diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 7ae83d1..6d1cd01 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Run cargo test without features on stable"
         run: cargo +stable test --no-default-features
 
+      - name: "Build with `use_spin` feature on stable"
+        run: cargo +stable build --no-default-features --features use_spin
+
+      - name: "Run cargo test with `use_spin` feature on stable"
+        run: cargo +stable test --no-default-features --features use_spin
+
   test-unstable:
     name: "Test unstable features"
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 370eaa7..9e4778f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@ homepage = "http://os.phil-opp.com/kernel-heap.html#a-better-allocator"
 default = ["use_spin", "const_mut_refs"]
 use_spin = ["spinning_top"]
 alloc_ref = []
-const_mut_refs = []
+const_mut_refs = ["spinning_top/nightly"]
 
 [dependencies.spinning_top]
 version = "0.1.0"
-features = ["nightly"]
 optional = true
 
 [package.metadata.release]
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 9958a69..5113416 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Unreleased
 
+- Don't require nightly for `use_spin` feature ([#46](https://github.com/phil-opp/linked-list-allocator/pull/46))
+
 # 0.8.8 – 2020-12-16
 
 - Do not require alloc crate ([#44](https://github.com/phil-opp/linked-list-allocator/pull/44))
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 99a4378..dbadb18 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -194,10 +194,17 @@ pub struct LockedHeap(Spinlock<Heap>);
 #[cfg(feature = "use_spin")]
 impl LockedHeap {
     /// Creates an empty heap. All allocate calls will return `None`.
+    #[cfg(feature = "const_mut_refs")]
     pub const fn empty() -> LockedHeap {
         LockedHeap(Spinlock::new(Heap::empty()))
     }
 
+    /// Creates an empty heap. All allocate calls will return `None`.
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "const_mut_refs"))]
+    pub fn empty() -> LockedHeap {
+        LockedHeap(Spinlock::new(Heap::empty()))
+    }
+
     /// Creates a new heap with the given `bottom` and `size`. The bottom address must be valid
     /// and the memory in the `[heap_bottom, heap_bottom + heap_size)` range must not be used for
     /// anything else. This function is unsafe because it can cause undefined behavior if the