diff --git a/smardigo/templates/connect/deployment.yml b/smardigo/templates/connect/deployment.yml
index fb3b176..dd4d519 100644
--- a/smardigo/templates/connect/deployment.yml
+++ b/smardigo/templates/connect/deployment.yml
@@ -120,15 +120,5 @@ spec:
           value: "true"
         ports:
         - containerPort: 8080
-      initContainers:
-      - name: init-iam
-        image: busybox:1.28
-        command: ['sh', '-c', "until nslookup iam; do echo waiting for iam; sleep 2; done"]
-      - name: init-postgres
-        image: busybox:1.28
-        command: ['sh', '-c', "until nslookup {{ .Values.connect.database.host }}; do echo waiting for postgres; sleep 2; done"]
-      - name: init-elasticsearch
-        image: busybox:1.28
-        command: ['sh', '-c', "until nslookup {{ .Values.connect.elastic.host }}; do echo waiting for elastic; sleep 2; done"]
       imagePullSecrets:
       - name: "{{ .Values.harbor.pull_secret }}"
diff --git a/smardigo/templates/wordpress/deployment.yml b/smardigo/templates/wordpress/deployment.yml
index 31367be..6b6e0b2 100644
--- a/smardigo/templates/wordpress/deployment.yml
+++ b/smardigo/templates/wordpress/deployment.yml
@@ -78,9 +78,5 @@ spec:
         volumeMounts:
           - name: wordpress-content
             mountPath: /var/www/html/wp-content
-      initContainers:
-      - name: init-maria
-        image: busybox:1.28
-        command: ['sh', '-c', "until nslookup {{ .Values.wordpress.database.host }}; do echo waiting for maria; sleep 2; done"]
       imagePullSecrets:
       - name: "{{ .Values.harbor.pull_secret }}"