diff --git a/manifests/sysadmin.pp b/manifests/sysadmin.pp
index 9b91411..55f7302 100644
--- a/manifests/sysadmin.pp
+++ b/manifests/sysadmin.pp
@@ -42,11 +42,16 @@ class ff_gw::sysadmin($zabbixserver = '127.0.0.1', $muninserver = '127.0.0.1', $
     'screen', 'tcpdump', 'rsync', 'file', 'psmisc']:
       ensure => installed,
   }
+  ->
+  # remove atop cronjob
+  file { '/etc/cron.d/atop':
+    ensure => absent,
+  }
+  ->
   # stop atop daemon (cf. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506191)
   service { 'atop':
     ensure  => stopped,
     enable  => false,
-    require => Package['atop']
   }
 
   # user accounts