diff --git a/src/createApp.js b/src/createApp.js
index 386f7772e2ba0773c071d3392c4b66de61a52017..26888557fb4c72419c4592b2ab39a34081f6cedf 100644
--- a/src/createApp.js
+++ b/src/createApp.js
@@ -42,17 +42,6 @@ module.exports = () => {
   app.use('/api-docs', swaggerUi.serve, swaggerUi.setup(swaggerDocument))
   app.use('/swagger.json', (req, res) => res.json(swaggerDocument))
 
-  const isReady = async () => {
-    await fetchManifest()
-    if (manifestCache.length === 0) throw new Error('No manifests found.')
-  }
-
-  const readinessCheck = new health.ReadinessCheck('readinessCheck', isReady)
-  healthCheck.registerReadinessCheck(readinessCheck)
-
-  const livenessCheck = new health.LivenessCheck('livenessCheck', isReady)
-  healthCheck.registerLivenessCheck(livenessCheck)
-
   const urls = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync('./config/manifests/urls.yaml', 'utf8')).manifests
 
   let manifestCache = []