diff --git a/infra/colony/docker-compose.yml b/infra/colony/docker-compose.yml
index 3240ee2..2e3e537 100644
--- a/infra/colony/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/infra/colony/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,15 +9,9 @@ services:
       - DATABASE_URL=sqlite:/data/colony.db?mode=rwc
     volumes:
       - colony_data:/data
-    # No ports exposed — Caddy reverse proxies on internal network
     expose:
       - "3001"
     restart: always
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:3001/api/health"]
-      interval: 10s
-      timeout: 3s
-      retries: 3
 
   caddy:
     image: caddy:2.11
@@ -31,8 +25,7 @@ services:
       - caddy_config:/config
     restart: always
     depends_on:
-      colony:
-        condition: service_healthy
+      - colony
 
 volumes:
   colony_data: