diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Cron/etc/di.xml b/app/code/Magento/Cron/etc/di.xml
index db9161d26099f..0b78824ef4807 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Cron/etc/di.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Cron/etc/di.xml
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@
     <type name="Magento\Framework\App\AreaList">
         <arguments>
             <argument name="areas" xsi:type="array">
-                <item name="crontab" xsi:type="array">
-                </item>
+                <item name="crontab" xsi:type="null" />
             </argument>
         </arguments>
     </type>