diff --git a/data/packagekit-background b/data/packagekit-background
index 4bfc9f2d5..45f190150 100644
--- a/data/packagekit-background
+++ b/data/packagekit-background
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 # Don't install, just check (valid: yes|no)
 CHECK_ONLY=no
 
-# if MAILTO is set, the mail command is used to deliver yum output
+# if MAILTO is set, the mail command is used to deliver PackageKit output
 # by default MAILTO is unset, so crond mails the output by itself
 #MAILTO=root
 
-# you may set SYSTEMNAME if you want your yum emails tagged differently
+# you may set SYSTEMNAME if you want your PackageKit emails tagged differently
 # default is output of hostname command
 #SYSTEM_NAME=""
 
-# you may set DAYS_OF_WEEK to the days of the week you want to run
-# default is every day
-#DAYS_OF_WEEK="0123456"
-
diff --git a/data/packagekit-background.cron b/data/packagekit-background.cron
index 02e83c252..ebdde96cc 100644
--- a/data/packagekit-background.cron
+++ b/data/packagekit-background.cron
@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@
 # set default for SYSTEMNAME
 [ -z "$SYSTEMNAME" ]  && SYSTEMNAME=$(hostname)
 
-# only run on certain days of the week
-dow=`date +%w`
-DAYS_OF_WEEK=${DAYS_OF_WEEK:-0123456}
-if [ ${DAYS_OF_WEEK/$dow/} == ${DAYS_OF_WEEK} ]; then
- 	exit 0
-fi
-
 PKTMP=$(mktemp /var/run/packagekit-cron.XXXXXX)
 
 # wait a random amount of time to avoid hammering the servers