diff --git a/include/cronhooks.php b/include/cronhooks.php
index 096e10b718..15d49fe547 100644
--- a/include/cronhooks.php
+++ b/include/cronhooks.php
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ function cronhooks_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 	load_config('config');
 	load_config('system');
 
-	if ($hostname =  get_config('system', 'hostname'))
-		$a->set_hostname($hostname);
-
 	$lockpath = get_config('system','lockpath');
 	if ($lockpath != '') {
 		$pidfile = new pidfile($lockpath, 'cron.lck');
diff --git a/include/delivery.php b/include/delivery.php
index 515f286e0f..d89cded9eb 100644
--- a/include/delivery.php
+++ b/include/delivery.php
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ function delivery_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 	load_config('config');
 	load_config('system');
 
-	if ($hostname =  get_config('system', 'hostname'))
-		$a->set_hostname($hostname);
-
 	load_hooks();
 
 	if($argc < 3)
diff --git a/include/expire.php b/include/expire.php
index fe1007efd5..a73272a2ef 100644
--- a/include/expire.php
+++ b/include/expire.php
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ function expire_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 	load_config('config');
 	load_config('system');
 
-	if ($hostname =  get_config('system', 'hostname'))
-		$a->set_hostname($hostname);
-
 	$a->set_baseurl(get_config('system','url'));
 
 
diff --git a/include/gprobe.php b/include/gprobe.php
index 00a8e562af..0cf32e95fe 100644
--- a/include/gprobe.php
+++ b/include/gprobe.php
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ function gprobe_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 	load_config('config');
 	load_config('system');
 
-	if ($hostname =  get_config('system', 'hostname'))
-		$a->set_hostname($hostname);
-
 	$a->set_baseurl(get_config('system','url'));
 
 	load_hooks();