diff -Nru chrony-3.5/debian/changelog chrony-3.5/debian/changelog
--- chrony-3.5/debian/changelog	2020-04-01 07:25:45.000000000 +0000
+++ chrony-3.5/debian/changelog	2020-04-15 07:01:30.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+chrony (3.5-6ubuntu4~ppa1) focal; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/postrm:
+    - Stop starting systemd-timesyncd in postrm. This is no longer relevant
+      since systemd-timesyncd is a standalone package declaring
+      Conflicts/Replaces/Provides: time-daemon. (Closes 955773, LP: #1872183)
+
+ -- Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>  Wed, 15 Apr 2020 09:01:30 +0200
+
 chrony (3.5-6ubuntu3) focal; urgency=medium
 
   * avoid multiple time services running concurrently (LP: #1870144).
diff -Nru chrony-3.5/debian/postrm chrony-3.5/debian/postrm
--- chrony-3.5/debian/postrm	2020-04-01 07:25:45.000000000 +0000
+++ chrony-3.5/debian/postrm	2020-04-15 07:01:16.000000000 +0000
@@ -7,15 +7,6 @@
 
 # targets: purge|remove|upgrade|failed-upgrade|abort-install|abort-upgrade|disappear
 
-restore_timesyncd() {
-    # on next reboot it would start, but that would leave time
-    # unsynchronized until then. So as the Conflicts in the service file kill
-    # systemd-timesyncd re-establish it if it is enabled
-    if [ -d /run/systemd/system ]; then
-        deb-systemd-invoke start systemd-timesyncd || true
-    fi
-}
-
 case "$1" in
     purge)
         rm -f /var/lib/chrony/*
@@ -39,16 +30,9 @@
         then
             deluser --quiet --system _chrony > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
         fi
-
-        restore_timesyncd
-    ;;
-
-    remove)
-        restore_timesyncd
     ;;
 
     upgrade|failed-upgrade|abort-install|abort-upgrade|disappear)
-
     ;;
 
     *)