diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a60b7786e..a8b321804 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ fuchsia = [
   "nice",
   "pathchk",
   "stdbuf",
-  "touch",
   "tty",
   "uname",
   "unlink",
@@ -69,6 +68,7 @@ generic = [
   "hostname",
   "nproc",
   "sync",
+  "touch",
   "whoami",
   "redox_generic"
 ]
diff --git a/src/touch/touch.rs b/src/touch/touch.rs
index 194a9b0be..ed75a7676 100644
--- a/src/touch/touch.rs
+++ b/src/touch/touch.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ extern crate uucore;
 
 use filetime::*;
 use std::fs::{self, File};
-use std::io::{self, Error};
+use std::io::Error;
 use std::path::Path;
 
 static NAME: &str = "touch";
@@ -42,31 +42,6 @@ macro_rules! local_tm_to_filetime(
     })
 );
 
-macro_rules! to_timeval {
-    ($ft:expr) => (
-        timeval {
-            tv_sec: $ft.seconds() as time_t,
-            tv_usec: ($ft.nanoseconds() / 1000) as suseconds_t,
-        }
-    )
-}
-
-#[cfg(unix)]
-fn set_symlink_times(p: &str, atime: FileTime, mtime: FileTime) -> io::Result<()> {
-    use std::ffi::CString;
-    use uucore::libc::{lutimes, suseconds_t, time_t, timeval};
-
-    let times = [to_timeval!(atime), to_timeval!(mtime)];
-    let p = try!(CString::new(p));
-    return unsafe {
-        if lutimes(p.as_ptr() as *const _, times.as_ptr()) == 0 {
-            Ok(())
-        } else {
-            Err(io::Error::last_os_error())
-        }
-    };
-}
-
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
 
@@ -204,7 +179,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
         }
 
         if matches.opt_present("h") {
-            if let Err(e) = set_symlink_times(path, atime, mtime) {
+            if let Err(e) = set_symlink_file_times(path, atime, mtime) {
                 show_warning!("cannot touch '{}': {}", path, e);
             }
         } else {
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index 942a00ece..f74d8e326 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ unix_only! {
     "pathchk", test_pathchk;
     "pinky", test_pinky;
     "stdbuf", test_stdbuf;
-    "touch", test_touch;
     "unlink", test_unlink;
     "who", test_who;
     // Be aware of the trailing semicolon after the last item
@@ -86,6 +85,7 @@ generic! {
     "tac", test_tac;
     "tail", test_tail;
     "test", test_test;
+    "touch", test_touch;
     "tr", test_tr;
     "true", test_true;
     "truncate", test_truncate;