diff --git a/library/cron b/library/cron
index 2a6fbed2ae..a5d8ba5365 100755
--- a/library/cron
+++ b/library/cron
@@ -147,10 +147,8 @@ def get_jobs_file(module, user, tmpfile, cron_file):
 def install_jobs(module, user, tmpfile, cron_file):
     cron_file = '/etc/cron.d/%s' % cron_file
     if cron_file:
-        dest_tmp = "%s.%s.%s.tmp" % (cron_file,os.getpid(),time.time())
         try:
-            shutil.copyfile(tmpfile, dest_tmp)
-            module.atomic_replace(dest_tmp, cron_file)
+            module.atomic_replace(tmpfile, cron_file)
         except (OSError, IOError), e:
             return (1, "", str(e))
         except: