diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/feature.h b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/feature.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..185a942027
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/feature.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * \brief  Compile-time feature selection
+ * \author Norman Feske
+ * \date   2022-11-10
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Genode Labs GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
+ * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _FEATURE_H_
+#define _FEATURE_H_
+
+#include <types.h>
+
+namespace Sculpt { struct Feature; };
+
+
+struct Sculpt::Feature
+{
+	/* show the '+' botton at the graph for opening the deploy popup dialog */
+	static constexpr bool PRESENT_PLUS_MENU = true;
+
+	/* manage storage from within the respective graph nodes */
+	static constexpr bool STORAGE_DIALOG_HOSTED_IN_GRAPH = true;
+
+	/* allow the browsing of file systems via the inspect view */
+	static constexpr bool INSPECT_VIEW = false;
+};
+
+#endif /* _FEATURE_H_ */
diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/graph.cc b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/graph.cc
index 225d5a7ee2..8e2ab6dcc0 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/graph.cc
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/graph.cc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <graph.h>
+#include <feature.h>
 #include <view/dialog.h>
 
 using namespace Sculpt;
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ void Graph::generate(Xml_generator &xml) const
 {
 	xml.node("depgraph", [&] () {
 
-		if (_sculpt_partition.valid()) {
+		if (Feature::PRESENT_PLUS_MENU && _sculpt_partition.valid()) {
 			gen_named_node(xml, "button", "global+", [&] () {
 				_add_button_item.gen_button_attr(xml, "global+");
 
@@ -168,7 +169,10 @@ void Graph::generate(Xml_generator &xml) const
 					xml.attribute("text", "+"); }); });
 		}
 
-		_gen_storage_node(xml);
+		if (Feature::STORAGE_DIALOG_HOSTED_IN_GRAPH)
+			_gen_storage_node(xml);
+		else
+			_gen_parent_node(xml, "storage", "Storage");
 
 		if (_storage_devices.usb_present)
 			_gen_usb_node(xml);
diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/view/fs_dialog.h b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/view/fs_dialog.h
index c2e4529983..7db39f58c5 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/view/fs_dialog.h
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/view/fs_dialog.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef _VIEW__FS_DIALOG_H_
 #define _VIEW__FS_DIALOG_H_
 
+#include <feature.h>
 #include <view/dialog.h>
 #include <model/storage_target.h>
 
@@ -48,14 +49,16 @@ struct Sculpt::Fs_dialog : Noncopyable, Dialog
 
 	void generate(Xml_generator &xml, File_system const &file_system) const
 	{
-		xml.node("button", [&] () {
-			_inspect_item.gen_button_attr(xml, "browse");
+		if (Feature::INSPECT_VIEW) {
+			xml.node("button", [&] () {
+				_inspect_item.gen_button_attr(xml, "browse");
 
-			if (file_system.inspected)
-				xml.attribute("selected", "yes");
+				if (file_system.inspected)
+					xml.attribute("selected", "yes");
 
-			xml.node("label", [&] () { xml.attribute("text", "Inspect"); });
-		});
+				xml.node("label", [&] () { xml.attribute("text", "Inspect"); });
+			});
+		}
 
 		if (!_used_target.valid() || _used_target == _target) {
 			xml.node("button", [&] () {