diff -u b/core/modules/system/system.install b/core/modules/system/system.install
--- b/core/modules/system/system.install
+++ b/core/modules/system/system.install
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@
       'severity' => $severity,
       'value' => $summary,
     );
-    if ($severity != REQUIREMENT_INFO || TRUE) {
+    if ($severity != REQUIREMENT_INFO) {
       $requirements['cron']['description'][] = ['#markup' => t('Cron has not run recently.')];
       $requirements['cron']['description'][] = [
         '#prefix' => ' ',