diff --git a/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml
index 5b5c9c0d1de..83f8dd5c909 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
   "fs",
   "perms",
   "mode",
+  "update-control",
 ] }
 walkdir = { workspace = true }
 indicatif = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/uu/mv/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/mv/Cargo.toml
index 970707853d9..25fa272d6a6 100644
--- a/src/uu/mv/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/mv/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ path = "src/mv.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 fs_extra = { workspace = true }
 indicatif = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["backup-control", "fs"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
+  "backup-control",
+  "fs",
+  "update-control",
+] }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "mv"
diff --git a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
index f53b011f564..ad26d3bca4f 100644
--- a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
@@ -80,13 +80,10 @@ lines = []
 memo = ["itertools"]
 mode = ["libc"]
 perms = ["libc", "walkdir"]
+pipes = []
 process = ["libc"]
 ringbuffer = []
 signals = []
-utf8 = []
-utmpx = ["time", "time/macros", "libc", "dns-lookup"]
-wide = []
-pipes = []
 sum = [
   "digest",
   "hex",
@@ -99,3 +96,7 @@ sum = [
   "blake3",
   "sm3",
 ]
+update-control = []
+utf8 = []
+utmpx = ["time", "time/macros", "libc", "dns-lookup"]
+wide = []
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features.rs
index 0a23b9dd968..c2dc975dce1 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ pub mod ringbuffer;
 pub mod sum;
 #[cfg(feature = "memo")]
 mod tokenize;
+#[cfg(feature = "update-control")]
+pub mod update_control;
 
 // * (platform-specific) feature-gated modules
 // ** non-windows (i.e. Unix + Fuchsia)
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/update_control.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/update_control.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/uucore/src/lib/mods/update_control.rs
rename to src/uucore/src/lib/features/update_control.rs
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
index 818b7bd3fc4..30ebae25429 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ pub use crate::mods::os;
 pub use crate::mods::panic;
 pub use crate::mods::quoting_style;
 pub use crate::mods::ranges;
-pub use crate::mods::update_control;
 pub use crate::mods::version_cmp;
 
 // * string parsing modules
@@ -53,6 +52,8 @@ pub use crate::features::memo;
 pub use crate::features::ringbuffer;
 #[cfg(feature = "sum")]
 pub use crate::features::sum;
+#[cfg(feature = "update-control")]
+pub use crate::features::update_control;
 
 // * (platform-specific) feature-gated modules
 // ** non-windows (i.e. Unix + Fuchsia)
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/mods.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/mods.rs
index 6dd49438f64..99055d014f1 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/mods.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/mods.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ pub mod line_ending;
 pub mod os;
 pub mod panic;
 pub mod ranges;
-pub mod update_control;
 pub mod version_cmp;
 // dir and vdir also need access to the quoting_style module
 pub mod quoting_style;