diff --git a/setup/file_hosting_servers.rst b/setup/file_hosting_servers.rst
index bba083f5d4..d7d7287717 100644
--- a/setup/file_hosting_servers.rst
+++ b/setup/file_hosting_servers.rst
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ Edit /etc/hosts and put in FQDN in the appropriate places, for example::
     127.0.0.1       download.calibre-ebook.com download
     46.28.49.116 download.calibre-ebook.com download
 
-dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
-set timezone to Asia/Kolkata
-service cron restart
+echo "Asia/Kolkata" > /etc/timezone && dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive tzdata
 
 apt-get install vim nginx zsh python-lxml python-mechanize iotop htop smartmontools mosh git
 chsh -s /bin/zsh