diff --git a/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/rootHttpRouter/createHealthcheck.test.ts b/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/rootHttpRouter/createHealthcheck.test.ts
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--- a/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/rootHttpRouter/createHealthcheck.test.ts
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-/*
- * Copyright 2024 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import express from 'express';
-import request from 'supertest';
-import { createHealthcheck } from './createHealthcheck';
-
-describe('createHealthcheck', () => {
-  it('should return a router with a healthcheck endpoint', async () => {
-    const hc = createHealthcheck();
-    const app = express().use(hc.router);
-
-    let response = await request(app).get('/healthcheck').expect(200);
-    expect(response.body).toEqual({ status: 'ok' });
-
-    hc.addHandler(async () => ({ allgood: true }));
-    response = await request(app).get('/healthcheck').expect(200);
-    expect(response.body).toEqual({ allgood: true });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/rootHttpRouter/createHealthcheck.ts b/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/rootHttpRouter/createHealthcheck.ts
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--- a/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/rootHttpRouter/createHealthcheck.ts
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-/*
- * Copyright 2024 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-import { Request, Response } from 'express';
-import Router from 'express-promise-router';
-
-export function createHealthcheck() {
-  const router = Router();
-  let handler = () => Promise.resolve({ status: 'ok' });
-
-  router.get('/healthcheck', async (_request: Request, response: Response) => {
-    const status = await handler();
-    response.json(status);
-  });
-
-  return {
-    router,
-    addHandler: (newHandler: () => Promise<any>) => {
-      handler = newHandler;
-    },
-  };
-}