diff --git a/sys-process/dcron/dcron-4.5-r1.ebuild b/sys-process/dcron/dcron-4.5-r1.ebuild
index c1c26f0268256..3e30b5658edb0 100644
--- a/sys-process/dcron/dcron-4.5-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-process/dcron/dcron-4.5-r1.ebuild
@@ -46,11 +46,3 @@ src_install() {
 	insinto /etc/logrotate.d
 	newins extra/crond.logrotate dcron
 }
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	# upstream renamed their pid file
-	local src="${ROOT}/var/run/cron.pid" dst="${ROOT}/var/run/crond.pid"
-	if [ -e "${src}" -a ! -e "${dst}" ] ; then
-		cp "${src}" "${dst}"
-	fi
-}