diff --git a/manifests/components/04d_argocd-server-deployment.yaml b/manifests/components/04d_argocd-server-deployment.yaml
index 292593b03351b..c33270d55f013 100644
--- a/manifests/components/04d_argocd-server-deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/components/04d_argocd-server-deployment.yaml
@@ -33,14 +33,6 @@ spec:
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /shared
           name: static-files
-
-        readinessProbe:
-          httpGet:
-            path: /healthz
-            port: 8080
-          initialDelaySeconds: 3
-          periodSeconds: 30
-
       - name: dex
         image: quay.io/coreos/dex:v2.10.0
         command: [/shared/argocd-util, rundex]
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index c6da2d00699da..aacbc7ea04da4 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/dex"
 	dexutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/dex"
 	grpc_util "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/grpc"
-	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/healthz"
 	jsonutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/json"
 	jwtutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/jwt"
 	projectutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/project"
@@ -416,10 +415,6 @@ func (a *ArgoCDServer) newHTTPServer(ctx context.Context, port int) *http.Server
 	mustRegisterGWHandler(project.RegisterProjectServiceHandlerFromEndpoint, ctx, gwmux, endpoint, dOpts)
 
 	swagger.ServeSwaggerUI(mux, packr.NewBox("."), "/swagger-ui")
-	healthz.ServeHealthCheck(mux, func() error {
-		_, err := a.KubeClientset.(*kubernetes.Clientset).ServerVersion()
-		return err
-	})
 
 	// Dex reverse proxy and client app and OAuth2 login/callback
 	a.registerDexHandlers(mux)
diff --git a/util/healthz/healthz.go b/util/healthz/healthz.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 796b3766b2259..0000000000000
--- a/util/healthz/healthz.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package healthz
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"net/http"
-
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-)
-
-// ServeHealthCheck serves the health check endpoint.
-// ServeHealthCheck relies on the provided function to return an error if unhealthy and nil otherwise.
-func ServeHealthCheck(mux *http.ServeMux, f func() error) {
-	mux.HandleFunc("/healthz", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		if err := f(); err != nil {
-			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
-			log.Errorln(w, err)
-		} else {
-			fmt.Fprintln(w, "ok")
-		}
-	})
-}
diff --git a/util/healthz/healthz_test.go b/util/healthz/healthz_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 132806c8d3446..0000000000000
--- a/util/healthz/healthz_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-package healthz
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"net"
-	"net/http"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestHealthCheck(t *testing.T) {
-	sentinel := false
-
-	serve := func(c chan<- string) {
-		// listen on first available dynamic (unprivileged) port
-		listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":0")
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
-
-		// send back the address so that it can be used
-		c <- listener.Addr().String()
-
-		mux := http.NewServeMux()
-		ServeHealthCheck(mux, func() error {
-			if sentinel {
-				return fmt.Errorf("This is a dummy error")
-			}
-			return nil
-		})
-		panic(http.Serve(listener, mux))
-	}
-
-	c := make(chan string, 1)
-
-	// run a local webserver to test data retrieval
-	go serve(c)
-
-	address := <-c
-	t.Logf("Listening at address: %s", address)
-
-	server := "http://" + address
-
-	resp, err := http.Get(server + "/healthz")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
-		t.Fatalf("Was expecting status code 200 from health check, but got %d instead", resp.StatusCode)
-	}
-
-	sentinel = true
-
-	resp, _ = http.Get(server + "/healthz")
-	if resp.StatusCode != 503 {
-		t.Fatalf("Was expecting status code 503 from health check, but got %d instead", resp.StatusCode)
-	}
-
-}