diff --git a/comanage-registry-base/comanage_utils.sh b/comanage-registry-base/comanage_utils.sh
index edf0d44..c05695b 100644
--- a/comanage-registry-base/comanage_utils.sh
+++ b/comanage-registry-base/comanage_utils.sh
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ function comanage_utils::deploy_crontab() {
 
     if [[ -n "${COMANAGE_REGISTRY_CRON_USER}" ]]; then
         cronuser="${COMANAGE_REGISTRY_CRON_USER}"
+
+        echo "Removing image default crontab for user www-data ..." > "${OUTPUT}" 2>&1
+        /usr/bin/crontab -u www-data -r > "${OUTPUT}" 2>&1
     else
         cronuser="www-data"
     fi