Make feature changes permanent

Is there a way to "bake" a feature into a site, i.e. make the changes implemented by a feature permanent so that the Feature module and feature is no longer needed? I haven't really explored the Features module yet, so I may be asking about a use case that's out of scope. My goal is to transfer framework (as opposed to content) changes from a development environment into production as exactly as possible. Currently my development environment does not need a feature, but since I've exported a feature from development to the production side, the production side depends on that exported feature.