diff --git a/example/configure.sh b/example/configure.sh
index 5ac0168..af1e5b4 100755
--- a/example/configure.sh
+++ b/example/configure.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ sed -Ei \
 
 step 'Enable services'
 rc-update add acpid default
-rc-update add chronyd default
 rc-update add crond default
 rc-update add net.eth0 default
 rc-update add net.lo boot
diff --git a/example/packages b/example/packages
index 8a5c223..3dd0139 100644
--- a/example/packages
+++ b/example/packages
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ alpine-base
 busybox
 btrfs-progs
 btrfs-compsize
-chrony
 network-extras
 openssl
 openssh