diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 37f40ad8b..25af7527a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -564,7 +564,6 @@ itertools.workspace = true
 jiff = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 phf.workspace = true
 regex = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-selinux = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 textwrap.workspace = true
 uucore.workspace = true
 zip = { workspace = true, optional = true }
@@ -714,6 +713,7 @@ rstest_reuse.workspace = true
 
 [target.'cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))'.dependencies]
 rustix.workspace = true
+selinux = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 # this breaks clippy linting with: "tests/by-util/test_factor_benches.rs: No such file or directory (os error 2)"
 # factor_benches = { optional = true, version = "0.0.0", package = "uu_factor_benches", path = "tests/benches/factor" }
diff --git a/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml
index a184ee887..1d248b9e9 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ doctest = false
 clap = { workspace = true }
 filetime = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
-selinux = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
   "backup-control",
   "buf-copy",
@@ -41,6 +40,9 @@ thiserror = { workspace = true }
 fluent = { workspace = true }
 rustix = { workspace = true }
 
+[target.'cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))'.dependencies]
+selinux = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 exacl = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 nix = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
diff --git a/src/uu/id/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/id/Cargo.toml
index 7fcdc64c0..3890aadc9 100644
--- a/src/uu/id/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/id/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ doctest = false
 clap = { workspace = true }
 rustix = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["entries", "process"] }
-selinux = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 fluent = { workspace = true }
 
+[target.'cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))'.dependencies]
+selinux = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+
 [[bin]]
 name = "id"
 path = "src/main.rs"
diff --git a/src/uu/install/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/install/Cargo.toml
index 229fd06b4..d4f8b52bf 100644
--- a/src/uu/install/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/install/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ path = "src/install.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 filetime = { workspace = true }
 file_diff = { workspace = true }
-selinux = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, default-features = true, features = [
   "backup-control",
@@ -34,6 +33,9 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, default-features = true, features = [
 ] }
 fluent = { workspace = true }
 
+[target.'cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))'.dependencies]
+selinux = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+
 [features]
 selinux = ["dep:selinux", "uucore/selinux"]
 
diff --git a/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml
index dfe7f2110..260743a1f 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ clap = { workspace = true, features = ["env"] }
 glob = { workspace = true }
 lscolors = { workspace = true }
 rustc-hash = { workspace = true }
-selinux = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 terminal_size = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
@@ -45,6 +44,9 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
 uutils_term_grid = { workspace = true }
 fluent = { workspace = true }
 
+[target.'cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))'.dependencies]
+selinux = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+
 # hostname crate does not support WASI (no OS-level hostname API)
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os = "wasi"))'.dependencies]
 hostname = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
index da2c1b903..c34d5fae0 100644
--- a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ sm3 = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 crc-fast = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["std"] }
 bigdecimal = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 num-traits = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-selinux = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 # icu stuff
 icu_calendar = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = [
@@ -95,6 +94,9 @@ thiserror = { workspace = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
 
+[target.'cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))'.dependencies]
+selinux = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 nix = { workspace = true, features = [
   "dir",