diff --git a/src/lib/routes/health-check.test.ts b/src/lib/routes/health-check.test.ts
index 93a3c44a21..8378da8083 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/health-check.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/health-check.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { createTestConfig } from '../../test/config/test-config';
 import createStores from '../../test/fixtures/store';
 import getLogger from '../../test/fixtures/no-logger';
 import getApp from '../app';
-import { IUnleashStores } from '../types';
 
 async function getSetup() {
     const stores = createStores();
@@ -25,12 +24,10 @@ async function getSetup() {
 }
 let request;
 let destroy;
-let stores;
 beforeEach(async () => {
     const setup = await getSetup();
     request = setup.request;
     destroy = setup.destroy;
-    stores = setup.stores;
 });
 
 afterEach(() => {
@@ -38,45 +35,13 @@ afterEach(() => {
     getLogger.setMuteError(false);
 });
 
-test('should give 500 when db is failing', async () => {
-    jest.spyOn(global.console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => jest.fn());
-    const config = createTestConfig();
-    const failingStores: Partial<IUnleashStores> = {
-        // @ts-ignore
-        featureTypeStore: {
-            getAll: () => Promise.reject(new Error('db error')),
-        },
-        clientMetricsStore: {
-            // @ts-ignore
-            on: () => {},
-        },
-    };
-    // @ts-ignore
-    const services = createServices(failingStores, config);
-    // @ts-ignore
-    const app = await getApp(createTestConfig(), failingStores, services);
-    request = supertest(app);
-    getLogger.setMuteError(true);
-    expect.assertions(2);
-    stores.featureToggleStore.getAll = () =>
-        Promise.reject(new Error('db error'));
-    return request
-        .get('/health')
-        .expect(500)
-        .expect((res) => {
-            expect(res.status).toBe(500);
-            expect(res.body.health).toBe('BAD');
-        });
+test('should give 200 when ready', async () => {
+    await request.get('/health').expect(200);
 });
 
-test('should give 200 when db is not failing', () => {
-    expect.assertions(0);
-    return request.get('/health').expect(200);
-});
-
-test('should give health=GOOD when db is not failing', () => {
+test('should give health=GOOD  when ready', async () => {
     expect.assertions(2);
-    return request
+    await request
         .get('/health')
         .expect(200)
         .expect((res) => {
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/health-check.ts b/src/lib/routes/health-check.ts
index b6be7da184..1ff41c6201 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/health-check.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/health-check.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import { IUnleashConfig } from '../types/option';
 import { IUnleashServices } from '../types/services';
 import { Logger } from '../logger';
-import HealthService from '../services/health-service';
 import { OpenApiService } from '../services/openapi-service';
 
 import Controller from './controller';
@@ -15,19 +14,13 @@ export class HealthCheckController extends Controller {
 
     private openApiService: OpenApiService;
 
-    private healthService: HealthService;
-
     constructor(
         config: IUnleashConfig,
-        {
-            healthService,
-            openApiService,
-        }: Pick<IUnleashServices, 'healthService' | 'openApiService'>,
+        { openApiService }: Pick<IUnleashServices, 'openApiService'>,
     ) {
         super(config);
         this.logger = config.getLogger('health-check.js');
         this.openApiService = openApiService;
-        this.healthService = healthService;
 
         this.route({
             method: 'get',
@@ -51,12 +44,6 @@ export class HealthCheckController extends Controller {
         _: Request,
         res: Response<HealthCheckSchema>,
     ): Promise<void> {
-        try {
-            await this.healthService.dbIsUp();
-            res.status(200).json({ health: 'GOOD' });
-        } catch (e) {
-            this.logger.error('Could not select from features, error was: ', e);
-            res.status(500).json({ health: 'BAD' });
-        }
+        res.status(200).json({ health: 'GOOD' });
     }
 }