diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
index 88af56bb186..6bd62b8389f 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
@@ -620,7 +620,9 @@ fn extract_quoting_style(options: &clap::ArgMatches, show_control: bool) -> Quot
         QuotingStyle::C {
             quotes: quoting_style::Quotes::Double,
         }
-    } else if options.get_flag(options::DIRED) {
+    } else if options.get_flag(options::DIRED) || !std::io::stdout().is_terminal() {
+        // By default, `ls` uses Literal quoting when
+        // writing to a non-terminal file descriptor
         QuotingStyle::Literal { show_control }
     } else {
         // TODO: use environment variable if available
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
index 07ea8c9cd63..43f3f660044 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
@@ -2453,13 +2453,16 @@ fn test_ls_quoting_style() {
     {
         at.touch("one\ntwo");
         at.touch("one\\two");
-        // Default is shell-escape
+        // Default is literal, when stdout is not a TTY.
+        // Otherwise, it is shell-escape
         scene
             .ucmd()
             .arg("--hide-control-chars")
             .arg("one\ntwo")
             .succeeds()
-            .stdout_only("'one'$'\\n''two'\n");
+            .stdout_only("one?two\n");
+        // TODO: TTY-expected output, find a way to check this as well
+        // .stdout_only("'one'$'\\n''two'\n");
 
         for (arg, correct) in [
             ("--quoting-style=literal", "one?two"),
@@ -2546,7 +2549,9 @@ fn test_ls_quoting_style() {
         .ucmd()
         .arg("one two")
         .succeeds()
-        .stdout_only("'one two'\n");
+        .stdout_only("one two\n");
+    // TODO: TTY-expected output
+    // .stdout_only("'one two'\n");
 
     for (arg, correct) in [
         ("--quoting-style=literal", "one two"),
@@ -2609,7 +2614,9 @@ fn test_ls_quoting_and_color() {
         .arg("--color")
         .arg("one two")
         .succeeds()
-        .stdout_only("'one two'\n");
+        .stdout_only("one two\n");
+    // TODO: TTY-expected output
+    // .stdout_only("'one two'\n");
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -3141,11 +3148,8 @@ fn test_ls_path() {
         .stdout_is(expected_stdout);
 
     let abs_path = format!("{}/{}", at.as_string(), path);
-    let expected_stdout = if cfg!(windows) {
-        format!("\'{abs_path}\'\n")
-    } else {
-        format!("{abs_path}\n")
-    };
+    let expected_stdout = format!("{abs_path}\n");
+
     scene.ucmd().arg(&abs_path).run().stdout_is(expected_stdout);
 
     let expected_stdout = format!("{path}\n{file1}\n");