diff --git a/.changeset/popular-insects-listen.md b/.changeset/popular-insects-listen.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c7544f508d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/popular-insects-listen.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@aws-amplify/backend-function': patch
+'@aws-amplify/backend': patch
+---
+
+remove the workaround for no-misused-promises as it broke lambdas execution
diff --git a/packages/backend-function/src/lambda-shims/invoke_ssm_shim.ts b/packages/backend-function/src/lambda-shims/invoke_ssm_shim.ts
index 21cb136a497..8cb04cc9ced 100644
--- a/packages/backend-function/src/lambda-shims/invoke_ssm_shim.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-function/src/lambda-shims/invoke_ssm_shim.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ await internalAmplifyFunctionResolveSsmParams();
 const SSM_PARAMETER_REFRESH_MS = 1000 * 60;
 
 setInterval(
-  void (async () => {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-misused-promises
+  async () => {
     try {
       await internalAmplifyFunctionResolveSsmParams();
     } catch (error) {
@@ -21,6 +22,6 @@ setInterval(
         // Do nothing if logging fails
       }
     }
-  }),
+  },
   SSM_PARAMETER_REFRESH_MS
 );