diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index b080c95..6c01ac9 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -2265,7 +2265,7 @@ doExtractMod(){
       if [ -n "$useRefLinks" ]; then
         cp -u --reflink=always "${modextractdir}.mod" "${moddestdir}.mod"
       else
-        cp -lu "${modextractdir}.mod" "${moddestdir}.mod"
+        cp -u "${modextractdir}.mod" "${moddestdir}.mod"
       fi
     fi
   fi