diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/colors.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/colors.rs
index 66dd4f6a2ef..a50418cd987 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/colors.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/colors.rs
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ fn parse_indicator_codes() -> (FxHashMap<Indicator, String>, bool) {
 }
 
 fn canonicalize_indicator_value(value: &str) -> Cow<'_, str> {
-    if value.len() == 1 && value.chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_digit()) {
+    if value.len() == 1 && value.as_bytes()[0].is_ascii_digit() {
         let mut canonical = String::with_capacity(2);
         canonical.push('0');
         canonical.push_str(value);
diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/dired.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/dired.rs
index 4d96c4d9c27..e3cda96b54f 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/dired.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/dired.rs
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ pub fn print_dired_output(
 }
 
 /// Helper function to print positions with a given prefix.
-fn print_positions(prefix: &str, positions: &Vec<BytePosition>) {
+fn print_positions(prefix: &str, positions: &[BytePosition]) {
     print!("{prefix}");
     for c in positions {
         print!(" {c}");
@@ -117,16 +117,7 @@ fn print_positions(prefix: &str, positions: &Vec<BytePosition>) {
 }
 
 pub fn add_total(dired: &mut DiredOutput, total_len: usize) {
-    if dired.padding == 0 {
-        // when dealing with "  total: xx", it isn't part of the //DIRED//
-        // so, we just keep the size line to add it to the position of the next file
-        dired.padding = total_len + DIRED_TRAILING_OFFSET;
-    } else {
-        // += because if we are in -R, we have "  dir:\n  total X". So, we need to take the
-        // previous padding too.
-        // and we already have the previous position in mind
-        dired.padding += total_len + DIRED_TRAILING_OFFSET;
-    }
+    dired.padding += total_len + DIRED_TRAILING_OFFSET;
 }
 
 // when using -R, we have the dirname. we need to add it to the padding
@@ -156,7 +147,7 @@ pub fn update_positions(dired: &mut DiredOutput, start: usize, end: usize, line_
         start: start + padding,
         end: end + padding,
     });
-    dired.line_offset = dired.line_offset + padding + line_len;
+    dired.line_offset += padding + line_len;
     // Remove the previous padding
     dired.padding = 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/display.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/display.rs
index 1695eefc566..929ce7e4610 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/display.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/display.rs
@@ -557,10 +557,6 @@ fn display_additional_leading_info(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn calculate_line_len(output_len: usize, item_len: usize) -> usize {
-    output_len + item_len + 1 // line ending
-}
-
 // Currently getpwuid is `linux` target only. If it's broken state.out into
 // a posix-compliant attribute this can be updated...
 #[cfg(unix)]
@@ -1210,7 +1206,7 @@ fn update_dired_for_item(
     displayed_len: usize,
     dired_name_len: usize,
 ) {
-    let line_len = calculate_line_len(output_display_len, displayed_len);
+    let line_len = output_display_len + displayed_len + 1; // +1 for line ending
     dired::calculate_and_update_positions(dired, output_display_len, dired_name_len, line_len);
 }