diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/do-not-replace-file-when-copying.md b/changelog/unreleased/do-not-replace-file-when-copying.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f8567c6ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/do-not-replace-file-when-copying.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Bugfix: Do not lose old revisions when overwriting a file during copy
+
+We no longer delete-and-upload targets of copy operations but rather
+add a new version with the source content.
+
+This makes "overwrite when copying" behave the same as "overwrite when uploading".
+
+Overwriting when moving a file still deletes the old file (moves it into the
+trash) and replaces the whole file including the revisions of the source file.
+
+https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/3896
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/fix-preflight-requests.md b/changelog/unreleased/fix-preflight-requests.md
index 42f7d01020..2197db5ec1 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/fix-preflight-requests.md
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/fix-preflight-requests.md
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ Bugfix: fix preflight requests
 
 The datagateway now correctly overwrites the preconfigured CORS related headers with the headers returned by a dataprovider.
 
-https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/
+https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/3906
diff --git a/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/copy.go b/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/copy.go
index 8fd20484e4..4dc25f6bb8 100644
--- a/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/copy.go
+++ b/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/copy.go
@@ -616,18 +616,22 @@ func (s *svc) prepareCopy(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		// delete existing tree
-		delReq := &provider.DeleteRequest{Ref: dstRef}
-		delRes, err := s.gwClient.Delete(ctx, delReq)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Error().Err(err).Msg("error sending grpc delete request")
-			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
-			return nil
-		}
+		// delete existing tree when overwriting a directory or replacing a file with a directory
+		if dstStatRes.Info.Type == provider.ResourceType_RESOURCE_TYPE_CONTAINER ||
+			(dstStatRes.Info.Type == provider.ResourceType_RESOURCE_TYPE_FILE &&
+				srcStatRes.Info.Type == provider.ResourceType_RESOURCE_TYPE_CONTAINER) {
+			delReq := &provider.DeleteRequest{Ref: dstRef}
+			delRes, err := s.gwClient.Delete(ctx, delReq)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error().Err(err).Msg("error sending grpc delete request")
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				return nil
+			}
 
-		if delRes.Status.Code != rpc.Code_CODE_OK && delRes.Status.Code != rpc.Code_CODE_NOT_FOUND {
-			errors.HandleErrorStatus(log, w, delRes.Status)
-			return nil
+			if delRes.Status.Code != rpc.Code_CODE_OK && delRes.Status.Code != rpc.Code_CODE_NOT_FOUND {
+				errors.HandleErrorStatus(log, w, delRes.Status)
+				return nil
+			}
 		}
 	} else if p := path.Dir(dstRef.Path); p != "" {
 		// check if an intermediate path / the parent exists