diff --git a/production/helm/promtail/values.yaml b/production/helm/promtail/values.yaml
index 54ac463f916c98d70ed2dad1fe922caa40671ef0..e6cb8f620ff5c93974e71319bdcc7c384a3f88a5 100644
--- a/production/helm/promtail/values.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/promtail/values.yaml
@@ -13,15 +13,7 @@ image:
   tag: latest
   pullPolicy: Always # Always pull while in BETA
 
-livenessProbe:
-  failureThreshold: 5
-  httpGet:
-    path: /ready
-    port: http-metrics
-  initialDelaySeconds: 10
-  periodSeconds: 10
-  successThreshold: 1
-  timeoutSeconds: 1
+livenessProbe: {}
 
 loki:
   serviceName: "" # Defaults to "${RELEASE}-loki" if not set
diff --git a/production/ksonnet/promtail/promtail.libsonnet b/production/ksonnet/promtail/promtail.libsonnet
index 4fc68f60be093cda56b0be1f8b20a9d056d3e21a..6b7964658b9f7a16062b4248645e336de1ebf4ed 100644
--- a/production/ksonnet/promtail/promtail.libsonnet
+++ b/production/ksonnet/promtail/promtail.libsonnet
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ k + config + scrape_config {
     container.withEnv([
       container.envType.fromFieldPath('HOSTNAME', 'spec.nodeName'),
     ]) +
-    container.mixin.livenessProbe.httpGet.withPath('/ready') +
-    container.mixin.livenessProbe.httpGet.withPort(80) +
-    container.mixin.livenessProbe.withInitialDelaySeconds(10) +
-    container.mixin.livenessProbe.withTimeoutSeconds(1) +
     container.mixin.readinessProbe.httpGet.withPath('/ready') +
     container.mixin.readinessProbe.httpGet.withPort(80) +
     container.mixin.readinessProbe.withInitialDelaySeconds(10) +
diff --git a/tools/promtail.sh b/tools/promtail.sh
index 83ba6a7bbedd8c80d23a3978c32c2242019bb161..635eb534e7b27f30170fb42f5f873429fc1a0c44 100755
--- a/tools/promtail.sh
+++ b/tools/promtail.sh
@@ -238,12 +238,6 @@ spec:
         image: grafana/promtail:latest
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: promtail
-        livenessProbe:
-          httpGet:
-            path: /ready
-            port: http-metrics
-            scheme: HTTP
-          initialDelaySeconds: 10
         readinessProbe:
           httpGet:
             path: /ready