diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b85440f3..6d0be0d7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,5 @@ WORKDIR /root
 RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates
 
 COPY --from=builder /app/cmd/backup/backup /usr/bin/backup
-COPY --chmod=755 ./entrypoint.sh /root/
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/backup", "-foreground"]
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index edbf6c9a..00000000
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Copyright 2021 - Offen Authors <hioffen@posteo.de>
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-
-set -e
-
-if [ ! -d "/etc/dockervolumebackup/conf.d" ]; then
-  BACKUP_CRON_EXPRESSION="${BACKUP_CRON_EXPRESSION:-@daily}"
-
-  echo "Installing cron.d entry with expression $BACKUP_CRON_EXPRESSION."
-  echo "$BACKUP_CRON_EXPRESSION backup 2>&1" | crontab -
-else
-  echo "/etc/dockervolumebackup/conf.d was found, using configuration files from this directory."
-
-  crontab -r && crontab /dev/null
-  for file in /etc/dockervolumebackup/conf.d/*; do
-    source $file
-    BACKUP_CRON_EXPRESSION="${BACKUP_CRON_EXPRESSION:-@daily}"
-    echo "Appending cron.d entry with expression $BACKUP_CRON_EXPRESSION and configuration file $file"
-    (crontab -l; echo "$BACKUP_CRON_EXPRESSION /bin/sh -c 'set -a; source $file; set +a && backup' 2>&1") | crontab -
-  done
-fi
-
-echo "Starting cron in foreground."
-crond -f -d 8
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9987c30a..7147ca09 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/cli v24.0.1+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/docker v24.0.7+incompatible
 	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.8.1
+	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.6
 	github.com/leekchan/timeutil v0.0.0-20150802142658-28917288c48d
 	github.com/minio/minio-go/v7 v7.0.66
 	github.com/offen/envconfig v1.5.0
 	github.com/otiai10/copy v1.14.0
 	github.com/pkg/sftp v1.13.6
+	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.0
 	github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav v0.9.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.18.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.16.0
@@ -28,8 +30,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20220609170525-579cf78fd858 // indirect
-	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 // indirect
-	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 // indirect
 )