diff --git a/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs b/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs
index 85f49000f81..1b437c8f4d6 100644
--- a/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs
+++ b/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ fn is_empty_dir(path: &Path) -> bool {
 fn move_dir(from: &Path, to: &Path, progress_bar: Option<&ProgressBar>) -> FsXResult<u64> {
     // The return value that represents the number of bytes copied.
     let mut result: u64 = 0;
-    let mut error_occured = false;
+    let mut error_occurred = false;
     for dir_entry_result in WalkDir::new(from) {
         match dir_entry_result {
             Ok(dir_entry) => {
@@ -759,11 +759,11 @@ fn move_dir(from: &Path, to: &Path, progress_bar: Option<&ProgressBar>) -> FsXRe
                 }
             }
             Err(_) => {
-                error_occured = true;
+                error_occurred = true;
             }
         }
     }
-    if !error_occured {
+    if !error_occurred {
         remove(from)?;
     }
     Ok(result)
@@ -797,24 +797,20 @@ fn copy_file(
     } else {
         None
     };
-    let result_file_copy = {
-        let md = from.metadata()?;
-        if cfg!(unix) && FileTypeExt::is_fifo(&md.file_type()) {
-            let file_size = md.len();
-            uucore::fs::copy_fifo(to)?;
-            if let Some(progress_bar) = progress_bar {
-                progress_bar.set_position(file_size + progress_bar_start_val);
-            }
-            Ok(file_size)
-        } else {
-            if let Some(progress_handler) = progress_handler {
-                file::copy_with_progress(from, to, &copy_options, progress_handler)
-            } else {
-                file::copy(from, to, &copy_options)
-            }
+
+    let md = from.metadata()?;
+    if cfg!(unix) && FileTypeExt::is_fifo(&md.file_type()) {
+        let file_size = md.len();
+        uucore::fs::copy_fifo(to)?;
+        if let Some(progress_bar) = progress_bar {
+            progress_bar.set_position(file_size + progress_bar_start_val);
         }
-    };
-    result_file_copy
+        Ok(file_size)
+    } else if let Some(progress_handler) = progress_handler {
+        file::copy_with_progress(from, to, &copy_options, progress_handler)
+    } else {
+        file::copy(from, to, &copy_options)
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_mv.rs b/tests/by-util/test_mv.rs
index db13ff3a44b..979b3327f3d 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_mv.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_mv.rs
@@ -1321,33 +1321,6 @@ fn test_mv_verbose() {
             "renamed '{file_a}' -> '{file_b}' (backup: '{file_b}~')\n"
         ));
 }
-#[test]
-fn test_verbose_src_symlink() {
-    let scene = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
-    let at = &scene.fixtures;
-    let file_a = "test_mv_verbose_file_a";
-    let ln = "link";
-    at.touch(file_a);
-    at.symlink_file(&file_a, &ln);
-    scene
-        .ucmd()
-        .arg("-v")
-        .arg(file_a)
-        .arg(ln)
-        .succeeds()
-        .stdout_only(format!("renamed '{file_a}' -> '{ln}'\n"));
-
-    at.touch(file_a);
-    scene
-        .ucmd()
-        .arg("-vb")
-        .arg(file_a)
-        .arg(ln)
-        .succeeds()
-        .stdout_only(format!(
-            "renamed '{file_a}' -> '{ln}' (backup: '{ln}~')\n"
-        ));
-}
 
 #[test]
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))] // mkdir does not support -m on windows. Freebsd doesn't return a permission error either.