1diff --git a/scrapy/commands/startproject.py b/scrapy/commands/startproject.py
2index 5941066..89f8edb 100644
3--- a/scrapy/commands/startproject.py
4+++ b/scrapy/commands/startproject.py
5@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import os
6 import string
7 from importlib import import_module
8 from os.path import join, exists, abspath
9-from shutil import ignore_patterns, move, copy2, copystat
10+from shutil import ignore_patterns, move, copyfile, copystat
11
12 import scrapy
13 from scrapy.commands import ScrapyCommand
14@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ class Command(ScrapyCommand):
15 if os.path.isdir(srcname):
16 self._copytree(srcname, dstname)
17 else:
18- copy2(srcname, dstname)
19- copystat(src, dst)
20+ copyfile(srcname, dstname)
21
22 def run(self, args, opts):
23 if len(args) not in (1, 2):