diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 098a7630f..26b737253 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ RUN sed -i 's/\r$//' /app/entrypoint.sh && chmod +x /app/entrypoint.sh /app/bin/
 EXPOSE 3000
 
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=20s --retries=3 \
-  CMD ["node", "-e", "const p=process.env.PORT||3000;fetch('http://127.0.0.1:'+p+'/api/v1/health').then(r=>process.exit(r.ok?0:1)).catch(()=>process.exit(1))"]
+  CMD wget -q -T 4 -O /dev/null "http://127.0.0.1:${PORT:-3000}/api/v1/health"
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/sbin/tini", "-s", "--"]
 CMD ["sh", "/app/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b0eca0b91..a2a5fa51a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -49,18 +49,6 @@ services:
     security_opt:
       - no-new-privileges:true
     stop_grace_period: 30s
-    healthcheck:
-      test:
-        [
-          "CMD",
-          "node",
-          "-e",
-          "const p=process.env.PORT||3000;fetch('http://127.0.0.1:'+p+'/api/v1/health').then(r=>process.exit(r.ok?0:1)).catch(()=>process.exit(1))",
-        ]
-      interval: 30s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 3
-      start_period: 20s
 
   postgres:
     container_name: bookorbit-db