diff --git egroupware/admin/inc/class.admin_asyncservice.inc.php egroupware/admin/inc/class.admin_asyncservice.inc.php
index cb19e5fbbf..2e58ce3fdf 100644
--- egroupware/admin/inc/class.admin_asyncservice.inc.php
+++ egroupware/admin/inc/class.admin_asyncservice.inc.php
@@ -97,16 +97,20 @@ class admin_asyncservice
 		{
 			Api\Config::save_value('asyncservice', $GLOBALS['egw_info']['server']['asyncservice']=$_POST['asyncservice'], 'phpgwapi');
 		}
+/*
 		if (!$async->only_fallback)
 		{
 			$installed = $async->installed();
 			if (is_array($installed) && isset($installed['cronline']))
 			{
+*/
 				$async_use['cron'] = lang('crontab only (recomended)');
+/*
 			}
 		}
 		$async_use['']    = lang('fallback (after each pageview)');
 		$async_use['off'] = lang('disabled (not recomended)');
+*/
 		echo '<p><b>'.lang('Run Asynchronous services').'</b>'.
 			' <select name="asyncservice" onChange="this.form.submit();">';
 		foreach ($async_use as $key => $label)
@@ -128,8 +132,9 @@ class admin_asyncservice
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			echo '<p>'.lang('Installed crontab').": \n";
+			echo '<p>'.lang('Installed crontab').": /etc/cron.d/egroupware.cron\n";

+/*
 			if (is_array($installed) && isset($installed['cronline']))
 			{
 				echo "$installed[cronline]</p>";
@@ -144,6 +149,7 @@ class admin_asyncservice
 			}
 			echo '<p><input type="submit" name="install" value="'.lang('Install crontab')."\">\n".
 				lang("for the times below (empty values count as '*', all empty = every minute)")."</p>\n";
+*/
 		}

 		echo "<hr><table border=0><tr>\n";
diff --git a/api/src/Egw.php b/api/src/Egw.php
--- egroupware/api/src/Egw.php
+++ egroupware/api/src/Egw.php
@@ -604,12 +604,14 @@ class Egw extends Egw\Base
 					_egw_log_exception($ex);
 				}
 			}
+/* not needed as rpm uses /etc/cron.d/egroupware
 			// call the asyncservice check_run function if it is not explicitly set to cron-only
 			if (!$GLOBALS['egw_info']['server']['asyncservice'])	// is default
 			{
 				$async = new Asyncservice();
 				$async->check_run('fallback');
 			}
+*/
 			$this->db->disconnect();
 		}
 	}