diff --git a/software/repman/buildout.hash.cfg b/software/repman/buildout.hash.cfg
index 1e1104acd7516b4b95e004839e02ba1a6370fa93..26acf4d137b82a3361d34aec93cc5e610a9ba878 100644
--- a/software/repman/buildout.hash.cfg
+++ b/software/repman/buildout.hash.cfg
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # not need these here).
 [instance.cfg]
 filename = instance.cfg.in
-md5sum = fd0df2c4a91c1e478b72cbaeb6c021c3
+md5sum = 8a08be95a04f1a47098c4fdef80bdfed
 
 [instance-repman.cfg]
 _update_hash_filename_ = instance-repman.cfg.jinja2.in
diff --git a/software/repman/instance.cfg.in b/software/repman/instance.cfg.in
index 23468083442f329c0d513de9da703328534bfad5..5c538300e4f6fe10cbefa5d0400bcadf6e97b755 100644
--- a/software/repman/instance.cfg.in
+++ b/software/repman/instance.cfg.in
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ context =
 
 # program binaries
     raw bash_bin                {{ bash_location }}/bin/bash
-    raw jq_bin                  {{ jq_location }}/jq
+    raw jq_bin                  {{ jq_location }}/bin/jq
     raw curl_bin                {{ curl_location }}/bin/curl
 
     ${:extra-context}
diff --git a/software/repman/software.cfg b/software/repman/software.cfg
index 149bb2a5e087fa1ba636f120b95b967563fe331f..1ad5baa765265e4a0962659034cf44811318f06c 100644
--- a/software/repman/software.cfg
+++ b/software/repman/software.cfg
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ extends =
   ../../component/proxysql/buildout.cfg
   ../../component/socat/buildout.cfg
   ../../component/rsync/buildout.cfg
+  ../../component/jq/buildout.cfg
   ../../stack/supervisord/buildout.cfg
   ../../stack/monitor/buildout.cfg
   ../neoppod/software-common.cfg
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ context =
     key buildout_bin_directory buildout:bin-directory
     key dbjobs_in dbjobs-in:target
     key dash_location dash:location
-    key jq_location jq-binary:location
+    key jq_location jq:location
     key logrotate_cfg template-logrotate-base:rendered
     key gowork_bin gowork:bin
     key gzip_location gzip:location
@@ -87,14 +88,6 @@ context =
     key proxysql_location proxysql:location
 
 
-[jq-binary]
-recipe = hexagonit.recipe.download
-url = https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/download/jq-1.6/jq-linux64
-md5sum = 1fffde9f3c7944f063265e9a5e67ae4f
-filename = jq
-mode = 0755
-download-only = true
-
 [download-file]
 recipe  = slapos.recipe.build:download
 url     = ${:_profile_base_location_}/${:_update_hash_filename_}