diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__cron/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__cron/gencode-remote
index f5c1cc62..3c3ed6b3 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__cron/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__cron/gencode-remote
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # 2011 Steven Armstrong (steven-cdist at armstrong.cc)
 # 2013      Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
 # 2013      Thomas Oettli (otho at sfs.biz)
+# 2017      Daniel Heule (hda at sfs.biz)
 #
 # This file is part of cdist.
 #
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ state_should="$(cat "$__object/parameter/state" 2>/dev/null || echo "present")"
 # These are the old markers
 prefix="#cdist:__cron/$__object_id"
 suffix="#/cdist:__cron/$__object_id"
-filter="^# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE|^# \(.* installed on |^# \(Cron version V"
+filter="^# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE|^# \(.* installed on |^# \(Cron version V|^# \(Cronie version .\..\)$"
 cat << DONE
 crontab -u $user -l 2>/dev/null | grep -v -E "$filter" | awk -v prefix="$prefix" -v suffix="$suffix" '
 {