diff --git a/src/uu/cat/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/cat/Cargo.toml
index 632a0d97b87..7dbd1ecbf32 100644
--- a/src/uu/cat/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/cat/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ path = "src/cat.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 memchr = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fast-inc", "fs", "pipes"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fast-inc", "fs", "pipes", "signals"] }
 fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/uu/cat/src/cat.rs b/src/uu/cat/src/cat.rs
index 3497429d2de..4e5f07205e7 100644
--- a/src/uu/cat/src/cat.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cat/src/cat.rs
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ use std::os::unix::fs::FileTypeExt;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::UResult;
-#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
-use uucore::libc;
 use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{fast_inc::fast_inc_one, format_usage};
 
@@ -225,9 +223,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     // (see https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/62569), so we restore it's
     // default action here.
     #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
-    unsafe {
-        libc::signal(libc::SIGPIPE, libc::SIG_DFL);
-    }
+    let _ = uucore::signals::enable_pipe_errors();
 
     let matches = uucore::clap_localization::handle_clap_result(uu_app(), args)?;
 
diff --git a/src/uu/env/src/env.rs b/src/uu/env/src/env.rs
index d715d3e9ec1..40f32b7656a 100644
--- a/src/uu/env/src/env.rs
+++ b/src/uu/env/src/env.rs
@@ -1098,9 +1098,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     // Rust ignores SIGPIPE (see https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/62569).
     // We restore its default action here.
     #[cfg(unix)]
-    unsafe {
-        libc::signal(libc::SIGPIPE, libc::SIG_DFL);
-    }
+    let _ = uucore::signals::enable_pipe_errors();
     EnvAppData::default().run_env(args)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml
index 7d7b57a74a3..732278732f0 100644
--- a/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
 memchr = { workspace = true }
 notify = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs", "parser-size"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs", "parser-size", "signals"] }
 same-file = { workspace = true }
 fluent = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/tail/src/tail.rs b/src/uu/tail/src/tail.rs
index cd10203b3f7..56bf155049c 100644
--- a/src/uu/tail/src/tail.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tail/src/tail.rs
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     // (see https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/62569), so we restore it's
     // default action here.
     #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
-    unsafe {
-        libc::signal(libc::SIGPIPE, libc::SIG_DFL);
-    }
+    let _ = uucore::signals::enable_pipe_errors();
 
     let settings = parse_args(args)?;
 
diff --git a/src/uu/tr/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/tr/Cargo.toml
index c20e102d11e..0ab2ca9dd60 100644
--- a/src/uu/tr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/tr/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ path = "src/tr.rs"
 [dependencies]
 nom = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs", "signals"] }
 fluent = { workspace = true }
 bytecount = { workspace = true, features = ["runtime-dispatch-simd"] }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/tr/src/tr.rs b/src/uu/tr/src/tr.rs
index d9349baa5bb..2b20d29ce86 100644
--- a/src/uu/tr/src/tr.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tr/src/tr.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ use std::io::{stdin, stdout};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
 use uucore::fs::is_stdin_directory;
-#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
-use uucore::libc;
 use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{format_usage, os_str_as_bytes, show};
 
@@ -38,9 +36,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     // (see https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/62569), so we restore it's
     // default action here.
     #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
-    unsafe {
-        libc::signal(libc::SIGPIPE, libc::SIG_DFL);
-    }
+    let _ = uucore::signals::enable_pipe_errors();
 
     let matches = uucore::clap_localization::handle_clap_result(uu_app(), args)?;