diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/safe_traversal.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/safe_traversal.rs
index c6dc2f2c6..d470f6412 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/safe_traversal.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/safe_traversal.rs
@@ -430,7 +430,6 @@ impl Metadata {
 }
 
 // Add MetadataExt trait implementation for compatibility
-#[cfg(not(windows))]
 impl std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt for Metadata {
     fn dev(&self) -> u64 {
         self.stat.st_dev