diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/copydir.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/copydir.rs
index 3b04114e6..931217d92 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/copydir.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/copydir.rs
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ where
     // `path.ends_with(".")` does not seem to work
     path.as_ref().display().to_string().ends_with("/.")
 }
-
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 /// Copy a single entry during a directory traversal.
 fn copy_direntry(
     progress_bar: &Option<ProgressBar>,
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ fn copy_direntry(
 ///
 /// Any errors encountered copying files in the tree will be logged but
 /// will not cause a short-circuit.
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 pub(crate) fn copy_directory(
     progress_bar: &Option<ProgressBar>,
     root: &Path,
diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
index 608bc11f1..69577a012 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ fn construct_dest_path(
         TargetType::File => target.to_path_buf(),
     })
 }
-
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 fn copy_source(
     progress_bar: &Option<ProgressBar>,
     source: &Path,
@@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ fn calculate_dest_permissions(
 ///
 /// The original permissions of `source` will be copied to `dest`
 /// after a successful copy.
-#[allow(clippy::cognitive_complexity)]
+#[allow(clippy::cognitive_complexity, clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 fn copy_file(
     progress_bar: &Option<ProgressBar>,
     source: &Path,
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
index 2aacfeca9..f9ff5583d 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
@@ -2667,9 +2667,6 @@ fn test_cp_symlink_overwrite_detection() {
 
     at.mkdir("good");
     at.mkdir("tmp");
-    at.touch("README");
-    at.touch("good/README");
-
     at.write("README", "file1");
     at.write("good/README", "file2");
 
@@ -2681,18 +2678,18 @@ fn test_cp_symlink_overwrite_detection() {
 
     at.touch("tmp/foo");
 
-    let result = ts
-        .ucmd()
+    ts.ucmd()
         .arg("README")
         .arg("good/README")
         .arg("tmp")
-        .fails();
-    let stderr = result.stderr_str();
-
-    assert_eq!(
-        "cp: will not copy 'good/README' through just-created symlink 'tmp/README'\n",
-        stderr
-    );
+        .fails()
+        .stderr_only(if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
+            "cp: will not copy 'good/README' through just-created symlink 'tmp\\README'\n"
+        } else if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
+            "cp: will not overwrite just-created 'tmp/README' with 'good/README'\n"
+        } else {
+            "cp: will not copy 'good/README' through just-created symlink 'tmp/README'\n"
+        });
     let contents = at.read("tmp/foo");
     assert_eq!(contents, "file1");
 }