diff --git a/filecoin-proofs/src/types/porep_config.rs b/filecoin-proofs/src/types/porep_config.rs
index e255e8387..2eff1b324 100644
--- a/filecoin-proofs/src/types/porep_config.rs
+++ b/filecoin-proofs/src/types/porep_config.rs
@@ -100,13 +100,16 @@ impl PoRepConfig {
 
     #[inline]
     pub fn enable_feature(&mut self, feat: ApiFeature) -> Result<()> {
+        for conflict in feat.conflicting_features() {
+            if self.feature_enabled(*conflict) {
+                return Err(anyhow!(
+                    "Cannot enable feature `{feat}` when `{conflict}` is already enabled"
+                ));
+            }
+        }
+
         match feat {
             ApiFeature::SyntheticPoRep => {
-                if self.feature_enabled(ApiFeature::NonInteractivePoRep) {
-                    return Err(anyhow!(
-                            "Cannot enable Synthetic PoRep when Non-interactive PoRep is already enabled"));
-                }
-
                 self.partitions = PoRepProofPartitions(
                     *POREP_PARTITIONS
                         .read()
@@ -116,11 +119,6 @@ impl PoRepConfig {
                 );
             }
             ApiFeature::NonInteractivePoRep => {
-                if self.feature_enabled(ApiFeature::SyntheticPoRep) {
-                    return Err(anyhow!(
-                            "Cannot enable Non-interactive PoRep when Synthetic PoRep is already enabled"));
-                }
-
                 self.partitions = PoRepProofPartitions(
                     constants::get_porep_non_interactive_partitions(self.sector_size.into()),
                 );
diff --git a/storage-proofs-core/src/api_version.rs b/storage-proofs-core/src/api_version.rs
index 8dacfd745..a0966b54f 100644
--- a/storage-proofs-core/src/api_version.rs
+++ b/storage-proofs-core/src/api_version.rs
@@ -112,6 +112,24 @@ impl ApiFeature {
             ApiFeature::SyntheticPoRep | ApiFeature::NonInteractivePoRep => None,
         }
     }
+
+    /// Return the features that are in conflict with the current one.
+    pub fn conflicting_features(&self) -> &[ApiFeature] {
+        match self {
+            ApiFeature::SyntheticPoRep => &[ApiFeature::NonInteractivePoRep],
+            ApiFeature::NonInteractivePoRep => &[ApiFeature::SyntheticPoRep],
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for ApiFeature {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        let api_feature_str = match self {
+            Self::SyntheticPoRep => "synthetic-porep",
+            Self::NonInteractivePoRep => "non-interactive-porep",
+        };
+        write!(f, "{}", api_feature_str)
+    }
 }
 
 #[test]