diff --git a/kubernetes-manifests/loadgenerator.yaml b/kubernetes-manifests/loadgenerator.yaml
index c2aeb98..0606d4b 100644
--- a/kubernetes-manifests/loadgenerator.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes-manifests/loadgenerator.yaml
@@ -28,17 +28,6 @@ spec:
     spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 5
       restartPolicy: Always
-      initContainers:
-      - name: wait-frontend
-        image: alpine:3.6
-        command: ['sh', '-c', 'set -x;  apk add --no-cache curl && 
-          until timeout -t 2 curl -f "http://${FRONTEND_ADDR}"; do 
-            echo "waiting for http://${FRONTEND_ADDR}"; 
-            sleep 2;
-          done;']
-        env:
-        - name: FRONTEND_ADDR
-          value: "frontend:80"
       containers:
       - name: main
         image: loadgenerator
diff --git a/release/kubernetes-manifests.yaml b/release/kubernetes-manifests.yaml
index 975ff6e..e49f0a1 100644
--- a/release/kubernetes-manifests.yaml
+++ b/release/kubernetes-manifests.yaml
@@ -447,17 +447,6 @@ spec:
     spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 5
       restartPolicy: Always
-      initContainers:
-      - name: wait-frontend
-        image: alpine:3.6
-        command: ['sh', '-c', 'set -x;  apk add --no-cache curl && 
-          until timeout -t 2 curl -f "http://${FRONTEND_ADDR}"; do 
-            echo "waiting for http://${FRONTEND_ADDR}"; 
-            sleep 2;
-          done;']
-        env:
-        - name: FRONTEND_ADDR
-          value: "frontend:80"
       containers:
       - name: main
         image: gcr.io/google-samples/microservices-demo/loadgenerator:v0.1.2