diff --git a/vars/Archlinux.yml b/vars/Archlinux.yml
index 0ec7e01..321ed75 100644
--- a/vars/Archlinux.yml
+++ b/vars/Archlinux.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ---
 borg_dep_packages:
-  - cronie
   - openssh
 
 borg_pip_packages:
diff --git a/vars/Debian.yml b/vars/Debian.yml
index 03d7d87..d84eaf8 100644
--- a/vars/Debian.yml
+++ b/vars/Debian.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 borg_dep_packages:
   - openssh-client
-  - cron
 
 borg_pip_packages:
   - libssl-dev
diff --git a/vars/Fedora.yml b/vars/Fedora.yml
index 6a2166b..b48cd6f 100644
--- a/vars/Fedora.yml
+++ b/vars/Fedora.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ---
 borg_dep_packages:
-  - cronie
   - openssh-clients
 
 borg_pip_packages:
diff --git a/vars/ManjaroLinux.yml b/vars/ManjaroLinux.yml
index 52e70f6..a919f7c 100644
--- a/vars/ManjaroLinux.yml
+++ b/vars/ManjaroLinux.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 borg_dep_packages:
   - openssh
-  - cronie
 
 borg_pip_packages:  # untested
   - libssl-dev
diff --git a/vars/RedHat-8.yml b/vars/RedHat-8.yml
index 4673e05..1853247 100644
--- a/vars/RedHat-8.yml
+++ b/vars/RedHat-8.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 borg_dep_packages:
   - openssh-clients
-  - cronie
 
 borg_pip_packages:
   - libacl-devel
diff --git a/vars/RedHat-9.yml b/vars/RedHat-9.yml
index 50112d3..0b2b885 100644
--- a/vars/RedHat-9.yml
+++ b/vars/RedHat-9.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ---
 borg_dep_packages:
-  - cronie
   - openssh-clients
 
 borg_pip_packages:
diff --git a/vars/RedHat.yml b/vars/RedHat.yml
index 7c5f8b6..48344a1 100644
--- a/vars/RedHat.yml
+++ b/vars/RedHat.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ---
 borg_dep_packages:
-  - cronie
   - openssh-clients
 
 borg_pip_packages: