diff --git a/src/lib/connectors/status.js b/src/lib/connectors/status.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e3c8b13..0000000
--- a/src/lib/connectors/status.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-require('dotenv').config()
-const { pool } = require('./db')
-const pkg = require('../../../package.json')
-
-const getStatus = async () => {
-  try {
-    const { rows: data } = await pool.query('select hello from returns.status;')
-    return {
-      data,
-      error: null,
-      version: pkg.version
-    }
-  } catch (error) {
-    return { error }
-  }
-}
-
-exports.getStatus = getStatus
diff --git a/src/modules/core/controller.js b/src/modules/core/controller.js
index 1df22ea..5efc57d 100644
--- a/src/modules/core/controller.js
+++ b/src/modules/core/controller.js
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
-const Boom = require('@hapi/boom')
-const statusConnector = require('../../lib/connectors/status')
+'use strict'
 
-const getStatus = async () => {
-  try {
-    const status = await statusConnector.getStatus()
-    return status
-  } catch (e) {
-    throw Boom.badImplementation(e)
-  }
+function getStatus () {
+  return { status: 'alive' }
 }
 
-exports.getStatus = getStatus
+module.exports = {
+  getStatus
+}
diff --git a/test/lib/connectors/status.test.js b/test/lib/connectors/status.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0453374..0000000
--- a/test/lib/connectors/status.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const {
-  experiment,
-  test,
-  beforeEach,
-  afterEach
-} = exports.lab = require('@hapi/lab').script()
-
-const sinon = require('sinon')
-const sandbox = sinon.createSandbox()
-
-const { expect } = require('@hapi/code')
-
-const statusConnector = require('../../../src/lib/connectors/status')
-const { pool } = require('../../../src/lib/connectors/db')
-
-experiment('lib/connectors/status', () => {
-  experiment('.getStatus', () => {
-    let response
-
-    beforeEach(async () => {
-      sandbox.stub(pool, 'query').resolves({
-        rows: [{
-          hello: 'world'
-        }]
-      })
-      response = await statusConnector.getStatus()
-    })
-
-    afterEach(async () => {
-      sandbox.restore()
-    })
-
-    test('includes the response from the database', async () => {
-      expect(response.data).to.equal([{ hello: 'world' }])
-    })
-
-    test('includes the version from the package.json', async () => {
-      expect(response.version).to.match(/\d*\.\d*\.\d*/)
-    })
-  })
-})
diff --git a/test/modules/core/controller.test.js b/test/modules/core/controller.test.js
index 4cfcda6..0081a2e 100644
--- a/test/modules/core/controller.test.js
+++ b/test/modules/core/controller.test.js
@@ -1,30 +1,14 @@
-const { experiment, test, afterEach, beforeEach } = exports.lab = require('@hapi/lab').script()
-const { expect } = require('@hapi/code')
-
-const sinon = require('sinon')
-const sandbox = sinon.createSandbox()
+'use strict'
 
-const statusConnector = require('../../../src/lib/connectors/status')
+const { experiment, test } = exports.lab = require('@hapi/lab').script()
+const { expect } = require('@hapi/code')
 const controller = require('../../../src/modules/core/controller')
 
 experiment('modules/core/controller', () => {
-  experiment('.getStatus', () => {
-    beforeEach(async () => {
-      sandbox.stub(statusConnector, 'getStatus').resolves({ test: true })
-    })
-
-    afterEach(async () => {
-      sandbox.restore()
-    })
-
-    test('returns the status', async () => {
-      const response = await controller.getStatus()
-      expect(response.test).to.be.true()
-    })
-
-    test('throw if the status connector errors', async () => {
-      statusConnector.getStatus.rejects()
-      await expect(controller.getStatus()).to.reject()
+  experiment('getStatus', () => {
+    test('returns an object with the application status', () => {
+      const response = controller.getStatus()
+      expect(response.status).to.equal('alive')
     })
   })
 })