diff --git a/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs b/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs
index f5b6f4cd7..bcefc39a6 100644
--- a/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs
+++ b/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use clap::{crate_version, error::ErrorKind, Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command}
 use std::env;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fs;
-use std::io::{self, stdin};
+use std::io;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use std::os::unix;
 #[cfg(windows)]
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use uucore::backup_control::{self, BackupMode};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UError, UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
-use uucore::{format_usage, show, show_if_err};
+use uucore::{format_usage, prompt_yes, show, show_if_err};
 
 use fs_extra::dir::{move_dir, CopyOptions as DirCopyOptions};
 
@@ -282,8 +282,7 @@ fn exec(files: &[OsString], b: &Behavior) -> UResult<()> {
                 match b.overwrite {
                     OverwriteMode::NoClobber => return Ok(()),
                     OverwriteMode::Interactive => {
-                        println!("{}: overwrite {}? ", uucore::util_name(), target.quote());
-                        if !read_yes() {
+                        if !prompt_yes!("overwrite {}? ", target.quote()) {
                             return Ok(());
                         }
                     }
@@ -377,8 +376,7 @@ fn rename(from: &Path, to: &Path, b: &Behavior) -> io::Result<()> {
         match b.overwrite {
             OverwriteMode::NoClobber => return Ok(()),
             OverwriteMode::Interactive => {
-                println!("{}: overwrite {}? ", uucore::util_name(), to.quote());
-                if !read_yes() {
+                if !prompt_yes!("overwrite {}?", to.quote()) {
                     return Ok(());
                 }
             }
@@ -494,17 +492,6 @@ fn rename_symlink_fallback(from: &Path, to: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn read_yes() -> bool {
-    let mut s = String::new();
-    match stdin().read_line(&mut s) {
-        Ok(_) => match s.chars().next() {
-            Some(x) => x == 'y' || x == 'Y',
-            _ => false,
-        },
-        _ => false,
-    }
-}
-
 fn is_empty_dir(path: &Path) -> bool {
     match fs::read_dir(path) {
         Ok(contents) => contents.peekable().peek().is_none(),
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_mv.rs b/tests/by-util/test_mv.rs
index 55ac7d68d..b4470ccea 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_mv.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_mv.rs
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ fn test_mv_interactive() {
         .arg(file_b)
         .pipe_in("n")
         .succeeds()
-        .no_stderr();
+        .no_stdout();
 
     assert!(at.file_exists(file_a));
     assert!(at.file_exists(file_b));
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ fn test_mv_interactive() {
         .arg(file_b)
         .pipe_in("Yesh") // spell-checker:disable-line
         .succeeds()
-        .no_stderr();
+        .no_stdout();
 
     assert!(!at.file_exists(file_a));
     assert!(at.file_exists(file_b));