diff --git a/api/main.py b/api/main.py
index 4c36bd86..05dd50e8 100644
--- a/api/main.py
+++ b/api/main.py
@@ -18,15 +18,6 @@
 app.add_middleware(BrotliMiddleware)
 
 
-class HealthCheck(BaseModel):
-    """
-    Response model for health check
-    """
-
-    status: str = "OK"
-
-
-
 @app.get(
     "/",
     tags=["Capabilities"],
@@ -60,13 +51,3 @@ async def get_collection_metadata(request: Request) -> Collection:
 # Include all routes
 app.include_router(edr.router)
 # app.include(records.router)
-
-
-@app.get("/health", tags=["healthcheck"])
-def get_health() -> HealthCheck:
-    """
-    Small health check to post a response if API is allive.
-    This should probably be expanded to also include availablity of grpc backend service.
-    """
-
-    return HealthCheck(status="OK")
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index ab6bf299..82fbad8d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -66,12 +66,6 @@ services:
     environment:
       - DSHOST=store
       - DSPORT=50050
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl --fail http://localhost:8000/health || exit 1"]
-      interval: 60s
-      retries: 5
-      start_period: 30s
-      timeout: 5s
     depends_on:
       store:
         condition: service_healthy