diff --git a/docs/kubernetes/deploy/daemonset/daemonset.yaml b/docs/kubernetes/deploy/daemonset/daemonset.yaml
index 5646b0942e..b0b9d20336 100644
--- a/docs/kubernetes/deploy/daemonset/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/docs/kubernetes/deploy/daemonset/daemonset.yaml
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ spec:
           - "-experimental-upgrade"
           - "-metrics-exp-decay-sample"
           - "-reverse-source-predicate"
-          - "-lb-healthcheck-interval=3s"
           - "-metrics-flavour=codahale,prometheus"
           - "-enable-connection-metrics"
           - "-max-audit-body=0"
diff --git a/docs/kubernetes/deploy/deployment/deployment.yaml b/docs/kubernetes/deploy/deployment/deployment.yaml
index f15db53466..311e81b77e 100644
--- a/docs/kubernetes/deploy/deployment/deployment.yaml
+++ b/docs/kubernetes/deploy/deployment/deployment.yaml
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ spec:
           - "-experimental-upgrade"
           - "-metrics-exp-decay-sample"
           - "-reverse-source-predicate"
-          - "-lb-healthcheck-interval=3s"
           - "-metrics-flavour=prometheus"
           - "-enable-connection-metrics"
           - "-max-audit-body=0"
diff --git a/docs/tutorials/basics.md b/docs/tutorials/basics.md
index fc925ef07d..94ca076a7b 100644
--- a/docs/tutorials/basics.md
+++ b/docs/tutorials/basics.md
@@ -352,7 +352,6 @@ address: ":8080"
 enable-ratelimits: true
 experimental-upgrade: true
 metrics-exp-decay-sample: true
-lb-healthcheck-interval: "3s"
 metrics-flavour: ["codahale","prometheus"]
 enable-connection-metrics: true
 whitelisted-healthcheck-cidr: "172.20.0.0/16"
diff --git a/docs/tutorials/operations.md b/docs/tutorials/operations.md
index 79e5f85dd8..eab47ada9b 100644
--- a/docs/tutorials/operations.md
+++ b/docs/tutorials/operations.md
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ Kubernetes use cases:
           - "-proxy-preserve-host"
           - "-enable-ratelimits"
           - "-experimental-upgrade"
-          - "-lb-healthcheck-interval=3s"
           - "-metrics-flavour=prometheus"
           - "-metrics-exp-decay-sample"
           - "-serve-host-metrics"
diff --git a/packaging/helm/skipper-aws/templates/skipper/deployment.yaml b/packaging/helm/skipper-aws/templates/skipper/deployment.yaml
index 36e7bed55f..bf1d236f6e 100644
--- a/packaging/helm/skipper-aws/templates/skipper/deployment.yaml
+++ b/packaging/helm/skipper-aws/templates/skipper/deployment.yaml
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ spec:
           - "-experimental-upgrade"
           - "-metrics-exp-decay-sample"
           - "-reverse-source-predicate"
-          - "-lb-healthcheck-interval=3s"
           - "-metrics-flavour=prometheus"
           - "-enable-connection-metrics"
           - "-enable-route-lifo-metrics"