diff --git a/boot2docker/rootfs/crontab b/boot2docker/rootfs/crontab
index 27f299ed4..4113a1f43 100644
--- a/boot2docker/rootfs/crontab
+++ b/boot2docker/rootfs/crontab
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# restart ntpd to combat laptop sleep + VM pause
-0 * * * * killall ntpd > /dev/null 2>&1; /etc/rc.d/ntpd
+# resync with the host clock every hour
+0 * * * * hwclock -s
diff --git a/boot2docker/rootfs/rootfs/bootscript.sh b/boot2docker/rootfs/rootfs/bootscript.sh
index 824e8808b..90d39829a 100755
--- a/boot2docker/rootfs/rootfs/bootscript.sh
+++ b/boot2docker/rootfs/rootfs/bootscript.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ test -f "/var/lib/boot2docker/profile" && . "/var/lib/boot2docker/profile"
 /etc/rc.d/hostname
 
 # sync the clock
-/etc/rc.d/ntpd &
+#/etc/rc.d/ntpd &
 
 # start cron
 /etc/rc.d/crond
diff --git a/initrd.img b/initrd.img
index 4147821f6..dd0b0c2c3 100644
Binary files a/initrd.img and b/initrd.img differ