diff --git a/dns/dns.yaml b/dns/dns.yaml
index 3927323..31515c6 100644
--- a/dns/dns.yaml
+++ b/dns/dns.yaml
@@ -49,20 +49,6 @@ spec:
           - --advertise-client-urls=http://etcd.dns.svc:2379
         ports:
         - { name: client, containerPort: 2379, protocol: TCP }
-        # probes use loopback to avoid IPv6 node->pod path
-        startupProbe:
-          exec:
-            command: ["/bin/sh","-c","curl -s --max-time 1 http://[::1]:2379/health | grep -q true"]
-          failureThreshold: 30
-          periodSeconds: 2
-        readinessProbe:
-          exec:
-            command: ["/bin/sh","-c","curl -s --max-time 1 http://[::1]:2379/health | grep -q true"]
-          periodSeconds: 3
-        livenessProbe:
-          exec:
-            command: ["/bin/sh","-c","curl -s --max-time 1 http://[::1]:2379/health | grep -q true"]
-          periodSeconds: 10
         volumeMounts:
         - { name: data, mountPath: /var/lib/etcd }
       volumes: