diff --git a/packages/health-check/package.json b/packages/health-check/package.json
index 317ff1b1..dd5ec469 100644
--- a/packages/health-check/package.json
+++ b/packages/health-check/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "body-parser": "^1.19.0",
     "deep-object-diff": "^1.1.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "http-status-codes": "^2.1.2",
diff --git a/packages/health-check/src/index.js b/packages/health-check/src/index.js
index e7aff6d5..151c53b3 100644
--- a/packages/health-check/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/health-check/src/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ if (!process.env.PORTAL_URL) {
 }
 
 const express = require("express");
-const bodyparser = require("body-parser");
 const db = require("./db");
 
 const host = process.env.HOSTNAME || "0.0.0.0";
@@ -13,8 +12,8 @@ const port = Number(process.env.PORT) || 3100;
 
 const server = express();
 
-server.use(bodyparser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
-server.use(bodyparser.json());
+server.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
+server.use(express.json());
 server.use((req, res, next) => {
   db.read();
   next();