diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2591386ba..4065c8d1b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4523,7 +4523,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "md-5",
  "memchr",
- "nix",
  "num-traits",
  "os_display",
  "procfs",
diff --git a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
index 5761f5ec4..a4a28de47 100644
--- a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
@@ -93,16 +93,15 @@ unic-langid = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
-nix = { workspace = true, features = [
-  "dir",
+libc = { workspace = true }
+rustix = { workspace = true, features = [
+  "pipe",
+  "process",
   "fs",
-  "poll",
-  "signal",
-  "uio",
-  "user",
-  "zerocopy",
+  "event",
+  "termios",
+  "time",
 ] }
-rustix = { workspace = true, features = ["pipe", "process", "fs", "event", "termios", "time"] }
 walkdir = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 xattr = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/error.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/error.rs
index 8f1c14ea0..31858de71 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/error.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/error.rs
@@ -513,60 +513,20 @@ impl From<std::io::Error> for Box<dyn UError> {
     }
 }
 
-/// Enables the conversion from [`Result<T, nix::Error>`] to [`UResult<T>`].
+/// Enables the conversion from [`Result<T, rustix::io::Errno>`] to [`UResult<T>`].
 ///
 /// # Examples
 ///
 /// ```
 /// use uucore::error::FromIo;
-/// use nix::errno::Errno;
 ///
-/// let nix_err = Err::<(), nix::Error>(Errno::EACCES);
-/// let uio_result = nix_err.map_err_context(|| String::from("fix me please!"));
+/// let io_err = Err::<(), std::io::Error>(std::io::ErrorKind::PermissionDenied.into());
+/// let uio_result = io_err.map_err_context(|| String::from("fix me please!"));
 ///
 /// // prints "fix me please!: Permission denied"
 /// println!("{}", uio_result.unwrap_err());
 /// ```
-#[cfg(unix)]
-impl<T> FromIo<UResult<T>> for Result<T, nix::Error> {
-    fn map_err_context(self, context: impl FnOnce() -> String) -> UResult<T> {
-        self.map_err(|e| {
-            Box::new(UIoError {
-                context: Some(context()),
-                inner: std::io::Error::from_raw_os_error(e as i32),
-            }) as Box<dyn UError>
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(unix)]
-impl<T> FromIo<UResult<T>> for nix::Error {
-    fn map_err_context(self, context: impl FnOnce() -> String) -> UResult<T> {
-        Err(Box::new(UIoError {
-            context: Some(context()),
-            inner: std::io::Error::from_raw_os_error(self as i32),
-        }) as Box<dyn UError>)
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(unix)]
-impl From<nix::Error> for UIoError {
-    fn from(f: nix::Error) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            context: None,
-            inner: std::io::Error::from_raw_os_error(f as i32),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(unix)]
-impl From<nix::Error> for Box<dyn UError> {
-    fn from(f: nix::Error) -> Self {
-        let u_error: UIoError = f.into();
-        Box::new(u_error) as Self
-    }
-}
-
+///
 /// Enables the conversion from [`Result<T, rustix::io::Errno>`] to [`UResult<T>`].
 #[cfg(unix)]
 impl<T> FromIo<UResult<T>> for Result<T, rustix::io::Errno> {
@@ -821,22 +781,22 @@ impl Display for ClapErrorWrapper {
 mod tests {
     #[test]
     #[cfg(unix)]
-    fn test_nix_error_conversion() {
+    fn test_rustix_errno_conversion() {
         use super::{FromIo, UIoError};
-        use nix::errno::Errno;
+        use rustix::io::Errno;
         use std::io::ErrorKind;
 
-        for (nix_error, expected_error_kind) in [
-            (Errno::EACCES, ErrorKind::PermissionDenied),
-            (Errno::ENOENT, ErrorKind::NotFound),
-            (Errno::EEXIST, ErrorKind::AlreadyExists),
+        for (errno, expected_error_kind) in [
+            (Errno::ACCESS, ErrorKind::PermissionDenied),
+            (Errno::NOENT, ErrorKind::NotFound),
+            (Errno::EXIST, ErrorKind::AlreadyExists),
         ] {
-            let error = UIoError::from(nix_error);
+            let error = UIoError::from(errno);
             assert_eq!(expected_error_kind, error.inner.kind());
         }
         assert_eq!(
             "test: Permission denied",
-            Err::<(), nix::Error>(Errno::EACCES)
+            Err::<(), Errno>(Errno::ACCESS)
                 .map_err_context(|| String::from("test"))
                 .unwrap_err()
                 .to_string()
diff --git a/tests/uutests/Cargo.toml b/tests/uutests/Cargo.toml
index 7cac6ab71..a27bb67ee 100644
--- a/tests/uutests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/uutests/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,14 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
 [target.'cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))'.dependencies]
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
-nix = { workspace = true, features = ["process", "signal", "term", "user"] }
+nix = { workspace = true, features = [
+  "fs",
+  "process",
+  "signal",
+  "socket",
+  "term",
+  "user",
+] }
 rlimit = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "openbsd"))))'.dependencies]