diff --git a/11.0/fpm-alpine/Dockerfile b/11.0/fpm-alpine/Dockerfile
index 3a84692..7600c90 100644
--- a/11.0/fpm-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/11.0/fpm-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RUN set -ex; \
         rsync \
     ; \
     \
-    mkdir -p /var/spool/cron/crontabs; \
+    rm /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root; \
     echo '*/15 * * * * php -f /var/www/html/cron.php' > /var/spool/cron/crontabs/www-data
 
 # install the PHP extensions we need
diff --git a/12.0/fpm-alpine/Dockerfile b/12.0/fpm-alpine/Dockerfile
index b58dbb5..98952a8 100644
--- a/12.0/fpm-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/12.0/fpm-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RUN set -ex; \
         rsync \
     ; \
     \
-    mkdir -p /var/spool/cron/crontabs; \
+    rm /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root; \
     echo '*/15 * * * * php -f /var/www/html/cron.php' > /var/spool/cron/crontabs/www-data
 
 # install the PHP extensions we need
diff --git a/13.0/fpm-alpine/Dockerfile b/13.0/fpm-alpine/Dockerfile
index 0c43004..1024772 100644
--- a/13.0/fpm-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/13.0/fpm-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RUN set -ex; \
         rsync \
     ; \
     \
-    mkdir -p /var/spool/cron/crontabs; \
+    rm /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root; \
     echo '*/15 * * * * php -f /var/www/html/cron.php' > /var/spool/cron/crontabs/www-data
 
 # install the PHP extensions we need
diff --git a/Dockerfile-alpine.template b/Dockerfile-alpine.template
index 8fecc85..0e0c6ce 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-alpine.template
+++ b/Dockerfile-alpine.template
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RUN set -ex; \
         rsync \
     ; \
     \
-    mkdir -p /var/spool/cron/crontabs; \
+    rm /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root; \
     echo '*/15 * * * * php -f /var/www/html/cron.php' > /var/spool/cron/crontabs/www-data
 
 # install the PHP extensions we need