diff --git a/dankclaw/compose.yaml b/dankclaw/compose.yaml
index 2472b8a..46ac39f 100644
--- a/dankclaw/compose.yaml
+++ b/dankclaw/compose.yaml
@@ -84,11 +84,9 @@ services:
       - "8090:8090"
     volumes:
       - /home/dank/hermes-data:/data
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "python3", "-c", "import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://localhost:8090/')"]
-      interval: 30s
-      timeout: 10s
-      retries: 3
+    # No healthcheck: 'hermes gateway run' starts the messaging gateway (Signal
+    # SSE), not the :8090 web dashboard, so there is no HTTP endpoint to probe.
+    # The container's running state + the daemon's SSE connection are the signal.
 
   # --- Git hosting (migrated from /opt/gitea) ------------------------------
   postgres: