diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4d0e3568..3b7890cc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ COPY target/scripts/helpers/log.sh /usr/local/bin/helpers/log.sh
 
 RUN /bin/bash /build/packages.sh && rm -r /build
 
-
-
 # -----------------------------------------------
 # --- Compile deb packages ----------------------
 # -----------------------------------------------
@@ -122,7 +120,8 @@ COPY \
 
 # hadolint ignore=SC2016
 RUN <<EOF
-  sedfile -i -r 's/^(CRON)=0/\1=1/g' /etc/default/spamassassin
+  # ref: https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/pull/3403#discussion_r1306282387
+  echo 'CRON=1' >/etc/default/spamassassin
   sedfile -i -r 's/^\$INIT restart/supervisorctl restart amavis/g' /etc/spamassassin/sa-update-hooks.d/amavisd-new
   mkdir /etc/spamassassin/kam/
   curl -sSfLo /etc/spamassassin/kam/kam.sa-channels.mcgrail.com.key https://mcgrail.com/downloads/kam.sa-channels.mcgrail.com.key
@@ -181,7 +180,6 @@ RUN <<EOF
   ln -sf /var/log/mail/fail2ban.log /var/log/fail2ban.log
   # disable sshd jail
   rm /etc/fail2ban/jail.d/defaults-debian.conf
-  mkdir /var/run/fail2ban
 EOF
 
 COPY target/opendkim/opendkim.conf /etc/opendkim.conf
diff --git a/target/scripts/check-for-changes.sh b/target/scripts/check-for-changes.sh
index 66417c09..2fa004b0 100755
--- a/target/scripts/check-for-changes.sh
+++ b/target/scripts/check-for-changes.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function _reload_amavis() {
   if [[ ${CHANGED} =~ ${DMS_DIR}/postfix-accounts.cf ]] || [[ ${CHANGED} =~ ${DMS_DIR}/postfix-virtual.cf ]]; then
     # /etc/postfix/vhost was updated, amavis must refresh it's config by
     # reading this file again in case of new domains, otherwise they will be ignored.
-    amavisd-new reload
+    amavisd reload
   fi
 }
 
diff --git a/target/scripts/startup/setup.d/security/misc.sh b/target/scripts/startup/setup.d/security/misc.sh
index 78c1e60a..5e7958cd 100644
--- a/target/scripts/startup/setup.d/security/misc.sh
+++ b/target/scripts/startup/setup.d/security/misc.sh
@@ -79,11 +79,6 @@ function __setup__security__spamassassin() {
     # shellcheck disable=SC2016
     sed -i -r 's|^\$sa_kill_level_deflt (.*);|\$sa_kill_level_deflt = '"${SA_KILL}"';|g' /etc/amavis/conf.d/20-debian_defaults
 
-    # fix cron.daily for spamassassin
-    sed -i \
-      's|invoke-rc.d spamassassin reload|/etc/init\.d/spamassassin reload|g' \
-      /etc/cron.daily/spamassassin
-
     if [[ ${SA_SPAM_SUBJECT} == 'undef' ]]; then
       # shellcheck disable=SC2016
       sed -i -r 's|^\$sa_spam_subject_tag (.*);|\$sa_spam_subject_tag = undef;|g' /etc/amavis/conf.d/20-debian_defaults
diff --git a/target/supervisor/conf.d/supervisor-app.conf b/target/supervisor/conf.d/supervisor-app.conf
index 2dd8b917..c8dc03cd 100644
--- a/target/supervisor/conf.d/supervisor-app.conf
+++ b/target/supervisor/conf.d/supervisor-app.conf
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ autostart=false
 autorestart=true
 stdout_logfile=/var/log/supervisor/%(program_name)s.log
 stderr_logfile=/var/log/supervisor/%(program_name)s.log
-command=/usr/sbin/amavisd-new foreground
+command=/usr/sbin/amavisd foreground
 
 [program:rspamd]
 startsecs=0
diff --git a/test/tests/parallel/set1/spam_virus/amavis.bats b/test/tests/parallel/set1/spam_virus/amavis.bats
index bc920234..d7a59cb2 100644
--- a/test/tests/parallel/set1/spam_virus/amavis.bats
+++ b/test/tests/parallel/set1/spam_virus/amavis.bats
@@ -51,10 +51,8 @@ function teardown_file() {
   export CONTAINER_NAME=${CONTAINER1_NAME}
 
   # give Amavis just a bit of time to print out its full debug log
-  run _repeat_in_container_until_success_or_timeout 5 "${CONTAINER_NAME}" grep 'ANTI-SPAM-SA' /var/log/mail/mail.log
+  run _repeat_in_container_until_success_or_timeout 20 "${CONTAINER_NAME}" grep 'SpamControl: init_pre_fork on SpamAssassin done' /var/log/mail/mail.log
   assert_success
-  assert_output --partial 'loaded'
-  refute_output --partial 'NOT loaded'
 }
 
 @test '(Amavis enabled) SA ENV should update Amavis config' {
diff --git a/test/tests/parallel/set1/spam_virus/disabled_clamav_spamassassin.bats b/test/tests/parallel/set1/spam_virus/disabled_clamav_spamassassin.bats
index 8402422c..5597dd10 100644
--- a/test/tests/parallel/set1/spam_virus/disabled_clamav_spamassassin.bats
+++ b/test/tests/parallel/set1/spam_virus/disabled_clamav_spamassassin.bats
@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@ function teardown_file() { _default_teardown ; }
 }
 
 @test "SA - Amavis integration should not be active" {
-  _run_in_container_bash "grep -i 'ANTI-SPAM-SA code' /var/log/mail/mail.log | grep 'NOT loaded'"
+  # Wait until Amavis has finished initializing:
+  run _repeat_in_container_until_success_or_timeout 20 "${CONTAINER_NAME}" grep 'Deleting db files  in /var/lib/amavis/db' /var/log/mail/mail.log
   assert_success
+  # Amavis module for SA should not be loaded (`SpamControl: scanner SpamAssassin, module Amavis::SpamControl::SpamAssassin`):
+  _run_in_container grep 'scanner SpamAssassin' /var/log/mail/mail.log
+  assert_failure
 }
 
 @test "SA - should not have been called" {