diff --git a/lb-test-common/overlay/opt/frontend/config/catestdb/haproxy.j2 b/lb-test-common/overlay/opt/frontend/config/catestdb/haproxy.j2
index 75ded9f..5a5959e 100644
--- a/lb-test-common/overlay/opt/frontend/config/catestdb/haproxy.j2
+++ b/lb-test-common/overlay/opt/frontend/config/catestdb/haproxy.j2
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ frontend {{ site_name }}
 {% block backend %}
 {{ output_backends(backends,
         config=[
-        'option httpchk GET',
         'http-check expect status 200',
         'default-server inter 3s fall 3 rise 2 on-marked-down shutdown-sessions',
         ],