diff --git a/healthcheck/ovn-dbs b/healthcheck/ovn-dbs
index 46b78d84d..4a0b4de62 100755
--- a/healthcheck/ovn-dbs
+++ b/healthcheck/ovn-dbs
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-. ${HEALTHCHECK_SCRIPTS:-/usr/share/openstack-tripleo-common/healthcheck}/common.sh
-
 process='ovn-northd'
-sockets="${@:-/run/openvswitch/ovnnb_db.sock /run/openvswitch/ovnsb_db.sock}"
-
-for sock in sockets; do
-    if ! healthcheck_socket $process $sock; then
-        echo "There is no $process process connected to socket $sock running in the container"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-done
+/usr/bin/ovs-appctl -t ${process} version 1>/dev/null