diff --git a/src/unix/newlib/aarch64/mod.rs b/src/unix/newlib/aarch64/mod.rs
index d686b3692d86d..2b4713c9a364e 100644
--- a/src/unix/newlib/aarch64/mod.rs
+++ b/src/unix/newlib/aarch64/mod.rs
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ pub const MSG_WAITALL: ::c_int = 0;
 pub const MSG_MORE: ::c_int = 0;
 pub const MSG_NOSIGNAL: ::c_int = 0;
 
-pub use crate::unix::newlib::generic::{sigset_t, stat};
+pub use crate::unix::newlib::generic::{dirent, sigset_t, stat};
diff --git a/src/unix/newlib/arm/mod.rs b/src/unix/newlib/arm/mod.rs
index f644349cb997f..23b75977e63ec 100644
--- a/src/unix/newlib/arm/mod.rs
+++ b/src/unix/newlib/arm/mod.rs
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ pub const MSG_WAITALL: ::c_int = 0;
 pub const MSG_MORE: ::c_int = 0;
 pub const MSG_NOSIGNAL: ::c_int = 0;
 
-pub use crate::unix::newlib::generic::{sigset_t, stat};
+pub use crate::unix::newlib::generic::{dirent, sigset_t, stat};
diff --git a/src/unix/newlib/dirent.rs b/src/unix/newlib/dirent.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 664ca066e8947..0000000000000
--- a/src/unix/newlib/dirent.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-s! {
-    pub struct dirent {
-        pub d_ino: ::ino_t,
-        pub d_type: ::c_uchar,
-        pub d_name: [::c_char; 256usize],
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/unix/newlib/espidf/mod.rs b/src/unix/newlib/espidf/mod.rs
index 804cd66454f46..409d7ad9bd784 100644
--- a/src/unix/newlib/espidf/mod.rs
+++ b/src/unix/newlib/espidf/mod.rs
@@ -107,4 +107,4 @@ extern "C" {
     pub fn eventfd(initval: ::c_uint, flags: ::c_int) -> ::c_int;
 }
 
-pub use crate::unix::newlib::generic::{sigset_t, stat};
+pub use crate::unix::newlib::generic::{dirent, sigset_t, stat};
diff --git a/src/unix/newlib/generic.rs b/src/unix/newlib/generic.rs
index db7797f17c297..e45413a7a9e2c 100644
--- a/src/unix/newlib/generic.rs
+++ b/src/unix/newlib/generic.rs
@@ -24,4 +24,10 @@ s! {
         pub st_blocks: ::blkcnt_t,
         pub st_spare4: [::c_long; 2usize],
     }
+
+    pub struct dirent {
+        pub d_ino: ::ino_t,
+        pub d_type: ::c_uchar,
+        pub d_name: [::c_char; 256usize],
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/unix/newlib/horizon/mod.rs b/src/unix/newlib/horizon/mod.rs
index bcb93ad9df4f1..9c70f7b031b63 100644
--- a/src/unix/newlib/horizon/mod.rs
+++ b/src/unix/newlib/horizon/mod.rs
@@ -266,3 +266,5 @@ extern "C" {
 
     pub fn gethostid() -> ::c_long;
 }
+
+pub use crate::unix::newlib::generic::dirent;
diff --git a/src/unix/newlib/mod.rs b/src/unix/newlib/mod.rs
index faa87659b6030..a572cc38bfda9 100644
--- a/src/unix/newlib/mod.rs
+++ b/src/unix/newlib/mod.rs
@@ -786,13 +786,6 @@ cfg_if! {
     }
 }
 
-cfg_if! {
-    if #[cfg(not(target_os = "vita"))] {
-        mod dirent;
-        pub use self::dirent::*;
-    }
-}
-
 cfg_if! {
     if #[cfg(libc_align)] {
         #[macro_use]
diff --git a/src/unix/newlib/powerpc/mod.rs b/src/unix/newlib/powerpc/mod.rs
index 6bed1ce27acbf..10faadbdf8c0a 100644
--- a/src/unix/newlib/powerpc/mod.rs
+++ b/src/unix/newlib/powerpc/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pub type wchar_t = ::c_int;
 pub type c_long = i32;
 pub type c_ulong = u32;
 
-pub use crate::unix::newlib::generic::{sigset_t, stat};
+pub use crate::unix::newlib::generic::{dirent, sigset_t, stat};
 
 // the newlib shipped with devkitPPC does not support the following components:
 // - sockaddr