diff --git a/archival/libunarchive/data_extract_all.c b/archival/libunarchive/data_extract_all.c
index 0d529a616..889face10 100644
--- a/archival/libunarchive/data_extract_all.c
+++ b/archival/libunarchive/data_extract_all.c
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ void FAST_FUNC data_extract_all(archive_handle_t *archive_handle)
 		}
 		/* same for utime */
 		if (archive_handle->ah_flags & ARCHIVE_RESTORE_DATE) {
-			struct utimbuf t;
-			t.actime = t.modtime = file_header->mtime;
-			utime(file_header->name, &t);
+			struct timeval t = {.tv_sec = file_header->mtime,
+								.tv_usec = 0};
+			utimes(file_header->name, &t);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/coreutils/touch.c b/coreutils/touch.c
index e79092fc1..7d1bf0d9e 100644
--- a/coreutils/touch.c
+++ b/coreutils/touch.c
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ int touch_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 		"date\0"              Required_argument "d"
 	;
 # endif
-	struct utimbuf timebuf;
+	struct timeval timebuf = {.tv_usec = 0};
 	char *reference_file = NULL;
 	char *date_str = NULL;
 #else
 # define reference_file NULL
 # define date_str       NULL
-# define timebuf        (*(struct utimbuf*)NULL)
+# define timebuf        (*(struct timeval*)NULL)
 #endif
 	int fd;
 	int status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ int touch_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 	if (reference_file) {
 		struct stat stbuf;
 		xstat(reference_file, &stbuf);
-		timebuf.actime = stbuf.st_atime;
-		timebuf.modtime = stbuf.st_mtime;
+		timebuf.tv_sec = stbuf.st_mtime;
 	}
 
 	if (date_str) {
@@ -100,12 +99,11 @@ int touch_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 		tm_time.tm_isdst = -1;	/* Be sure to recheck dst */
 		t = validate_tm_time(date_str, &tm_time);
 
-		timebuf.actime = t;
-		timebuf.modtime = t;
+		timebuf.tv_sec = t;
 	}
 
 	do {
-		if (utime(*argv, reference_file ? &timebuf : NULL)) {
+		if (utimes(*argv, reference_file ? &timebuf : NULL)) {
 			if (errno == ENOENT) { /* no such file */
 				if (opts) { /* creation is disabled, so ignore */
 					continue;
@@ -116,7 +114,7 @@ int touch_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 						  );
 				if ((fd >= 0) && !close(fd)) {
 					if (reference_file)
-						utime(*argv, &timebuf);
+						utimes(*argv, &timebuf);
 					continue;
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/libbb/copy_file.c b/libbb/copy_file.c
index ff298855d..a96691b24 100644
--- a/libbb/copy_file.c
+++ b/libbb/copy_file.c
@@ -374,12 +374,10 @@ int FAST_FUNC copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags)
 	/* Cannot happen: */
 	/* && !(flags & (FILEUTILS_MAKE_SOFTLINK|FILEUTILS_MAKE_HARDLINK)) */
 	) {
-		struct utimbuf times;
-
-		times.actime = source_stat.st_atime;
-		times.modtime = source_stat.st_mtime;
+		struct timeval times = {.tv_sec = source_stat.st_mtime,
+								.tv_usec = 0};
 		/* BTW, utimes sets usec-precision time - just FYI */
-		if (utime(dest, &times) < 0)
+		if (utimes(dest, &times) < 0)
 			bb_perror_msg("can't preserve %s of '%s'", "times", dest);
 		if (chown(dest, source_stat.st_uid, source_stat.st_gid) < 0) {
 			source_stat.st_mode &= ~(S_ISUID | S_ISGID);
diff --git a/testsuite/all_sourcecode.tests b/testsuite/all_sourcecode.tests
index 94f4360b2..071399c28 100755
--- a/testsuite/all_sourcecode.tests
+++ b/testsuite/all_sourcecode.tests
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ rm -f src.typos
 # don't allow obsolete functions
 #
 find $srcdir/.. '(' -name '*.c' -o -name '*.h' ')' -print0 | xargs -0 \
-	grep -E -e '\<(bcmp|bcopy|bzero|getwd|index|mktemp|rindex|utimes|sigblock|siggetmask|sigsetmask)\>[[:space:]]*\(' \
+	grep -E -e '\<(bcmp|bcopy|bzero|getwd|index|mktemp|rindex|utime|sigblock|siggetmask|sigsetmask)\>[[:space:]]*\(' \
 	| sed -e "s:^$srcdir/\.\./::g" > src.obsolete.funcs
 testing "Obsolete function usage" "cat src.obsolete.funcs" "" "" ""
 rm -f src.obsolete.funcs