diff --git a/src/uu/chmod/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/chmod/Cargo.toml
index cd236e95e3a..47294367626 100644
--- a/src/uu/chmod/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/chmod/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ fluent = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs", "mode", "perms"] }
 
-[target.'cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd", target_os = "redox"))))'.dependencies]
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["safe-traversal"] }
-
 [features]
 diagnostics = ["uucore/diagnostics"]
 
diff --git a/src/uu/chmod/src/chmod.rs b/src/uu/chmod/src/chmod.rs
index eb182a7eab3..f586ef8a681 100644
--- a/src/uu/chmod/src/chmod.rs
+++ b/src/uu/chmod/src/chmod.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use uucore::fs::{FileInformation, display_permissions_unix, path_is_root_dir};
 use uucore::mode;
 use uucore::perms::{TraverseSymlinks, configure_symlink_and_recursion};
 
-#[cfg(not(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd", target_os = "redox")))]
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "redox"))]
 use uucore::safe_traversal::{DirFd, SymlinkBehavior};
 use uucore::{format_usage, show, show_error};
 
@@ -416,37 +416,6 @@ impl Chmoder {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Handle symlinks during directory traversal based on traversal mode
-    #[cfg(target_os = "aix")]
-    fn handle_symlink_during_traversal(
-        &self,
-        path: &Path,
-        is_command_line_arg: bool,
-        ancestors: &mut HashSet<FileInformation>,
-    ) -> UResult<()> {
-        let should_follow_symlink = match self.traverse_symlinks {
-            TraverseSymlinks::All => true,
-            TraverseSymlinks::First => is_command_line_arg,
-            TraverseSymlinks::None => false,
-        };
-
-        if !should_follow_symlink {
-            return self.chmod_file_internal(path, false);
-        }
-
-        match fs::metadata(path) {
-            Ok(meta) if meta.is_dir() => self.walk_dir_with_context(path, false, ancestors),
-            Ok(_) => {
-                // It's a file symlink, chmod it
-                self.chmod_file(path)
-            }
-            Err(_) => {
-                // Dangling symlink, chmod it without dereferencing
-                self.chmod_file_internal(path, false)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     fn print_neither_changed(file: OsString) -> std::io::Result<()> {
         use std::io::{Write as _, stdout};
         writeln!(
@@ -552,7 +521,7 @@ impl Chmoder {
     }
 
     // Non-safe traversal implementation for platforms without safe_traversal support
-    #[cfg(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd", target_os = "redox"))]
+    #[cfg(target_os = "redox")]
     fn walk_dir_with_context(
         &self,
         file_path: &Path,
@@ -598,24 +567,9 @@ impl Chmoder {
                 }
             }
             for path in paths_in_this_dir {
-                #[cfg(target_os = "aix")]
-                {
-                    if path.is_symlink() {
-                        r = self
-                            .handle_symlink_during_recursion(&path, ancestors)
-                            .and(r);
-                    } else {
-                        r = self
-                            .walk_dir_with_context(path.as_path(), false, ancestors)
-                            .and(r);
-                    }
-                }
-                #[cfg(any(target_os = "hurd", target_os = "redox"))]
-                {
-                    r = self
-                        .walk_dir_with_context(path.as_path(), false, ancestors)
-                        .and(r);
-                }
+                r = self
+                    .walk_dir_with_context(path.as_path(), false, ancestors)
+                    .and(r);
             }
 
             // Backtrack: remove this directory from ancestors so sibling subtrees
@@ -627,7 +581,7 @@ impl Chmoder {
         r
     }
 
-    #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd", target_os = "redox")))]
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "redox"))]
     fn walk_dir_with_context(
         &self,
         file_path: &Path,
@@ -672,7 +626,7 @@ impl Chmoder {
         r
     }
 
-    #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd", target_os = "redox")))]
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "redox"))]
     fn safe_traverse_dir(
         &self,
         dir_fd: &DirFd,
@@ -770,7 +724,7 @@ impl Chmoder {
         r
     }
 
-    #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd", target_os = "redox")))]
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "redox"))]
     fn handle_symlink_during_safe_recursion(
         &self,
         path: &Path,
@@ -813,7 +767,7 @@ impl Chmoder {
         }
     }
 
-    #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd", target_os = "redox")))]
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "redox"))]
     fn safe_chmod_file(
         &self,
         file_path: &Path,
@@ -842,16 +796,6 @@ impl Chmoder {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    #[cfg(target_os = "aix")]
-    fn handle_symlink_during_recursion(
-        &self,
-        path: &Path,
-        ancestors: &mut HashSet<FileInformation>,
-    ) -> UResult<()> {
-        // Use the common symlink handling logic
-        self.handle_symlink_during_traversal(path, false, ancestors)
-    }
-
     fn chmod_file(&self, file: &Path) -> UResult<()> {
         self.chmod_file_internal(file, self.dereference)
     }
diff --git a/src/uu/chown/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/chown/Cargo.toml
index ed5c57c7ccc..4704f623e04 100644
--- a/src/uu/chown/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/chown/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 fluent = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["entries", "fs", "perms"] }
 
-[target.'cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd", target_os = "redox"))))'.dependencies]
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["safe-traversal"] }
-
 [lints]
 workspace = true
 
diff --git a/src/uu/du/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/du/Cargo.toml
index dd648853092..f674b5ed0b0 100644
--- a/src/uu/du/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/du/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
   "time",
 ] }
 
-[target.'cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd", target_os = "redox"))))'.dependencies]
+[target.'cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "redox")))'.dependencies]
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["safe-traversal"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/uu/install/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/install/Cargo.toml
index bf7678ce15c..bee20905846 100644
--- a/src/uu/install/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/install/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, default-features = true, features = [
   "process",
 ] }
 
-[target.'cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd", target_os = "redox"))))'.dependencies]
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["safe-traversal"] }
-
 [target.'cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))'.dependencies]
 rustix = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
 selinux = { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/src/uu/rm/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/rm/Cargo.toml
index 9ac240d9b11..23c840551d1 100644
--- a/src/uu/rm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/rm/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ indicatif = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs", "parser", "quoting-style"] }
 
-[target.'cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd", target_os = "redox"))))'.dependencies]
+[target.'cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "redox")))'.dependencies]
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["safe-traversal"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features.rs
index 062af7b3f3c..83dff9de82d 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features.rs
@@ -86,11 +86,7 @@ pub mod proc_info;
 pub mod process;
 #[cfg(all(unix, feature = "safe-copy"))]
 pub mod safe_copy;
-#[cfg(all(
-    feature = "safe-traversal",
-    unix,
-    not(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd", target_os = "redox"))
-))]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "safe-traversal", unix, not(target_os = "redox")))]
 pub mod safe_traversal;
 #[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", feature = "tty"))]
 pub mod tty;
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/safe_traversal.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/safe_traversal.rs
index 5925b6236e6..b8bd8183fb4 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/safe_traversal.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/safe_traversal.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore CLOEXEC RDONLY TOCTOU closedir dirp fdopendir fstatat openat REMOVEDIR unlinkat smallfile
 // spell-checker:ignore RAII dirfd fchownat fchown FchmodatFlags fchmodat fchmod mkdirat CREAT WRONLY ELOOP ENOTDIR EXCL EEXIST
 // spell-checker:ignore atimensec mtimensec ctimensec opath chmods fakeroot fakechroot EOVERFLOW chowned chmoded
-// spell-checker:ignore LARGEFILE getdents
+// spell-checker:ignore LARGEFILE getdents atim mtim ctim statat
 
 // Safe directory traversal using openat() and related syscalls
 // This module provides TOCTOU-safe filesystem operations for recursive traversal
@@ -941,8 +941,16 @@ impl MetadataExt for Metadata {
     }
 
     fn atime(&self) -> i64 {
-        #[allow(clippy::useless_conversion)]
-        self.stat.st_atime.into()
+        // aix and hurd only have the timespec fields
+        #[cfg(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd"))]
+        {
+            self.stat.st_atim.tv_sec as _
+        }
+        #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd")))]
+        {
+            #[allow(clippy::useless_conversion)]
+            self.stat.st_atime.into()
+        }
     }
 
     fn atime_nsec(&self) -> i64 {
@@ -952,7 +960,12 @@ impl MetadataExt for Metadata {
             (self.stat.st_atimensec as i64)
         }
 
-        #[cfg(not(target_os = "netbsd"))]
+        #[cfg(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd"))]
+        {
+            self.stat.st_atim.tv_nsec as _
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "netbsd", target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd")))]
         {
             #[allow(clippy::unnecessary_cast)]
             (self.stat.st_atime_nsec as i64)
@@ -960,8 +973,15 @@ impl MetadataExt for Metadata {
     }
 
     fn mtime(&self) -> i64 {
-        #[allow(clippy::useless_conversion)]
-        self.stat.st_mtime.into()
+        #[cfg(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd"))]
+        {
+            self.stat.st_mtim.tv_sec as _
+        }
+        #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd")))]
+        {
+            #[allow(clippy::useless_conversion)]
+            self.stat.st_mtime.into()
+        }
     }
 
     fn mtime_nsec(&self) -> i64 {
@@ -970,7 +990,11 @@ impl MetadataExt for Metadata {
             #[allow(clippy::unnecessary_cast)]
             (self.stat.st_mtimensec as i64)
         }
-        #[cfg(not(target_os = "netbsd"))]
+        #[cfg(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd"))]
+        {
+            self.stat.st_mtim.tv_nsec as _
+        }
+        #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "netbsd", target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd")))]
         {
             #[allow(clippy::unnecessary_cast)]
             (self.stat.st_mtime_nsec as i64)
@@ -978,8 +1002,15 @@ impl MetadataExt for Metadata {
     }
 
     fn ctime(&self) -> i64 {
-        #[allow(clippy::useless_conversion)]
-        self.stat.st_ctime.into()
+        #[cfg(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd"))]
+        {
+            self.stat.st_ctim.tv_sec as _
+        }
+        #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd")))]
+        {
+            #[allow(clippy::useless_conversion)]
+            self.stat.st_ctime.into()
+        }
     }
 
     fn ctime_nsec(&self) -> i64 {
@@ -988,7 +1019,11 @@ impl MetadataExt for Metadata {
             #[allow(clippy::unnecessary_cast)]
             (self.stat.st_ctimensec as i64)
         }
-        #[cfg(not(target_os = "netbsd"))]
+        #[cfg(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd"))]
+        {
+            self.stat.st_ctim.tv_nsec as _
+        }
+        #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "netbsd", target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd")))]
         {
             #[allow(clippy::unnecessary_cast)]
             (self.stat.st_ctime_nsec as i64)
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
index 928f47668e8..903450bb77b 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
@@ -105,11 +105,7 @@ pub use crate::features::pipes;
 pub use crate::features::process;
 #[cfg(all(unix, feature = "safe-copy"))]
 pub use crate::features::safe_copy;
-#[cfg(all(
-    feature = "safe-traversal",
-    unix,
-    not(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd", target_os = "redox"))
-))]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "safe-traversal", unix, not(target_os = "redox")))]
 pub use crate::features::safe_traversal;
 #[cfg(all(
     feature = "signals",