diff --git a/sample/cron-alpine/borgmatic b/sample/cron-alpine/borgmatic
deleted file mode 100644
index bbceaaae3..000000000
--- a/sample/cron-alpine/borgmatic
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# You can drop this file into /etc/cron.d/ to run borgmatic nightly.
-
-0 3 * * * PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin /root/.local/bin/borgmatic --syslog-verbosity 1
diff --git a/sample/cron/borgmatic b/sample/cron/borgmatic
index cdee46319..23e4fd862 100644
--- a/sample/cron/borgmatic
+++ b/sample/cron/borgmatic
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # You can drop this file into /etc/cron.d/ to run borgmatic nightly.
 
-0 3 * * * root PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin /root/.local/bin/borgmatic --syslog-verbosity 1
+0 3 * * * root PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin /root/.local/bin/borgmatic --syslog-verbosity 1