diff --git a/mailpoet/lib/Cron/CronTrigger.php b/mailpoet/lib/Cron/CronTrigger.php
index d9b7b90bd2..25ee520605 100644
--- a/mailpoet/lib/Cron/CronTrigger.php
+++ b/mailpoet/lib/Cron/CronTrigger.php
@@ -2,17 +2,14 @@
 
 namespace MailPoet\Cron;
 
-use MailPoet\Cron\Triggers\MailPoet;
 use MailPoet\Cron\Triggers\WordPress;
 use MailPoet\Settings\SettingsController;
 
 class CronTrigger {
   const METHOD_LINUX_CRON = 'Linux Cron';
-  const METHOD_MAILPOET = 'MailPoet';
   const METHOD_WORDPRESS = 'WordPress';
 
   const METHODS = [
-    'mailpoet' => self::METHOD_MAILPOET,
     'wordpress' => self::METHOD_WORDPRESS,
     'linux_cron' => self::METHOD_LINUX_CRON,
     'none' => 'Disabled',
@@ -21,9 +18,6 @@ class CronTrigger {
   const DEFAULT_METHOD = 'WordPress';
   const SETTING_NAME = 'cron_trigger';
 
-  /** @var MailPoet */
-  private $mailpoetTrigger;
-
   /** @var WordPress */
   private $wordpressTrigger;
 
@@ -31,11 +25,9 @@ class CronTrigger {
   private $settings;
 
   public function __construct(
-    MailPoet $mailpoetTrigger,
     WordPress $wordpressTrigger,
     SettingsController $settings
   ) {
-    $this->mailpoetTrigger = $mailpoetTrigger;
     $this->wordpressTrigger = $wordpressTrigger;
     $this->settings = $settings;
   }
@@ -43,9 +35,7 @@ class CronTrigger {
   public function init() {
     $currentMethod = $this->settings->get(self::SETTING_NAME . '.method');
     try {
-      if ($currentMethod === self::METHOD_MAILPOET) {
-        return $this->mailpoetTrigger->run();
-      } elseif ($currentMethod === self::METHOD_WORDPRESS) {
+      if ($currentMethod === self::METHOD_WORDPRESS) {
         return $this->wordpressTrigger->run();
       }
       return false;
diff --git a/mailpoet/lib/Cron/Triggers/MailPoet.php b/mailpoet/lib/Cron/Triggers/MailPoet.php
deleted file mode 100644
index f64b541358..0000000000
--- a/mailpoet/lib/Cron/Triggers/MailPoet.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace MailPoet\Cron\Triggers;
-
-use MailPoet\Cron\Supervisor;
-
-class MailPoet {
-  /** @var Supervisor */
-  private $supervisor;
-
-  public function __construct(
-    Supervisor $supervisor
-  ) {
-    $this->supervisor = $supervisor;
-  }
-
-  public function run() {
-    $this->supervisor->init();
-    return $this->supervisor->checkDaemon();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/mailpoet/lib/Cron/Triggers/WordPress.php b/mailpoet/lib/Cron/Triggers/WordPress.php
index 790b334274..2eec595abc 100644
--- a/mailpoet/lib/Cron/Triggers/WordPress.php
+++ b/mailpoet/lib/Cron/Triggers/WordPress.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace MailPoet\Cron\Triggers;
 
 use MailPoet\Config\ServicesChecker;
 use MailPoet\Cron\CronHelper;
+use MailPoet\Cron\Supervisor;
 use MailPoet\Cron\Workers\AuthorizedSendingEmailsCheck;
 use MailPoet\Cron\Workers\Beamer as BeamerWorker;
 use MailPoet\Cron\Workers\Bounce as BounceWorker;
@@ -45,8 +46,8 @@ class WordPress {
   /** @var CronHelper */
   private $cronHelper;
 
-  /** @var MailPoet */
-  private $mailpoetTrigger;
+  /** @var Supervisor  */
+  private $supervisor;
 
   /** @var SettingsController */
   private $settings;
@@ -62,13 +63,13 @@ class WordPress {
 
   public function __construct(
     CronHelper $cronHelper,
-    MailPoet $mailpoetTrigger,
+    Supervisor $supervisor,
     SettingsController $settings,
     ServicesChecker $serviceChecker,
     WPFunctions $wp,
     EntityManager $entityManager
   ) {
-    $this->mailpoetTrigger = $mailpoetTrigger;
+    $this->supervisor = $supervisor;
     $this->settings = $settings;
     $this->wp = $wp;
     $this->cronHelper = $cronHelper;
@@ -80,9 +81,13 @@ class WordPress {
     if (!$this->checkRunInterval()) {
       return false;
     }
-    return ($this->checkExecutionRequirements()) ?
-      $this->mailpoetTrigger->run() :
-      self::stop();
+    if (!$this->checkExecutionRequirements()) {
+      $this->stop();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    $this->supervisor->init();
+    return $this->supervisor->checkDaemon();
   }
 
   private function checkRunInterval() {
diff --git a/mailpoet/lib/DI/ContainerConfigurator.php b/mailpoet/lib/DI/ContainerConfigurator.php
index 12d2c766f8..ab83441104 100644
--- a/mailpoet/lib/DI/ContainerConfigurator.php
+++ b/mailpoet/lib/DI/ContainerConfigurator.php
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ class ContainerConfigurator implements IContainerConfigurator {
     $container->autowire(\MailPoet\Cron\Daemon::class)->setPublic(true);
     $container->autowire(\MailPoet\Cron\DaemonHttpRunner::class)->setPublic(true);
     $container->autowire(\MailPoet\Cron\Supervisor::class)->setPublic(true);
-    $container->autowire(\MailPoet\Cron\Triggers\MailPoet::class)->setPublic(true);
     $container->autowire(\MailPoet\Cron\Triggers\WordPress::class)->setPublic(true);
     $container->autowire(\MailPoet\Cron\Workers\WorkersFactory::class)->setPublic(true);
     $container->autowire(\MailPoet\Cron\Workers\SendingQueue\SendingErrorHandler::class)->setPublic(true);
diff --git a/mailpoet/tests/integration/Cron/Triggers/MailPoetTest.php b/mailpoet/tests/integration/Cron/Triggers/MailPoetTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index cd8c88ee92..0000000000
--- a/mailpoet/tests/integration/Cron/Triggers/MailPoetTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace MailPoet\Cron\Triggers;
-
-use MailPoet\Cron\CronHelper;
-use MailPoet\Settings\SettingsController;
-use MailPoet\Settings\SettingsRepository;
-
-class MailPoetTest extends \MailPoetTest {
-  /** @var SettingsController */
-  private $settings;
-
-  public function _before() {
-    parent::_before();
-    // cron trigger is by default set to 'WordPress'; when it runs and does not
-    // detect any queues to process, it deletes the daemon setting, so Supervisor that's
-    // called by the MailPoet cron trigger does not work. for that matter, we need to set
-    // the trigger setting to anything but 'WordPress'.
-    $this->settings = SettingsController::getInstance();
-    $this->settings->set('cron_trigger', [
-      'method' => 'none',
-    ]);
-  }
-
-  public function testItCanRun() {
-    expect($this->settings->get(CronHelper::DAEMON_SETTING))->null();
-    $this->diContainer->get(MailPoet::class)->run();
-    expect($this->settings->get(CronHelper::DAEMON_SETTING))->notEmpty();
-  }
-
-  public function _after() {
-    $this->diContainer->get(SettingsRepository::class)->truncate();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/mailpoet/tests/unit/Cron/CronTriggerTest.php b/mailpoet/tests/unit/Cron/CronTriggerTest.php
index e3387bc51a..12ea3fe87a 100644
--- a/mailpoet/tests/unit/Cron/CronTriggerTest.php
+++ b/mailpoet/tests/unit/Cron/CronTriggerTest.php
@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@ use MailPoet\Settings\SettingsController;
 class CronTriggerTest extends \MailPoetUnitTest {
   public function testItDefinesConstants() {
     expect(CronTrigger::METHOD_LINUX_CRON)->same('Linux Cron');
-    expect(CronTrigger::METHOD_MAILPOET)->same('MailPoet');
     expect(CronTrigger::METHOD_WORDPRESS)->same('WordPress');
     expect(CronTrigger::METHODS)->equals([
-      'mailpoet' => 'MailPoet',
       'wordpress' => 'WordPress',
       'linux_cron' => 'Linux Cron',
       'none' => 'Disabled',
@@ -41,24 +39,22 @@ class CronTriggerTest extends \MailPoetUnitTest {
 
   public function testItIgnoresExceptionsThrownFromCronTriggerMethods() {
     $settingsMock = Stub::makeEmpty(SettingsController::class, [
-      'get' => CronTrigger::METHOD_MAILPOET,
+      'get' => CronTrigger::METHOD_WORDPRESS,
     ]);
-    $mailpoetTrigger = $this->makeEmpty(MailPoet::class, [
+    $wordPressTrigger = $this->makeEmpty(WordPress::class, [
       'run' => function () {
         throw new \Exception();
       },
     ]);
-    $cronTrigger = $this->createCronTrigger($settingsMock, $mailpoetTrigger);
+    $cronTrigger = $this->createCronTrigger($settingsMock, $wordPressTrigger);
     expect($cronTrigger->init())->null();
   }
 
   private function createCronTrigger(
     SettingsController $settings,
-    MailPoet $mailpoetTrigger = null,
     WordPress $wordpressTrigger = null
   ) {
-    $mailpoetTrigger = $mailpoetTrigger ?: $this->make(MailPoet::class, ['run' => true]);
     $wordpressTrigger = $wordpressTrigger ?: $this->make(WordPress::class, ['run' => true]);
-    return new CronTrigger($mailpoetTrigger, $wordpressTrigger, $settings);
+    return new CronTrigger($wordpressTrigger, $settings);
   }
 }