diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f01c623f9..6d210d303 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3102,7 +3102,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "fundu",
  "libc",
  "memchr",
- "nix",
  "notify",
  "same-file",
  "uucore",
diff --git a/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml
index 12736f36a..bd16132ea 100644
--- a/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ clap = { workspace=true }
 libc = { workspace=true }
 memchr = { workspace=true }
 notify = { workspace=true }
-uucore = { workspace=true, features=["ringbuffer", "lines"] }
+uucore = { workspace=true }
 same-file = { workspace=true }
 atty = { workspace=true }
 fundu = { workspace=true }
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ fundu = { workspace=true }
 windows-sys = { workspace=true, features = ["Win32_System_Threading", "Win32_Foundation"] }
 winapi-util = { workspace=true }
 
-[target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
-nix = { workspace=true, features = ["fs"] }
-
 [[bin]]
 name = "tail"
 path = "src/main.rs"