diff --git a/src/chmod/chmod.rs b/src/chmod/chmod.rs
index 00a36382a..a3ee27d44 100644
--- a/src/chmod/chmod.rs
+++ b/src/chmod/chmod.rs
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
 
 #![allow(unused_variables)]  // only necessary while the TODOs still exist
 #![feature(plugin)]
+#![plugin(regex_macros)]
 
 extern crate getopts;
 extern crate libc;
 extern crate regex;
-#[plugin] #[no_link] extern crate regex_macros;
 
 use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::old_io::fs;
diff --git a/src/nl/nl.rs b/src/nl/nl.rs
index 3cfb30531..46cc8cfc6 100644
--- a/src/nl/nl.rs
+++ b/src/nl/nl.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #![crate_name = "nl"]
 #![feature(collections, core, io, path, rustc_private)]
+#![plugin(regex_macros)]
 
 /*
  * This file is part of the uutils coreutils package.
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@
  */
 #![feature(plugin)]
 
-#[plugin] #[no_link] extern crate regex_macros;
 extern crate regex;
 extern crate getopts;