diff --git a/etc/crontab b/etc/crontab
index 152634b5bd1d..7906eadd5875 100644
--- a/etc/crontab
+++ b/etc/crontab
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # /etc/crontab - root's crontab for FreeBSD
 #
-# $Id$
+# $Id: crontab,v 1.16 1997/02/23 09:20:40 peter Exp $
 #
 SHELL=/bin/sh
 PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ HOME=/var/log
 */5     *       *       *       *       root	/usr/libexec/atrun
 #
 # rotate log files every hour, if necessary
-0	*	*	*	*	root	/usr/sbin/newsyslog
+0	*	*	*	*	root	newsyslog
 #
 # do daily/weekly/monthly maintenance
-0       2       *       *       *       root    /etc/daily 2>&1 | sendmail root
-30      3       *       *       6       root    /etc/weekly 2>&1 | sendmail root
-30      5       1       *       *       root    /etc/monthly 2>&1 | sendmail root
+0       2       *       *       *       root    periodic daily 2>&1 | sendmail root
+30      3       *       *       6       root    periodic weekly 2>&1 | sendmail root
+30      5       1       *       *       root    periodic monthly 2>&1 | sendmail root
 #
 # time zone change adjustment for wall cmos clock,
 # does nothing, if you have UTC cmos clock.
 # See adjkerntz(8) for details.
-1,31	0-4	*	*	*	root	/sbin/adjkerntz	-a
+1,31	0-4	*	*	*	root	adjkerntz -a
diff --git a/etc/daily b/etc/daily
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a97a7c47733..000000000000
--- a/etc/daily
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,173 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -
-#
-#	@(#)daily	5.12 (Berkeley) 5/24/91
-#
-PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
-host=`hostname -s`
-echo "Subject: $host daily run output"
-bak=/var/backups
-
-echo ""
-echo "Removing scratch and junk files:"
-if [ -d /var/preserve ]; then
-	cd /var/preserve && {
-	find . ! -name . -mtime +7 -exec rm -f -- {} \; ; }
-fi
-
-if [ -d /var/rwho ] ; then
-	cd /var/rwho && {
-	find . ! -name . -mtime +7 -exec rm -f -- {} \; ; }
-fi
-
-cd /tmp
-
-# This is a security hole, never use 'find' on a public directory
-# with -exec rm -f as root.  This can be exploited to delete any file
-# on the system.
-#
-#find / \( ! -fstype local -o -fstype rdonly \) -a -prune -o \
-#	\( -name '[#,]*' -o -name '.#*' -o -name a.out -o -name '*.core' \
-#	   -o -name '*.CKP' -o -name '.emacs_[0-9]*' \) \
-#		-a -atime +3 -exec rm -f -- {} \;
-#
-#
-# The same security hole.  Purge the temp directories from unused stuff.
-# Note that we must not accidentally clean the X11 lock files.
-#
-# Use at your own risk, but for a long-living system, this might come
-# more useful than the boot-time cleaning of /tmp.  If /var/tmp and
-# /tmp are symlinked together, only one of the below will actually
-# run.
-#
-# if [ -d /tmp ]; then
-# 	cd /tmp && {
-# 	find . -type f -atime +3 -ctime +3 ! -name '.X*-lock' -exec rm -f -- {} \;
-# 	find -d . ! -name . -type d -mtime +1 -exec rmdir -- {} \; \
-# 	    >/dev/null 2>&1; }
-# fi
-#
-# if [ -d /var/tmp ]; then
-# 	cd /var/tmp && {
-# 	find . ! -name . -atime +7 -ctime +3 -exec rm -f -- {} \;
-# 	find -d . ! -name . -type d -mtime +1 -exec rmdir -- {} \; \
-# 	    >/dev/null 2>&1; }
-# fi
-#
-#
-
-# remove system	messages older than 21 days
-msgs -c
-
-if [ -f /etc/news.expire ]; then
-	/etc/news.expire
-fi
-
-if [ -f /var/account/acct ] ; then
-	echo ""
-	echo "Gathering accounting statistics:"
-	cd /var/account
-	if [ -f acct.2 ] ; then mv -f acct.2 acct.3 ; fi
-	if [ -f acct.1 ] ; then mv -f acct.1 acct.2 ; fi
-	if [ -f acct.0 ] ; then mv -f acct.0 acct.1 ; fi
-	cp -pf acct acct.0
-	sa -s > /dev/null
-fi
-
-echo ""
-echo "Backup passwd and group files:"
-if [ ! -f $bak/master.passwd.bak ] ; then
-	echo "no $bak/master.passwd.bak"
-	cp -p /etc/master.passwd $bak/master.passwd.bak
-fi
-if cmp -s $bak/master.passwd.bak /etc/master.passwd; then :; else
-	echo "$host passwd diffs:"
-	diff $bak/master.passwd.bak /etc/master.passwd |\
-		sed 's/^\([<>] [^:]*\):[^:]*:/\1:(password):/'
-	mv $bak/master.passwd.bak $bak/master.passwd.bak2
-	cp -p /etc/master.passwd $bak/master.passwd.bak
-fi
-if [ ! -f $bak/group.bak ] ; then
-	echo "no $bak/group.bak"
-	cp -p /etc/group $bak/group.bak
-fi
-if cmp -s $bak/group.bak /etc/group; then :; else
-	echo "$host group diffs:"
-	diff $bak/group.bak /etc/group
-	mv $bak/group.bak $bak/group.bak2
-	cp -p /etc/group $bak/group.bak
-fi
-if [ ! -f $bak/aliases.bak ] ; then
-	echo "no $bak/aliases.bak"
-	cp -p /etc/aliases $bak/aliases.bak
-fi
-if cmp -s $bak/aliases.bak /etc/aliases; then :; else
-	echo "$host aliases diffs:"
-	diff $bak/aliases.bak /etc/aliases
-	mv $bak/aliases.bak $bak/aliases.bak2
-	cp -p /etc/aliases $bak/aliases.bak
-fi
-if [ -f /etc/Distfile ]; then
-	if cmp -s $bak/Distfile.bak /etc/Distfile; then :; else
-		mv $bak/Distfile.bak $bak/Distfile.bak2
-		cp /etc/Distfile $bak/Distfile.bak
-	fi
-fi
-
-
-# `calendar -a' needs to die. Why? Because it's a bad idea, particular
-# with networked home directories, but also in general.  If you want the
-# output of `calendar' mailed to you, set up a cron job to do it,
-# or run it from your ~/.profile or ~/.login.
-#
-# echo ""
-# echo "Running calendar:"
-# calendar -a
-
-
-if [ -d /var/spool/uucp -a -f /etc/uuclean.daily ]; then
-	echo ""
-	echo "Cleaning up UUCP:"
-	echo /etc/uuclean.daily | su daemon
-fi
-
-echo ""
-echo ""
-echo "Checking subsystem status:"
-echo ""
-echo "disks:"
-df -k -t local
-echo ""
-dump W
-echo ""
-
-
-echo ""
-echo "mail:"
-mailq
-
-if [ -d /var/spool/uucp ]; then
-	echo ""
-	echo "uucp:"
-	uustat -a
-fi
-
-echo ""
-echo "network:"
-netstat -i
-echo ""
-if [ -d /var/rwho ] ; then
-	ruptime
-fi
-
-echo ""
-if [ -f /etc/Distfile ]; then
-	echo "Running rdist:"
-	rdist -f /etc/Distfile
-fi
-
-if [ -f /etc/daily.local ]; then
-    echo "Running daily.local:"
-    sh /etc/daily.local
-fi
-
-sh /etc/security 2>&1 | sendmail root
diff --git a/etc/monthly b/etc/monthly
deleted file mode 100644
index 142250e99ef0..000000000000
--- a/etc/monthly
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -
-#
-#	@(#)monthly	5.5 (Berkeley) 6/17/91
-#
-
-PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
-host=`hostname -s`
-echo "Subject: $host monthly run output"
-
-echo ""
-echo "Doing login accounting:"
-ac -p | sort -nr +1
-
-if [ -f /etc/monthly.local ]; then
-    echo ""
-    echo "Running monthly.local:"
-    sh /etc/monthly.local
-fi
diff --git a/etc/weekly b/etc/weekly
deleted file mode 100644
index c812d903e579..000000000000
--- a/etc/weekly
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -
-#
-#	@(#)weekly	5.14 (Berkeley) 6/23/91
-#	$Id: weekly,v 1.19 1997/02/23 09:20:55 peter Exp $
-
-PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/libexec
-export PATH
-
-host=`hostname -s`
-echo "Subject: $host weekly run output"
-
-#echo ""
-#echo "Removing old .o files:"
-#find /usr/src -name '*.o' -atime +21 -print -a -exec rm -f {} \;
-
-# see if /usr/src exists and is local
-# before looking there for checked-out files
-
-#if [ -d /usr/src -a \
-#  X"`find -f /usr/src ! -fstype local -prune -or -type d -print -prune`" != X ];
-#then
-#	echo "looking for checked out files:"
-#	TDIR=/tmp/_checkout$$
-#
-#	mkdir $TDIR
-#	for file in `find -f /usr/src ! -fstype local -prune -or \
-#	    -name 'p.*' -print | egrep 'SCCS/p\.'`; do
-#		owner=`awk '{ print $3 }' $file`
-#		echo "$owner	$file"
-#		echo $file >> $TDIR/$owner
-#	done | sed -e 's,SCCS/p.,,'
-#	for file in $TDIR/*; do
-#		sed -e 's,SCCS/p.,,' $file | \
-#		    Mail -s 'checked out files' `basename $file`
-#	done
-#	rm -rf $TDIR
-#fi
-
-if [ -f /usr/libexec/uucp/clean.weekly ]; then
-	echo ""
-	echo "Cleaning up UUCP:"
-	echo /usr/libexec/uucp/clean.weekly | su daemon
-fi
-
-echo ""
-echo "Rebuilding locate database:"
-locdb=/var/db/locate.database
-touch ${locdb}; chown nobody ${locdb}; chmod 644 ${locdb}
-echo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb | nice -5 su -fm nobody 2>&1 |\
-	fgrep -v 'Permission denied'
-chmod 444 ${locdb}
-
-echo ""
-echo "Rebuilding whatis database:"
-if [ -d /usr/X11R6/man ]
-then
-	MANPATH=${MANPATH:-/usr/share/man:/usr/X11R6/man:/usr/local/man}
-else
-	MANPATH=${MANPATH:-/usr/share/man:/usr/local/man}
-fi
-
-makewhatis.local "${MANPATH}"
-
-#echo ""
-#echo "Reformatting manual pages:"
-#echo catman.local "${MANPATH}" | su -fm man
-
-echo ""
-echo "Cleaning up kernel database files:"
-kernel=`sysctl -n kern.bootfile`
-kernel=kvm_`basename ${kernel}`.db
-find /var/db -name "kvm_*.db" -a ! -name ${kernel} -a -atime +7 -exec rm -f -- {} \;
-
-if [ -f /etc/weekly.local ]; then
-    echo ""
-    echo "Running weekly.local:"
-    sh /etc/weekly.local
-fi