diff --git a/Dockerfile-alpine.template b/Dockerfile-alpine.template
index 4d05f14d..b7afed9c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-alpine.template
+++ b/Dockerfile-alpine.template
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ RUN set -ex; \
         rsync \
     ; \
     \
-    rm /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root; \
-    echo '*/%%CRONTAB_INT%% * * * * php -f /var/www/html/cron.php' > /var/spool/cron/crontabs/www-data
+    rm /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root
 
 # install the PHP extensions we need
 # see https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/stable/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html
diff --git a/Dockerfile-debian.template b/Dockerfile-debian.template
index e6c48d54..26b00dbb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-debian.template
+++ b/Dockerfile-debian.template
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@ RUN set -ex; \
         busybox-static \
         libldap-common \
     ; \
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
-    \
-    mkdir -p /var/spool/cron/crontabs; \
-    echo '*/%%CRONTAB_INT%% * * * * php -f /var/www/html/cron.php' > /var/spool/cron/crontabs/www-data
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # install the PHP extensions we need
 # see https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/stable/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html
diff --git a/docker-cron.sh b/docker-cron.sh
index 4dfa4118..d38ea81f 100755
--- a/docker-cron.sh
+++ b/docker-cron.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -eu
 
-exec busybox crond -f -l 0 -L /dev/stdout
+while [ 1 ]; do
+    (php -f /var/www/html/cron.php &);
+    sleep %%CRONTAB_INT%%m;
+done
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index e293a800..bda4bba5 100755
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ function create_variant() {
 		s/%%MEMCACHED_VERSION%%/'"${pecl_versions[memcached]}"'/g;
 		s/%%REDIS_VERSION%%/'"${pecl_versions[redis]}"'/g;
 		s/%%IMAGICK_VERSION%%/'"${pecl_versions[imagick]}"'/g;
-		s/%%CRONTAB_INT%%/'"$crontabInt"'/g;
 	' "$dir/Dockerfile"
 
 	case "$phpVersion" in
@@ -132,6 +131,10 @@ function create_variant() {
 	for name in entrypoint cron; do
 		cp "docker-$name.sh" "$dir/$name.sh"
 	done
+	# Replace the variable.
+	sed -ri -e '
+		s/%%CRONTAB_INT%%/'"$crontabInt"'/g;
+	' "$dir/cron.sh"
 
 	# Copy the upgrade.exclude
 	cp upgrade.exclude "$dir/"