diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3db6e43736..2e0ac982df 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1018,18 +1018,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "exacl"
-version = "0.13.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8de9e551ced9d700a31dacb8b168129640240fcd7a279a3fa4d59608b84ebcae"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.11.1",
- "log",
- "scopeguard",
- "uuid",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
 version = "2.4.1"
@@ -3430,7 +3418,6 @@ version = "0.9.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "codspeed-divan-compat",
- "exacl",
  "filetime",
  "fluent",
  "indicatif",
@@ -3443,6 +3430,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "uucore",
  "walkdir",
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "xattr",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4615,16 +4603,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "quote",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "uuid"
-version = "1.23.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ddd74a9687298c6858e9b88ec8935ec45d22e8fd5e6394fa1bd4e99a87789c76"
-dependencies = [
- "js-sys",
- "wasm-bindgen",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "uutests"
 version = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 53f6e7a90e..072aaa38ab 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -74,11 +74,6 @@ feat_systemd_logind = [
   "uucore/feat_systemd_logind",
   "who/feat_systemd_logind",
 ]
-# "feat_acl" == enable support for ACLs (access control lists; by using`--features feat_acl`)
-# NOTE:
-# * On linux, the posix-acl/acl-sys crate requires `libacl` headers and shared library to be accessible in the C toolchain at compile time.
-# * On FreeBSD and macOS this is not required.
-feat_acl = ["cp/feat_acl"]
 # "feat_selinux" == enable support for SELinux Security Context (by using `--features feat_selinux`)
 # NOTE:
 # * The selinux(-sys) crate requires `libselinux` headers and shared library to be accessible in the C toolchain at compile time.
diff --git a/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml
index cf412e89be..e7f5c89b72 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ rustix = { workspace = true }
 selinux = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
-exacl = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 nix = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
+xattr = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
 windows-sys = { workspace = true, features = [
@@ -68,4 +68,3 @@ harness = false
 
 [features]
 feat_selinux = ["selinux", "uucore/selinux"]
-feat_acl = ["exacl"]
diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
index 75f79816a5..8e3538b4ca 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
@@ -1884,18 +1884,13 @@ pub(crate) fn copy_attributes(
 
             fs::set_permissions(dest, source_perms)
                 .map_err(|e| CpError::IoErrContext(e, context.to_owned()))?;
-            // FIXME: Implement this for windows as well
-            #[cfg(feature = "feat_acl")]
-            exacl::getfacl(source, None)
-                .and_then(|acl| exacl::setfacl(&[dest], &acl, None))
-                .map_err(|err| CpError::Error(err.to_string()))?;
             // GNU `cp -p` preserves POSIX ACLs as part of mode. On Linux the
             // ACLs are stored as `system.posix_acl_*` xattrs; copy just those
             // so we keep ACL parity with GNU without preserving user xattrs
             // (which are intentionally excluded from the default -p set per
             // issue #9704). Best-effort: ignore failures on filesystems that
             // do not support ACL xattrs.
-            #[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "android")))]
+            #[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "android")))] // todo: support acl for other targets
             copy_acls(source, dest);
         }