diff --git a/modules/website/wordpress/wordpress-cron-manager.sh b/modules/website/wordpress/wordpress-cron-manager.sh
index c4714f2..f3ba97a 100755
--- a/modules/website/wordpress/wordpress-cron-manager.sh
+++ b/modules/website/wordpress/wordpress-cron-manager.sh
@@ -1467,10 +1467,10 @@ extract_user_from_path() {
 remove_disable_wpcron_from_config() {
     local wp_config="$1"
 
-    # Remove any existing DISABLE_WP_CRON lines using extended regex
-    # Pattern matches: define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', true);
-    # With flexibility for spacing and quotes
-    sed -i.wpbak -E '#define[[:space:]]*\([[:space:]]*['\''"]'"$WP_CRON_DISABLED_VAR"'['\''"][[:space:]]*,[[:space:]]*true[[:space:]]*\)#d' "$wp_config"
+    # Remove any existing DISABLE_WP_CRON lines using simple pattern
+    # Pattern matches: define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', true); and similar variations
+    # Simplified from complex extended regex that wasn't matching properly
+    sed -i.wpbak '/define.*DISABLE_WP_CRON.*true.*;/d' "$wp_config"
     return $?
 }