diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b392fb82590..bab3e63099a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ We refer to [GitHub issues](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues) by using `#
 - We fixed an issue where the list of XMP Exclusion fields in the preferences was not be saved [#4072](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/4072)
 - We fixed an issue where the ArXiv Fetcher did not support HTTP URLs [koppor#328](https://github.com/koppor/jabref/issues/328)
 - We fixed an issue where only one PDF file could be imported [#4422](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/4422)
-- We fixed an issue where the preference checkbox for automatically updating the timestamp wasn't properly enabled [#4427](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/4427)
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/GeneralTab.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/GeneralTab.java
index aeb0780055c..8e065aab85c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/GeneralTab.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/GeneralTab.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 import org.jabref.model.entry.InternalBibtexFields;
 import org.jabref.preferences.JabRefPreferences;
 
+import static javafx.beans.binding.Bindings.not;
+
 class GeneralTab extends Pane implements PrefsTab {
 
     private final CheckBox useOwner;
@@ -59,10 +61,7 @@ public GeneralTab(DialogService dialogService, JabRefPreferences prefs) {
         updateTimeStamp = new CheckBox(Localization.lang("Update timestamp on modification"));
         useTimeStamp = new CheckBox(Localization.lang("Mark new entries with addition date") + ". "
                 + Localization.lang("Date format") + ':');
-        if (!useTimeStamp.isSelected()) {
-            updateTimeStamp.setDisable(true);
-        }
-        useTimeStamp.setOnAction(e->setDisableUpdateTimeStamp());
+        updateTimeStamp.disableProperty().bind(not(useTimeStamp.selectedProperty()));
         overwriteOwner = new CheckBox(Localization.lang("Overwrite"));
         overwriteTimeStamp = new CheckBox(Localization.lang("If a pasted or imported entry already has the field set, overwrite."));
         enforceLegalKeys = new CheckBox(Localization.lang("Enforce legal characters in BibTeX keys"));
@@ -133,16 +132,11 @@ public Node getBuilder() {
         return builder;
     }
 
-    private void setDisableUpdateTimeStamp() {
-        updateTimeStamp.setDisable(!useTimeStamp.isSelected());
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void setValues() {
         useOwner.setSelected(prefs.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.USE_OWNER));
         overwriteOwner.setSelected(prefs.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.OVERWRITE_OWNER));
         useTimeStamp.setSelected(prefs.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.USE_TIME_STAMP));
-        setDisableUpdateTimeStamp();
         overwriteTimeStamp.setSelected(prefs.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.OVERWRITE_TIME_STAMP));
         updateTimeStamp.setSelected(prefs.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.UPDATE_TIMESTAMP));
         updateTimeStamp.setSelected(useTimeStamp.isSelected());