diff --git a/src/uu/rmdir/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/rmdir/Cargo.toml
index 731be108d..da7c34bb3 100644
--- a/src/uu/rmdir/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/rmdir/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ path = "src/rmdir.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "3.2", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo"] }
-uucore = { version=">=0.0.15", package="uucore", path="../../uucore" }
+uucore = { version=">=0.0.15", package="uucore", path="../../uucore", features=["fs"] }
 libc = "0.2.132"
 
 [[bin]]
diff --git a/src/uu/split/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/split/Cargo.toml
index c8ad5f71b..19181dfdd 100644
--- a/src/uu/split/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/split/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ path = "src/split.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "3.2", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo"] }
 memchr = "2"
-uucore = { version=">=0.0.15", package="uucore", path="../../uucore" }
+uucore = { version=">=0.0.15", package="uucore", path="../../uucore", features=["fs"] }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "split"