diff --git a/roles/ansible-role-docker/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ansible-role-docker/tasks/main.yml
index 4d9bd3d..ded3918 100644
--- a/roles/ansible-role-docker/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ansible-role-docker/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,10 +3,3 @@
 - name: "Install docker via include_role"
   include_role:
     name: geerlingguy.docker
-
-- name: "Create crontab entry to remove unused docker objects"
-  ansible.builtin.cron:
-    name: "remove unused docker objects"
-    minute: "0"
-    hour: "1"
-    job: "docker system prune -af --filter label!=prune=disable"
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index 78cad6d..84deb74 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -107,6 +107,14 @@
     - upgrade
   when: ansible_distribution == "Ubuntu"
 
+- name: "Create crontab entry to remove unused docker objects if necessary"
+  ansible.builtin.cron:
+    name: "remove unused docker objects"
+    minute: "0"
+    hour: "1"
+    job: "docker system prune -af --filter label!=prune=disable"
+    state: "{{ 'present' if docker_enabled else 'absent' }}"
+
 - name: "Ensure docker configuration directory exists"
   file:
     path: '/home/{{ item }}/.docker/'