diff --git a/hosting/couchdb/Dockerfile b/hosting/couchdb/Dockerfile
index 254a676f63..f83df7038b 100644
--- a/hosting/couchdb/Dockerfile
+++ b/hosting/couchdb/Dockerfile
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ WORKDIR /opt/couchdb
 ADD couch/vm.args couch/local.ini ./etc/
 
 WORKDIR /
-ADD healthcheck.sh ./healthcheck.sh
-RUN chmod +x ./healthcheck.sh
-HEALTHCHECK --interval=15s --timeout=15s --start-period=45s CMD "/healthcheck.sh"
-
 ADD runner.sh ./bbcouch-runner.sh
 RUN chmod +x ./bbcouch-runner.sh /opt/clouseau/bin/clouseau
 CMD ["./bbcouch-runner.sh"]
diff --git a/hosting/couchdb/healthcheck.sh b/hosting/couchdb/healthcheck.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 758ee5111a..0000000000
--- a/hosting/couchdb/healthcheck.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-healthy=true
-
-if [[ $(curl -s -w "%{http_code}\n" http://localhost:5984/_up -o /dev/null) -ne 200 ]]; then
-    echo 'ERROR: CouchDB is not running';
-    healthy=false
-fi
-
-if [ $healthy == true ]; then
-  exit 0
-else
-  exit 1
-fi