diff --git a/d2plugin/plugin.go b/d2plugin/plugin.go
index 456c3cbad..56002678d 100644
--- a/d2plugin/plugin.go
+++ b/d2plugin/plugin.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ type PluginInfo struct {
 	// If Type == binary then this contains the absolute path to the binary.
 	Path string `json:"path"`
 
-	Features map[PluginFeature]struct{} `json:"features"`
+	Features []PluginFeature `json:"features"`
 }
 
 const binaryPrefix = "d2plugin-"
diff --git a/d2plugin/plugin_dagre.go b/d2plugin/plugin_dagre.go
index 478aca5bf..6c0237060 100644
--- a/d2plugin/plugin_dagre.go
+++ b/d2plugin/plugin_dagre.go
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ func (p dagrePlugin) Info(ctx context.Context) (*PluginInfo, error) {
 	return &PluginInfo{
 		Name:      "dagre",
 		Type:      "bundled",
-		Features:  make(map[PluginFeature]struct{}),
 		ShortHelp: "The directed graph layout library Dagre",
 		LongHelp: fmt.Sprintf(`dagre is a directed graph layout library for JavaScript.
 See https://d2lang.com/tour/dagre for more.
diff --git a/d2plugin/plugin_elk.go b/d2plugin/plugin_elk.go
index f67af65ab..3b2113c6d 100644
--- a/d2plugin/plugin_elk.go
+++ b/d2plugin/plugin_elk.go
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ func (p elkPlugin) Info(ctx context.Context) (*PluginInfo, error) {
 	return &PluginInfo{
 		Name: "elk",
 		Type: "bundled",
-		Features: map[PluginFeature]struct{}{
-			CONTAINER_DIMENSIONS: {},
+		Features: []PluginFeature{
+			CONTAINER_DIMENSIONS,
 		},
 		ShortHelp: "Eclipse Layout Kernel (ELK) with the Layered algorithm.",
 		LongHelp: fmt.Sprintf(`ELK is a layout engine offered by Eclipse.
diff --git a/d2plugin/plugin_features.go b/d2plugin/plugin_features.go
index 5ea4518b0..f41462b37 100644
--- a/d2plugin/plugin_features.go
+++ b/d2plugin/plugin_features.go
@@ -24,14 +24,19 @@ func FeatureSupportCheck(info *PluginInfo, g *d2graph.Graph) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	featureMap := make(map[PluginFeature]struct{}, len(info.Features))
+	for _, f := range info.Features {
+		featureMap[f] = struct{}{}
+	}
+
 	for _, obj := range g.Objects {
 		if obj.Attributes.Top != nil || obj.Attributes.Left != nil {
-			if _, ok := info.Features[TOP_LEFT]; !ok {
+			if _, ok := featureMap[TOP_LEFT]; !ok {
 				return fmt.Errorf(`Object "%s" has attribute "top" and/or "left" set, but layout engine "%s" does not support locked positions.`, obj.AbsID(), info.Name)
 			}
 		}
 		if (obj.Attributes.Width != nil || obj.Attributes.Height != nil) && len(obj.ChildrenArray) > 0 {
-			if _, ok := info.Features[CONTAINER_DIMENSIONS]; !ok {
+			if _, ok := featureMap[CONTAINER_DIMENSIONS]; !ok {
 				return fmt.Errorf(`Object "%s" has attribute "width" and/or "height" set, but layout engine "%s" does not support dimensions set on containers.`, obj.AbsID(), info.Name)
 			}
 		}
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ func FeatureSupportCheck(info *PluginInfo, g *d2graph.Graph) error {
 		if obj.Attributes.NearKey != nil {
 			_, isKey := g.Root.HasChild(d2graph.Key(obj.Attributes.NearKey))
 			if isKey {
-				if _, ok := info.Features[NEAR_OBJECT]; !ok {
+				if _, ok := featureMap[NEAR_OBJECT]; !ok {
 					return fmt.Errorf(`Object "%s" has "near" set to another object, but layout engine "%s" only supports constant values for "near".`, obj.AbsID(), info.Name)
 				}
 			}