diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bc1eeb23c..dbcf7c42e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ feat_os_windows_legacy = [
 [dependencies]
 lazy_static = { version="1.3" }
 textwrap = { version="=0.11.0", features=["term_size"] } # !maint: [2020-05-10; rivy] unstable crate using undocumented features; pinned currently, will review
-uucore = { version="0.0.2" }
+uucore = { version="0.0.2", package="uucore", git="https://github.com/uutils/uucore.git", branch="master" }
 # * uutils
 arch     = { optional=true, path="src/uu/arch" }
 base32   = { optional=true, path="src/uu/base32" }
@@ -335,6 +335,3 @@ path = "src/bin/uutils.rs"
 
 [[test]]
 name = "tests"
-
-[patch.crates-io]
-uucore = { git = "https://github.com/uutils/uucore/", tag = "0.0.2" }