diff --git a/airbyte-cron/build.gradle b/airbyte-cron/build.gradle
index c10a8a537b73..0388fbd6b028 100644
--- a/airbyte-cron/build.gradle
+++ b/airbyte-cron/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ plugins {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation project(':airbyte-config:config-models')
-    implementation project(':airbyte-workers')
 
     runtimeOnly 'io.micronaut:micronaut-http-server-netty:3.6.0'
 
diff --git a/airbyte-cron/src/main/java/io/airbyte/cron/MicronautCronRunner.java b/airbyte-cron/src/main/java/io/airbyte/cron/MicronautCronRunner.java
index 408d310f3783..093957977810 100644
--- a/airbyte-cron/src/main/java/io/airbyte/cron/MicronautCronRunner.java
+++ b/airbyte-cron/src/main/java/io/airbyte/cron/MicronautCronRunner.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ public class MicronautCronRunner {
 
   public static void main(final String[] args) {
     Micronaut.build(args)
-        .eagerInitSingletons(true)
         .mainClass(MicronautCronRunner.class)
         .start();
   }