diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3c9242d56a7..07b7e809d74 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,23 +6,10 @@ ARG GOPROXY
 # Build tcheck binary
 FROM golang:1.13.6-alpine AS tcheck
 
-RUN apk add --update --no-cache ca-certificates git curl
-
-ENV GO111MODULE=off
-
-RUN curl https://glide.sh/get | sh
-
-ENV TCHECK_VERSION=v1.1.0
-
-RUN go get -d github.com/uber/tcheck
-RUN cd /go/src/github.com/uber/tcheck && git checkout ${TCHECK_VERSION}
-
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/uber/tcheck
 
-RUN glide install
-
-RUN go install
-
+COPY go.* ./
+RUN go build -mod=readonly -o /go/bin/tcheck github.com/uber/tcheck
 
 # Build Cadence binaries
 FROM golang:1.13.6-alpine AS builder
diff --git a/cmd/server/tools.go b/cmd/server/tools.go
index 5dd5539b6a4..9d1d9d36013 100644
--- a/cmd/server/tools.go
+++ b/cmd/server/tools.go
@@ -42,4 +42,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/mgechev/revive"
 	// coverage reporting
 	_ "github.com/dmetzgar/goveralls"
+
+	// health check for docker containers
+	_ "github.com/uber/tcheck"
 )
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1b9b048c072..08f3429b831 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/uber-go/tally v3.3.15+incompatible
 	github.com/uber/ringpop-go v0.8.5
 	github.com/uber/tchannel-go v1.16.0
+	github.com/uber/tcheck v1.1.0
 	github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.4
 	github.com/valyala/fastjson v1.4.1
 	github.com/xdg/scram v0.0.0-20180814205039-7eeb5667e42c
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8c248c7a73c..fe898d1d973 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -403,6 +403,8 @@ github.com/uber/ringpop-go v0.8.5/go.mod h1:zVI6eGO6L7pG14GkntHsSOfmUAWQ7B4lvmzl
 github.com/uber/tchannel-go v1.14.0/go.mod h1:Rrgz1eL8kMjW/nEzZos0t+Heq0O4LhnUJVA32OvWKHo=
 github.com/uber/tchannel-go v1.16.0 h1:B7dirDs15/vJJYDeoHpv3xaEUjuRZ38Rvt1qq9g7pSo=
 github.com/uber/tchannel-go v1.16.0/go.mod h1:Rrgz1eL8kMjW/nEzZos0t+Heq0O4LhnUJVA32OvWKHo=
+github.com/uber/tcheck v1.1.0 h1:Sf5jbtsSg03DZNe8vECLPtFCflAJVg/IYwIxyM9qL/o=
+github.com/uber/tcheck v1.1.0/go.mod h1:ytWRjtMoI4Rb/0aZxYeLQHhGyv3uxJk8UR39lq5RqNc=
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.4 h1:u7tSpNPPswAFymm8IehJhy4uJMlUuU/GmqSkvJ1InXA=
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.4/go.mod h1:Gos4lmkARVdJ6EkW0WaNv/tZAAMe9V7XWyB60NtXRu0=
 github.com/valyala/fastjson v1.4.1 h1:hrltpHpIpkaxll8QltMU8c3QZ5+qIiCL8yKqPFJI/yE=