diff --git a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
index c5bbf7f11..7c62cc0cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
@@ -379,6 +379,11 @@ jobs:
         set -x
         # Regression-test for https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/8701
         make UTILS="rm chmod chown chgrp mv du"
+        # Verifies that
+        # 1. there is no "error: none of the selected packages contains this
+        # feature: feat_external_libstdbuf"
+        # 2. the makefile doesn't try to install libstdbuf even though stdbuf is skipped
+        DESTDIR=/tmp/ make SKIP_UTILS="stdbuf" install
 
   build_rust_stable:
     name: Build/stable
diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 41ba59349..04af26315 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ ifneq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
 	PROGS := $(PROGS) $(SELINUX_PROGS)
 endif
 
-UTILS ?= $(PROGS)
+UTILS ?= $(filter-out $(SKIP_UTILS),$(PROGS))
 
 ifneq ($(findstring stdbuf,$(UTILS)),)
     # Use external libstdbuf per default. It is more robust than embedding libstdbuf.
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ TEST_PROGS  := \
 	who
 
 TESTS       := \
-	$(sort $(filter $(UTILS),$(filter-out $(SKIP_UTILS),$(TEST_PROGS))))
+	$(sort $(filter $(UTILS),$(TEST_PROGS)))
 
 TEST_NO_FAIL_FAST :=
 TEST_SPEC_FEATURE :=
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ endef
 
 # Output names
 EXES        := \
-	$(sort $(filter $(UTILS),$(filter-out $(SKIP_UTILS),$(PROGS))))
+	$(sort $(UTILS))
 
 INSTALLEES  := ${EXES}
 ifeq (${MULTICALL}, y)
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ build-coreutils:
 
 build: build-coreutils build-pkgs locales
 
-$(foreach test,$(filter-out $(SKIP_UTILS),$(PROGS)),$(eval $(call TEST_BUSYBOX,$(test))))
+$(foreach test,$(UTILS),$(eval $(call TEST_BUSYBOX,$(test))))
 
 test:
 	${CARGO} test ${CARGOFLAGS} --features "$(TESTS) $(TEST_SPEC_FEATURE)" --no-default-features $(TEST_NO_FAIL_FAST)
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ endif
 
 install: build install-manpages install-completions install-locales
 	mkdir -p $(INSTALLDIR_BIN)
-ifneq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
+ifneq (,$(and $(findstring stdbuf,$(UTILS)),$(findstring feat_external_libstdbuf,$(CARGOFLAGS))))
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(LIBSTDBUF_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL) -m 755 $(BUILDDIR)/deps/libstdbuf* $(DESTDIR)$(LIBSTDBUF_DIR)/
 endif