diff -uNr busybox-1.31.1/miscutils/crond.c busybox-1.31.1.mod/miscutils/crond.c
--- busybox-1.31.1/miscutils/crond.c	2019-06-10 13:50:53.000000000 +0300
+++ busybox-1.31.1.mod/miscutils/crond.c	2019-11-11 22:04:10.820622087 +0200
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
 
 	maxLines = (strcmp(fileName, "root") == 0) ? 65535 : MAXLINES;
 
-	if (fstat(fileno(parser->fp), &sbuf) == 0 && sbuf.st_uid == DAEMON_UID) {
+	if (fstat(fileno(parser->fp), &sbuf) == 0) {
 		CronFile *file = xzalloc(sizeof(CronFile));
 		CronLine **pline;
 		int n;
@@ -655,6 +655,9 @@
 
 static void set_env_vars(struct passwd *pas, const char *shell)
 {
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+	return;
+#endif
 	/* POSIX requires crond to set up at least HOME, LOGNAME, PATH, SHELL.
 	 * We assume crond inherited suitable PATH.
 	 */