortex-m/critical-section-single-core", "rtic-monotonics/systick_100hz"]
diff --git a/rtic/src/export.rs b/rtic/src/export.rs
index 2ce8ce202c..82132c270d 100644
--- a/rtic/src/export.rs
+++ b/rtic/src/export.rs
@@ -6,18 +6,18 @@ pub mod executor;
 
 #[cfg(all(
     cortex_m_basepri,
-    not(any(feature = "thumbv7", feature = "thumbv8_main"))
+    not(any(feature = "thumbv7-backend", feature = "thumbv8main-backend"))
 ))]
 compile_error!(
-    "Building for Cortex-M with basepri, but 'thumbv7' or 'thumbv8_main' backend not selected"
+    "Building for Cortex-M with basepri, but 'thumbv7-backend' or 'thumbv8main-backend' backend not selected"
 );
 
 #[cfg(all(
     cortex_m_source_masking,
-    not(any(feature = "thumbv6", feature = "thumbv8_base"))
+    not(any(feature = "thumbv6-backend", feature = "thumbv8base-backend"))
 ))]
 compile_error!(
-    "Building for Cortex-M with source masking, but 'thumbv6' or 'thumbv8_base' backend not selected"
+    "Building for Cortex-M with source masking, but 'thumbv6-backend' or 'thumbv8base-backend' backend not selected"
 );
 
 #[cfg(cortex_m_basepri)]
diff --git a/xtask/src/main.rs b/xtask/src/main.rs
index b270a44030..9ff0ae272e 100644
--- a/xtask/src/main.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ impl Backends {
 
     fn to_rtic_feature(&self) -> &str {
         match self {
-            Backends::Thumbv6 => "thumbv6",
-            Backends::Thumbv7 => "thumbv7",
-            Backends::Thumbv8Base => "thumbv8_base",
-            Backends::Thumbv8Main => "thumbv8_main",
+            Backends::Thumbv6 => "thumbv6-backend",
+            Backends::Thumbv7 => "thumbv7-backend",
+            Backends::Thumbv8Base => "thumbv8base-backend",
+            Backends::Thumbv8Main => "thumbv8main-backend",
         }
     }
 }