diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix
index bd38261f1..a4de99fdc 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ let
     suspend = pkgs.static-nix-shell.mkBash {
       pname = "sxmo_suspend.sh";
       src = ./hooks;
-      pkgs = [ "coreutils" "util-linux" ];
+      pkgs = [ "util-linux" ];
     };
   };
 in
diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_suspend.sh b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_suspend.sh
index 1deede2f3..90ab1cda2 100755
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_suspend.sh
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_suspend.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -i bash -p coreutils -p util-linux
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p util-linux
 
 # yeah, this isn't technically a hook, but the hook infrastructure isn't actually
 # restricted to stuff that starts with sxmo_hook_ ...
@@ -9,31 +9,11 @@
 
 . sxmo_common.sh
 
-sxmo_log "going to suspend to crust"
-
-YEARS8_TO_SEC=268435455
-suspend_time=99999999 # far away
-
-mnc="$(sxmo_hook_mnc.sh)"
-if [ -n "$mnc" ] && [ "$mnc" -gt 0 ] && [ "$mnc" -lt "$YEARS8_TO_SEC" ]; then
-	if [ "$mnc" -le 15 ]; then # cronjob imminent
-		sxmo_wakelock.sh lock sxmo_waiting_cronjob infinite
-		exit 1
-	else
-		suspend_time=$((mnc - 10))
-	fi
-fi
+suspend_time=300
 
 sxmo_log "calling suspend with suspend_time <$suspend_time>"
 
-start="$(date "+%s")"
 rtcwake -m mem -s "$suspend_time" || exit 1
-#We woke up again
-time_spent="$(( $(date "+%s") - start ))"
-
-if [ "$((time_spent + 15))" -ge "$suspend_time" ]; then
-	sxmo_wakelock.sh lock sxmo_waiting_cronjob infinite
-fi
 
 sxmo_hook_postwake.sh