diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index abc3f26b0..901578334 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ indicatif = "0.17"
 itertools = "0.12.0"
 libc = "0.2.150"
 lscolors = { version = "0.16.0", default-features = false, features = [
-  "nu-ansi-term",
   "gnu_legacy",
 ] }
 memchr = "2"
diff --git a/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml
index 56b642a1a..a82a1f37e 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ number_prefix = { workspace = true }
 uutils_term_grid = { workspace = true }
 terminal_size = { workspace = true }
 glob = { workspace = true }
-lscolors = { workspace = true, features = ["gnu_legacy"] }
+lscolors = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
   "entries",
   "fs",
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
index 4f56f2a0d..f5858dcea 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
@@ -1983,20 +1983,6 @@ fn test_ls_recursive_1() {
         .stdout_is(out);
 }
 
-// Function to convert a string to its ASCII representation
-fn to_ascii_representation(input: &str) -> String {
-    input
-        .chars()
-        .map(|c| {
-            if c.is_ascii_control() || !c.is_ascii() {
-                format!("\\x{:02x}", c as u32)
-            } else {
-                c.to_string()
-            }
-        })
-        .collect::<String>()
-}
-
 #[test]
 fn test_ls_color() {
     let scene = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
@@ -2058,8 +2044,8 @@ fn test_ls_color() {
         .succeeds();
     let expected = format!("{}  test-color\x0ab  {}", a_with_colors, z_with_colors);
     assert_eq!(
-        to_ascii_representation(result.stdout_str()),
-        to_ascii_representation(&expected)
+        result.stdout_str().escape_default().to_string(),
+        expected.escape_default().to_string()
     );
     assert_eq!(result.stdout_str(), expected);
 }