diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/search/elasticsearch.nix b/nixos/modules/services/search/elasticsearch.nix
index c76c86b0cadc..2ea22a945940 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/search/elasticsearch.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/search/elasticsearch.nix
@@ -188,11 +188,6 @@ in {
         ln -sfT ${cfg.package}/modules ${cfg.dataDir}/modules
         if [ "$(id -u)" = 0 ]; then chown -R elasticsearch ${cfg.dataDir}; fi
       '';
-      postStart = mkBefore ''
-        until ${pkgs.curl.bin}/bin/curl -s -o /dev/null ${cfg.listenAddress}:${toString cfg.port}; do
-          sleep 1
-        done
-      '';
     };
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];