diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0ef909d73..cbff54c4b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2608,7 +2608,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width",
  "uucore",
  "uutils_term_grid",
- "xattr",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml
index 38312eefc..dc79c6f93 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
   "colors",
   "entries",
   "fs",
+  "fsxattr",
   "quoting-style",
   "version-cmp",
 ] }
@@ -34,9 +35,6 @@ once_cell = { workspace = true }
 selinux = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 hostname = { workspace = true }
 
-[target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
-xattr = { workspace = true }
-
 [[bin]]
 name = "ls"
 path = "src/main.rs"
diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
index 1c89cd353..ed100477f 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 
-// spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) somegroup nlink tabsize dired subdired dtype colorterm getxattr
+// spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) somegroup nlink tabsize dired subdired dtype colorterm
 
 use clap::{
     builder::{NonEmptyStringValueParser, ValueParser},
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ use std::{
 };
 use term_grid::{Cell, Direction, Filling, Grid, GridOptions};
 use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr;
-
+#[cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "macos"))))]
+use uucore::fsxattr::has_acl;
 #[cfg(any(
     target_os = "linux",
     target_os = "macos",
@@ -2621,18 +2622,6 @@ fn display_grid(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-#[cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "macos"))))]
-fn file_has_acl<P: AsRef<Path>>(file: P) -> bool {
-    // don't use exacl here, it is doing more getxattr call then needed
-    match xattr::list(file) {
-        Ok(acl) => {
-            // if we have extra attributes, we have an acl
-            acl.count() > 0
-        }
-        Err(_) => false,
-    }
-}
-
 /// This writes to the BufWriter out a single string of the output of `ls -l`.
 ///
 /// It writes the following keys, in order:
@@ -2680,7 +2669,7 @@ fn display_item_long(
         // TODO: See how Mac should work here
         let is_acl_set = false;
         #[cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "macos"))))]
-        let is_acl_set = file_has_acl(item.display_name.as_os_str());
+        let is_acl_set = has_acl(item.display_name.as_os_str());
         write!(
             output_display,
             "{}{}{} {}",
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/fsxattr.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/fsxattr.rs
index 7bda023f9..36ec0ba8e 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/fsxattr.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/fsxattr.rs
@@ -66,6 +66,26 @@ pub fn apply_xattrs<P: AsRef<Path>>(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Checks if a file has an Access Control List (ACL) based on its extended attributes.
+///
+/// # Arguments
+///
+/// * `file` - A reference to the path of the file.
+///
+/// # Returns
+///
+/// `true` if the file has extended attributes (indicating an ACL), `false` otherwise.
+pub fn has_acl<P: AsRef<Path>>(file: P) -> bool {
+    // don't use exacl here, it is doing more getxattr call then needed
+    match xattr::list(file) {
+        Ok(acl) => {
+            // if we have extra attributes, we have an acl
+            acl.count() > 0
+        }
+        Err(_) => false,
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -113,4 +133,20 @@ mod tests {
             test_value
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_file_has_acl() {
+        let temp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let file_path = temp_dir.path().join("test_file.txt");
+
+        File::create(&file_path).unwrap();
+
+        assert!(!has_acl(&file_path));
+
+        let test_attr = "user.test_acl";
+        let test_value = b"test value";
+        xattr::set(&file_path, test_attr, test_value).unwrap();
+
+        assert!(has_acl(&file_path));
+    }
 }