diff --git a/src/meta/permissions.rs b/src/meta/permissions.rs
index 3a38030ab..7b09252c9 100644
--- a/src/meta/permissions.rs
+++ b/src/meta/permissions.rs
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ impl Permissions {
         ColoredString::new(Colors::default_style(), res)
     }
 
-    #[cfg_attr(windows, allow(dead_code))]
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
     pub fn is_executable(&self) -> bool {
         self.user_execute || self.group_execute || self.other_execute
     }