diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f513bcf276314418bc8e3f1fc01005578e49642a..c2d481ada66d0c1d0e969917df274948dc3de015 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash ${user}                                           && \
     [ ! -d /var/cache/yum ] || rm -rf /var/cache/yum
 
 USER ${user}
-
-ENV URL=https://google.com
+#Point java to use a dedicated directory for ephemeral use
 ARG JAVA_OPTS
 ENV JAVA ${JAVA_OPTS:- '-Djava.io.tmp=/tempdir'}
 
@@ -79,4 +78,3 @@ WORKDIR /src
 
 CMD []
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/bin/sh", "/usr/share/dependency-check/bin/container-entrypoint.sh" ]
-HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=30s --start-period=5s --retries=3 CMD curl $URL