diff --git a/pkg/apis/batch/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/batch/validation/validation.go
index 24d97a53134..b840f892ae5 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/batch/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/batch/validation/validation.go
@@ -199,12 +199,7 @@ func validateConcurrencyPolicy(concurrencyPolicy *batch.ConcurrencyPolicy, fldPa
 
 func validateScheduleFormat(schedule string, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
 	allErrs := field.ErrorList{}
-	// TODO soltysh: this should be removed when https://github.com/robfig/cron/issues/58 is fixed
-	tmpSchedule := schedule
-	if len(schedule) > 0 && schedule[0] != '@' {
-		tmpSchedule = "0 " + schedule
-	}
-	if _, err := cron.Parse(tmpSchedule); err != nil {
+	if _, err := cron.ParseStandard(schedule); err != nil {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath, schedule, err.Error()))
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/scheduledjob/utils.go b/pkg/controller/scheduledjob/utils.go
index 72e10b58a96..185624b38fe 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/scheduledjob/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/scheduledjob/utils.go
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ func getNextStartTimeAfter(schedule string, now time.Time) (time.Time, error) {
 	// How to handle concurrency control.
 	// How to detect changes to schedules or deleted schedules and then
 	// update the jobs?
-	tmpSched := addSeconds(schedule)
-	sched, err := cron.Parse(tmpSched)
+	sched, err := cron.Parse(schedule)
 	if err != nil {
 		return time.Unix(0, 0), fmt.Errorf("Unparseable schedule: %s : %s", schedule, err)
 	}
@@ -123,8 +122,7 @@ func getNextStartTimeAfter(schedule string, now time.Time) (time.Time, error) {
 // If there were missed times prior to the last known start time, then those are not returned.
 func getRecentUnmetScheduleTimes(sj batch.ScheduledJob, now time.Time) ([]time.Time, error) {
 	starts := []time.Time{}
-	tmpSched := addSeconds(sj.Spec.Schedule)
-	sched, err := cron.Parse(tmpSched)
+	sched, err := cron.ParseStandard(sj.Spec.Schedule)
 	if err != nil {
 		return starts, fmt.Errorf("Unparseable schedule: %s : %s", sj.Spec.Schedule, err)
 	}
@@ -172,15 +170,6 @@ func getRecentUnmetScheduleTimes(sj batch.ScheduledJob, now time.Time) ([]time.T
 	return starts, nil
 }
 
-// TODO soltysh: this should be removed when https://github.com/robfig/cron/issues/58 is fixed
-func addSeconds(schedule string) string {
-	tmpSched := schedule
-	if len(schedule) > 0 && schedule[0] != '@' {
-		tmpSched = "0 " + schedule
-	}
-	return tmpSched
-}
-
 // XXX unit test this
 
 // getJobFromTemplate makes a Job from a ScheduledJob