diff --git a/comps-f28.xml.in b/comps-f28.xml.in
index 4a9d6be2..b34cc5fd 100644
--- a/comps-f28.xml.in
+++ b/comps-f28.xml.in
@@ -724,7 +724,6 @@
       <packagereq type="mandatory">basesystem</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">bash</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">coreutils</packagereq>
-      <packagereq type="mandatory">cronie</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">curl</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">dhcp-client</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">dnf</packagereq>