diff --git a/notebooks/end2end_example/bnn-pynq/cnv_end2end_example.ipynb b/notebooks/end2end_example/bnn-pynq/cnv_end2end_example.ipynb
index 8b8cff8ee9..507b1022e6 100644
--- a/notebooks/end2end_example/bnn-pynq/cnv_end2end_example.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/end2end_example/bnn-pynq/cnv_end2end_example.ipynb
@@ -484,8 +484,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "from shutil import copy\n",
-    "from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree\n",
+    "from shutil import copy, copytree\n",
     "\n",
     "# create directory for deployment files\n",
     "deployment_dir = make_build_dir(prefix=\"pynq_deployment_\")\n",
@@ -503,7 +502,7 @@
     "\n",
     "# driver.py and python libraries\n",
     "pynq_driver_dir = model.get_metadata_prop(\"pynq_driver_dir\")\n",
-    "copy_tree(pynq_driver_dir, deployment_dir)"
+    "copytree(pynq_driver_dir, deployment_dir, dirs_exist_ok=True)"
    ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/notebooks/end2end_example/bnn-pynq/tfc_end2end_example.ipynb b/notebooks/end2end_example/bnn-pynq/tfc_end2end_example.ipynb
index 675ba23d2d..bb5e357b66 100644
--- a/notebooks/end2end_example/bnn-pynq/tfc_end2end_example.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/end2end_example/bnn-pynq/tfc_end2end_example.ipynb
@@ -895,8 +895,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "from shutil import copy\n",
-    "from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree\n",
+    "from shutil import copy, copytree\n",
     "\n",
     "# create directory for deployment files\n",
     "deployment_dir = make_build_dir(prefix=\"pynq_deployment_\")\n",
@@ -914,7 +913,7 @@
     "\n",
     "# driver.py and python libraries\n",
     "pynq_driver_dir = model.get_metadata_prop(\"pynq_driver_dir\")\n",
-    "copy_tree(pynq_driver_dir, deployment_dir)"
+    "copytree(pynq_driver_dir, deployment_dir, dirs_exist_ok=True)"
    ]
   },
   {