diff --git a/components/lazutils/fileutil.inc b/components/lazutils/fileutil.inc
index 4f3e51d73a..af99fbc0a4 100644
--- a/components/lazutils/fileutil.inc
+++ b/components/lazutils/fileutil.inc
@@ -969,14 +969,14 @@ begin
 end;
 
 function CopyFile(const SrcFilename, DestFilename: string; PreserveTime: Boolean): boolean;
-// Deparecated because Flags parameter can used for the same thing.
+// Flags parameter can be used for the same thing.
 var
   Flags: TCopyFileFlags;
 begin
   if PreserveTime then
-    Flags:=[cffPreserveTime]
+    Flags:=[cffPreserveTime, cffOverwriteFile]
   else
-    Flags:=[];
+    Flags:=[cffOverwriteFile];
   Result := CopyFile(SrcFilename, DestFilename, Flags);
 end;
 
diff --git a/components/lazutils/fileutil.pas b/components/lazutils/fileutil.pas
index fd7f18b442..26dc2de766 100644
--- a/components/lazutils/fileutil.pas
+++ b/components/lazutils/fileutil.pas
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ type
 function CopyFile(const SrcFilename, DestFilename: string;
                   Flags: TCopyFileFlags=[cffOverwriteFile]): boolean;
 function CopyFile(const SrcFilename, DestFilename: string; PreserveTime: boolean): boolean;
-  deprecated 'use cffPreserveTime in Flags parameter instead';
 function CopyDirTree(const SourceDir, TargetDir: string; Flags: TCopyFileFlags=[]): Boolean;
 
 // file actions