diff --git a/mcelog-disable-cron-job.patch b/mcelog-disable-cron-job.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ba39490..0000000
--- a/mcelog-disable-cron-job.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/mcelog.cron b/mcelog.cron
-index 4335caa..b40527a 100755
---- a/mcelog.cron
-+++ b/mcelog.cron
-@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
- #!/bin/bash
--/usr/sbin/mcelog --ignorenodev --filter >> /var/log/mcelog
-+# Disabled by default on Fedora since this is run as daemon
-+# using the mcelog.service systemd configuration entries.
-+#/usr/sbin/mcelog --ignorenodev --filter >> /var/log/mcelog
diff --git a/mcelog-fix-trigger-path-and-cacheing.patch b/mcelog-fix-trigger-path-and-cacheing.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 631a971..0000000
--- a/mcelog-fix-trigger-path-and-cacheing.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/mcelog.cron b/mcelog.cron
-index 4335caa..317b699 100755
---- a/mcelog.cron
-+++ b/mcelog.cron
-@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
- #!/bin/bash
--/usr/sbin/mcelog --ignorenodev --filter >> /var/log/mcelog
-+
-+# Disabled by default on Fedora since this is run as daemon
-+# using the mcelog.service systemd configuration entries.
-+#/usr/sbin/mcelog --ignorenodev --filter >> /var/log/mcelog
diff --git a/mcelog.spec b/mcelog.spec
index 717cd8c..0e71a25 100644
--- a/mcelog.spec
+++ b/mcelog.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Source0:	%{url}/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:	mcelog.conf
 Source2:	mcelog.service
 Source10:	mcelog.setup
-Patch0:		mcelog-fix-trigger-path-and-cacheing.patch
 ExclusiveArch:	i686 x86_64
 Requires(post): systemd-units
 Requires(preun): systemd-units
@@ -22,24 +21,19 @@ BuildRequires: systemd
 
 %description
 mcelog is a utility that collects and decodes Machine Check Exception data
-on x86-32 and x86-64 systems. It can be run either as a daemon, or by cron.
+on x86-32 and x86-64 systems.
 
 %prep
 %autosetup
 
 %build
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sbindir}
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}
-
-make CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fpie -pie"
+make CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fpie -pie" %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man{5,8}
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/mcelog
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/mcelog/triggers
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_unitdir}
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/cron.hourly
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sbindir}
 install -p -m755 mcelog $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sbindir}/mcelog
 install -p -m644 %{SOURCE1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/mcelog/mcelog.conf
@@ -48,7 +42,6 @@ install -p -m755 triggers/cache-error-trigger $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/mce
 install -p -m755 triggers/dimm-error-trigger $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/mcelog/triggers/dimm-error-trigger
 install -p -m755 triggers/page-error-trigger $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/mcelog/triggers/page-error-trigger
 install -p -m755 triggers/socket-memory-error-trigger $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/mcelog/triggers/socket-memory-error-trigger
-install -p -m755 mcelog.cron $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/cron.hourly/mcelog.cron
 install -p -m644 %{SOURCE2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_unitdir}/mcelog.service
 install -p -m644 mcelog*.8 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man8/
 install -p -m644 mcelog*.5 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man5/
@@ -81,13 +74,13 @@ fi
 %{_sysconfdir}/mcelog/triggers
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/mcelog/mcelog.conf
 %{_sysconfdir}/mcelog/mcelog.setup
-%{_sysconfdir}/cron.hourly/mcelog.cron
 %{_unitdir}/mcelog.service
 %{_mandir}/*/*
 
 %changelog
 * Wed Jan 27 2016 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 3:119-1
 - Update to latest upstream tag
+- Drop cron job (#1066659)
 
 * Wed Jun 17 2015 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 3:101-2.9bfaad8f92c5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild