diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c358721eb5d..8d8c559470c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ panic = "abort"
 codegen-units = 1
 # FIXME: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10654
 [profile.release.package.uu_expand]
-codegen-units = 16
+codegen-units = 3
 
 # A release-like profile that is as small as possible.
 [profile.release-small]