diff --git a/cronie-anacron-1.4.7-run-crons.patch b/cronie-anacron-1.4.7-run-crons.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 863c73b..0000000
--- a/cronie-anacron-1.4.7-run-crons.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-Index: cronie-cronie-1.5.5/contrib/anacrontab
-===================================================================
---- cronie-cronie-1.5.5.orig/contrib/anacrontab
-+++ cronie-cronie-1.5.5/contrib/anacrontab
-@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ RANDOM_DELAY=45
- START_HOURS_RANGE=3-22
- 
- #period in days   delay in minutes   job-identifier   command
--1	5	cron.daily		nice run-parts /etc/cron.daily
--7	25	cron.weekly		nice run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
--@monthly 45	cron.monthly		nice run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
-+1	5	cron.daily		nice /usr/libexec/cron/run-crons /etc/cron.daily
-+7	25	cron.weekly		nice /usr/libexec/cron/run-crons /etc/cron.weekly
-+@monthly 45	cron.monthly		nice /usr/libexec/cron/run-crons /etc/cron.monthly
-Index: cronie-cronie-1.5.5/man/anacrontab.5
-===================================================================
---- cronie-cronie-1.5.5.orig/man/anacrontab.5
-+++ cronie-cronie-1.5.5/man/anacrontab.5
-@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ RANDOM_DELAY=30
- # Anacron jobs will start between 6am and 8am.
- START_HOURS_RANGE=6-8
- # delay will be 5 minutes + RANDOM_DELAY for cron.daily
--1		5	cron.daily		nice run-parts /etc/cron.daily
--7		0	cron.weekly		nice run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
--@monthly	0	cron.monthly		nice run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
-+1		5	cron.daily		nice /usr/libexec/cron/run-crons /etc/cron.daily
-+7		0	cron.weekly		nice /usr/libexec/cron/run-crons /etc/cron.weekly
-+@monthly	0	cron.monthly		nice /usr/libexec/cron/run-crons /etc/cron.monthly
- .fi
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- .BR anacron (8),
diff --git a/cronie.changes b/cronie.changes
index 91a404e..f2c624e 100644
--- a/cronie.changes
+++ b/cronie.changes
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Mon Aug 30 07:18:09 UTC 2021 - Danilo Spinella <danilo.spinella@suse.com>
 
 - Change default configuration to use run-parts from debianutils
   instead of run-crons
+- Remove cronie-anacron-1.4.7-run-crons.patch to make anacron use
+  run-parts
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat May  8 20:33:29 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
diff --git a/cronie.spec b/cronie.spec
index c2d1c98..6bd0ea3 100644
--- a/cronie.spec
+++ b/cronie.spec
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ Patch3:         cronie-pam_config.diff
 Patch4:         cronie-nheader_lines.diff
 # we use cron.pid instead of crond.pid
 Patch5:         cronie-crond_pid.diff
-# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM use run-crons instead of run-parts for anacron (bnc#689494)
-Patch8:         cronie-anacron-1.4.7-run-crons.patch
 Patch12:        cronie-piddir.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-SUSE the first occurance of "/etc/anacrontab" was replaced by "/etc/crontab"
 # in manpage file because the /etc/crontab is still used in SUSE.
@@ -106,7 +104,6 @@ overloaded in settings.
 %patch3 -p1
 %patch4
 %patch5 -p1
-%patch8 -p1
 cp %{SOURCE7} ./cron_to_cronie.README
 %patch12 -p1
 %patch13 -p1