diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 96e33704a..da9dda8d1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -652,7 +652,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "walkdir",
  "wincode",
  "wincode-derive",
- "xattr",
  "zip",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 52c7b5ed5..bc11ed80b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -567,7 +567,6 @@ nix = { workspace = true, features = [
   "user",
 ] }
 rlimit = "0.10.1"
-xattr.workspace = true
 
 # Used in test_uptime::test_uptime_with_file_containing_valid_boot_time_utmpx_record
 # to deserialize an utmpx struct into a binary file
diff --git a/tests/uutests/Cargo.toml b/tests/uutests/Cargo.toml
index e84214ace..1b523ee7e 100644
--- a/tests/uutests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/uutests/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,4 +38,6 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 nix = { workspace = true, features = ["process", "signal", "term", "user"] }
 rlimit = "0.10.1"
+
+[target.'cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "openbsd"))))'.dependencies]
 xattr = { workspace = true }