diff --git a/src/uucore/lib.rs b/src/uucore/lib.rs
index 2bbca4b30..c1f5b5277 100644
--- a/src/uucore/lib.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/lib.rs
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ pub mod utf8;
 pub mod encoding;
 #[cfg(feature = "parse_time")]
 pub mod parse_time;
-#[cfg(feature = "mode")]
-pub mod mode;
 
+#[cfg(all(not(windows), feature = "mode"))]
+pub mod mode;
 #[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "fuchsia"), feature = "utmpx"))]
 pub mod utmpx;
 #[cfg(all(unix, feature = "utsname"))]