diff --git a/mailpoet/lib/Config/Initializer.php b/mailpoet/lib/Config/Initializer.php
index f13bbb2823..3d12d92ed2 100644
--- a/mailpoet/lib/Config/Initializer.php
+++ b/mailpoet/lib/Config/Initializer.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use MailPoet\AutomaticEmails\AutomaticEmails;
 use MailPoet\Automation\Engine\Engine;
 use MailPoet\Automation\Engine\Hooks as AutomationHooks;
 use MailPoet\Automation\Integrations\MailPoet\MailPoetIntegration;
-use MailPoet\Cron\ActionScheduler\ActionScheduler;
 use MailPoet\Cron\CronTrigger;
 use MailPoet\Cron\DaemonActionSchedulerRunner;
 use MailPoet\Features\FeaturesController;
@@ -107,8 +106,8 @@ class Initializer {
   /** @var PersonalDataExporters */
   private $personalDataExporters;
 
-  /** @var ActionScheduler */
-  private $actionScheduler;
+  /** @var DaemonActionSchedulerRunner */
+  private $actionSchedulerRunner;
 
   const INITIALIZED = 'MAILPOET_INITIALIZED';
 
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ class Initializer {
     MailPoetIntegration $automationMailPoetIntegration,
     FeaturesController $featuresController,
     PersonalDataExporters $personalDataExporters,
-    ActionScheduler $actionScheduler
+    DaemonActionSchedulerRunner $actionSchedulerRunner
   ) {
     $this->rendererFactory = $rendererFactory;
     $this->accessControl = $accessControl;
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@ class Initializer {
     $this->automationMailPoetIntegration = $automationMailPoetIntegration;
     $this->featuresController = $featuresController;
     $this->personalDataExporters = $personalDataExporters;
-    $this->actionScheduler = $actionScheduler;
+    $this->actionSchedulerRunner = $actionSchedulerRunner;
   }
 
   public function init() {
@@ -456,9 +455,7 @@ class Initializer {
   }
 
   public function runDeactivation() {
-    // Unschedule recurring action scheduler actions
-    $this->actionScheduler->unscheduleAction(DaemonActionSchedulerRunner::DAEMON_RUN_SCHEDULER_ACTION);
-    $this->actionScheduler->unscheduleAction(DaemonActionSchedulerRunner::DAEMON_TRIGGER_SCHEDULER_ACTION);
+    $this->actionSchedulerRunner->deactivate();
   }
 
   private function setupWoocommerceTransactionalEmails() {
diff --git a/mailpoet/lib/Cron/CronTrigger.php b/mailpoet/lib/Cron/CronTrigger.php
index d2b3dc3ae6..8fb860a822 100644
--- a/mailpoet/lib/Cron/CronTrigger.php
+++ b/mailpoet/lib/Cron/CronTrigger.php
@@ -42,10 +42,14 @@ class CronTrigger {
   public function init() {
     $currentMethod = $this->settings->get(self::SETTING_NAME . '.method');
     try {
+      if ($currentMethod === self::METHOD_ACTION_SCHEDULER) {
+        $this->cronActionScheduler->init();
+        return true;
+      } else {
+        $this->cronActionScheduler->deactivate();
+      }
       if ($currentMethod === self::METHOD_WORDPRESS) {
         return $this->wordpressTrigger->run();
-      } elseif ($currentMethod === self::METHOD_ACTION_SCHEDULER) {
-        $this->cronActionScheduler->init();
       }
       return false;
     } catch (\Exception $e) {
diff --git a/mailpoet/lib/Cron/DaemonActionSchedulerRunner.php b/mailpoet/lib/Cron/DaemonActionSchedulerRunner.php
index d531261150..a23bc641a4 100644
--- a/mailpoet/lib/Cron/DaemonActionSchedulerRunner.php
+++ b/mailpoet/lib/Cron/DaemonActionSchedulerRunner.php
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ class DaemonActionSchedulerRunner {
     }
   }
 
+  public function deactivate() {
+    $this->actionScheduler->unscheduleAction(self::DAEMON_TRIGGER_SCHEDULER_ACTION);
+    $this->actionScheduler->unscheduleAction(self::DAEMON_RUN_SCHEDULER_ACTION);
+  }
+
   /**
    * In regular intervals checks if there are scheduled tasks to execute.
    * In case there are tasks it spawns a recurring action.
diff --git a/mailpoet/tests/unit/Cron/CronTriggerTest.php b/mailpoet/tests/unit/Cron/CronTriggerTest.php
index aff084b586..c5bce7ef01 100644
--- a/mailpoet/tests/unit/Cron/CronTriggerTest.php
+++ b/mailpoet/tests/unit/Cron/CronTriggerTest.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class CronTriggerTest extends \MailPoetUnitTest {
     DaemonActionSchedulerRunner $actionSchedulerRunner = null
   ) {
     $wordpressTrigger = $wordpressTrigger ?: $this->make(WordPress::class, ['run' => true]);
-    $actionSchedulerRunner = $actionSchedulerRunner ?: $this->make(DaemonActionSchedulerRunner::class, ['init' => true]);
+    $actionSchedulerRunner = $actionSchedulerRunner ?: $this->make(DaemonActionSchedulerRunner::class, ['init' => true, 'deactivate' => true]);
     return new CronTrigger($wordpressTrigger, $settings, $actionSchedulerRunner);
   }
 }