diff --git a/jobs/garden/monit b/jobs/garden/monit
index 806a1416..5b9739d1 100644
--- a/jobs/garden/monit
+++ b/jobs/garden/monit
@@ -20,11 +20,3 @@ check process garden
 
   group vcap
 <% end %>
-
-check process garden-healthchecker
-  with pidfile /var/vcap/sys/run/bpm/garden/garden-healthchecker.pid
-  start program "/var/vcap/jobs/bpm/bin/bpm start garden -p garden-healthchecker"
-  stop program "/var/vcap/jobs/bpm/bin/bpm stop garden -p garden-healthchecker"
-  if 1 restarts within 1 cycles then exec  "/var/vcap/packages/garden-runc-healthchecker/bin/restart-monit-job garden <%= p('healthchecker.failure_counter_file') %>"
-  depends on garden
-  group vcap
diff --git a/jobs/garden/spec b/jobs/garden/spec
index 125909ed..0d2a8fb4 100644
--- a/jobs/garden/spec
+++ b/jobs/garden/spec
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ templates:
   bin/containerd_utils.erb:                 bin/containerd_utils
   bin/pre-start:                            bin/pre-start
   bin/post-start:                           bin/post-start
-  config/healthchecker.yml.erb:             config/healthchecker.yml
 
 packages:
   - guardian
@@ -309,7 +308,3 @@ properties:
   logging.format.timestamp:
     description: "Format for timestamp in component logs. Valid values are 'unix-epoch' and 'rfc3339'."
     default: "unix-epoch"
-
-  healthchecker.failure_counter_file:
-    description: "File used by the healthchecker to monitor consecutive failures."
-    default: /var/vcap/data/garden/counters/consecutive_healthchecker_failures.count
diff --git a/jobs/garden/templates/bin/restart-garden.erb b/jobs/garden/templates/bin/restart-garden.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index f7df11db..00000000
--- a/jobs/garden/templates/bin/restart-garden.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-PIDFILE="/var/vcap/sys/run/garden/restart-garden.pid"
-FAILURE_COUNTER_FILE="<%= p("healthchecker.failure_counter_file") %>"
-
-# As this script might run longer than a monit cycle (10s) and thus might be
-# triggered several times, it must be ensured that it runs only once.
-[[ -s "$PIDFILE" ]] && exit
-
-function on_exit {
-    rm -f $PIDFILE
-}
-
-trap on_exit EXIT
-
-echo "$BASHPID" > "$PIDFILE"
-
-LOGFILE="/var/vcap/sys/log/garden/restart-garden.log"
-echo "$(date) - pid: $BASHPID - Monit triggered restart" >> "$LOGFILE"
-
-failure_counter="$(cat ${FAILURE_COUNTER_FILE})"
-
-if (( failure_counter < 10 )); then
-  /var/vcap/bosh/bin/monit restart garden
-  sleep 1
-  echo "$(date) - pid: $BASHPID - Waiting for garden to be restarted" >> "$LOGFILE"
-
-  until /var/vcap/bosh/bin/monit summary | grep garden | grep -v healthchecker | grep running; do
-    sleep 1
-  done
-  /var/vcap/bosh/bin/monit reload garden-healthchecker
-  echo "$(date) - pid: $BASHPID - garden was restarted" >> "$LOGFILE"
-else
-  echo "$(date) - pid: $BASHPID - 10 consecutive failures in a row. Stopping healthcheck to avoid constantly bringing down the main service." >> "${LOGFILE}"
-  /var/vcap/bosh/bin/monit unmonitor garden-healthchecker
-fi
diff --git a/jobs/garden/templates/config/bpm.yml.erb b/jobs/garden/templates/config/bpm.yml.erb
index ac79716d..f67bc0b3 100644
--- a/jobs/garden/templates/config/bpm.yml.erb
+++ b/jobs/garden/templates/config/bpm.yml.erb
@@ -26,16 +26,3 @@ processes:
         shared: true
         writable: true
 <%- } } -%>
-  - name: garden-healthchecker
-    executable: /var/vcap/packages/garden-runc-healthchecker/bin/healthchecker
-    args:
-      - -c
-      - /var/vcap/jobs/garden/config/healthchecker.yml
-    additional_volumes:
-<%- if p('garden.listen_network') == "unix" -%>
-      - path: /var/vcap/data/garden/garden.sock
-        writable: true
-        mount_only: true
-<%- end -%>
-      - path: <%= File.dirname(p('healthchecker.failure_counter_file')) %> 
-        writable: true
diff --git a/jobs/garden/templates/config/healthchecker.yml.erb b/jobs/garden/templates/config/healthchecker.yml.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a7bd66b..00000000
--- a/jobs/garden/templates/config/healthchecker.yml.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<%=
-
-if p('garden.listen_network') == "unix"
-  health_endpoint = {
-    'socket' => p('garden.listen_address'),
-    'path' => '/ping',
-  }
-else
-  ip, port = p('garden.listen_address').split(':')
-  health_endpoint = {
-    'host' => ip,
-    'port' => Integer(port),
-    'path' => '/ping'
-  }
-end
-
-config = {
-  'component_name' => 'garden-healthchecker',
-  'failure_counter_file' => p('healthchecker.failure_counter_file'),
-  'log_level' =>  p('garden.log_level'),
-  'healthcheck_endpoint' => health_endpoint,
-}
-
-config.to_yaml
--%>
diff --git a/spec/jobs/garden_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/garden_spec.rb
index 1eba2f05..8fe92266 100644
--- a/spec/jobs/garden_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jobs/garden_spec.rb
@@ -91,18 +91,6 @@
         expect(rendered_template['server']['cpu-entitlement-per-share']).to eql(0)
       end
 
-      context 'healthchecker' do
-        let(:template) { job.template('config/healthchecker.yml') }
-        let(:rendered_template) { YAML.load(template.render(properties)) }
-
-        it 'parses out the correct health endpoint' do
-          expect(rendered_template['healthcheck_endpoint']).to eql({
-            'socket' => '/var/vcap/data/garden/garden.sock',
-            'path'   => '/ping',
-          })
-        end
-      end
-
       context 'cpu throttling' do
         context 'by default' do
           it 'sets the enable cpu throttling per share to false' do
@@ -239,34 +227,18 @@
     end
 
     context 'with a listen address' do
-      before do
+      it 'switches to a listen address and port' do
         properties.merge!(
           'garden' => {
             'listen_network' => 'tcp',
             'listen_address' => '127.0.0.1:5555'
           }
         )
-      end
-
-      it 'switches to a listen address and port' do
         rendered_template = IniParse.parse(template.render(properties))
         expect(rendered_template['server']['bind-ip']).to eql('127.0.0.1')
         expect(rendered_template['server']['bind-port']).to eql(5555)
       end
 
-      context 'healthchecker' do
-        let(:template) { job.template('config/healthchecker.yml') }
-        let(:rendered_template) { YAML.load(template.render(properties)) }
-
-        it 'parses out the correct health endpoint' do
-          expect(rendered_template['healthcheck_endpoint']).to eql({
-            'port' => 5555,
-           'host'  => '127.0.0.1',
-            'path' => '/ping',
-          })
-        end
-      end
-
       # it 'throws an exception if the ip is invalid' do
       #   properties.merge!({
       #     'garden' => {