diff --git a/bin/setup-portzap b/bin/setup-portzap
index f720ec3..64c5eb3 100755
--- a/bin/setup-portzap
+++ b/bin/setup-portzap
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ else
 fi
 
 "${libexec}"/setup/setup-doas
-"${libexec}"/setup/setup-cron
 echo
 echo "If you haven't already, add users to the _portzap group: "
 echo "root@$(hostname)# pw groupmod -n _portzap -m user1,user2"
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/setup/setup-cron b/libexec/portzap/setup/setup-cron
deleted file mode 100644
index e7029f7..0000000
--- a/libexec/portzap/setup/setup-cron
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-
-##
-# variables
-user="_portzap"
-localbase=$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")"/../../..)
-libexec="${localbase}"/libexec/portzap
-sharedir="${localbase}"/share/portzap
-
-##
-# functions
-. "${libexec}"/functions/print.sh
-
-verify_allowfile()
-{
-    allowfile="/var/cron/allow"
-    if [ -e "${allowfile}" ]; then
-        if grep -Eqe "^${user}$" "${allowfile}"; then
-            printok "${user} found in ${allowfile}"
-        else
-            printerr "add ${user} to ${allowfile} in order to proceed"
-            exit 1
-        fi
-    else
-        printok "${allowfile} not found"
-    fi
-}
-
-verify_denyfile()
-{
-    denyfile="/var/cron/deny"
-    if [ -e "${denyfile}" ]; then
-        if grep -Eqe "^${user}$" "${denyfile}"; then
-            printerr "remove ${user} from ${denyfile} in order to proceed"
-            exit 1
-        else
-            printok "${user} not found in ${denyfile}"
-        fi
-    else
-        printok "${denyfile} not found"
-    fi
-}
-
-install_crontab()
-{
-    src="${sharedir}/crontab"
-    dest="/var/cron/tabs/${user}"
-    if [ -e "${dest}" ]; then
-        yes | crontab -u "${user}" -r
-        printok "crontab removed (${dest})"
-    fi
-    crontab -u "${user}" "${src}"
-    chmod u=rw,g=,o= "${dest}"
-    printok "crontab installed (${dest})"
-}
-
-##
-# main
-echo -n "configure portzap to run via cron(8) ? yes or no: "
-while read -r r; do
-    case "${r}" in
-    yes|YES)
-        verify_allowfile
-        verify_denyfile
-        install_crontab
-        break
-        ;;
-    no|NO)
-        break
-        ;;
-    *)
-        echo -n "yes or no: "
-        ;;
-    esac
-done