diff --git a/base/notify-celery-email-send/celery-email-send-deployment.yaml b/base/notify-celery-email-send/celery-email-send-deployment.yaml
index eb2ea7193..7cf7c7e64 100644
--- a/base/notify-celery-email-send/celery-email-send-deployment.yaml
+++ b/base/notify-celery-email-send/celery-email-send-deployment.yaml
@@ -21,37 +21,6 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: celery-email-send
     spec:
-      initContainers:
-      - name: wait-cwagent-ready
-        env:
-          - name: STATSD_HOST
-            valueFrom:
-              fieldRef:
-                fieldPath: spec.nodeName
-        image: api
-        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-        command: ["sh", "-c"]
-        args:
-          - >-
-            if [ -n "${STATSD_HOST}" ]; then
-                echo "Initializing... Waiting for CWAgent to become ready within the next 30 seconds."
-                timeout=30
-                while [ $timeout -gt 0 ]; do
-                    if nc -vz "$STATSD_HOST" 25888; then
-                        echo "CWAgent is Ready."
-                        break
-                    else
-                        echo "Waiting for CWAgent to become ready."
-                        sleep 1
-                        timeout=$((timeout - 1))
-                    fi
-                done
-                
-                if [ $timeout -eq 0 ]; then
-                    echo "Timeout reached. CWAgent did not become ready in 30 seconds."
-                    exit 1
-                fi
-            fi    
       containers:
         - image: api
           imagePullPolicy: Always
diff --git a/base/notify-celery-main/celery-deployment.yaml b/base/notify-celery-main/celery-deployment.yaml
index 22e64485e..8b07327eb 100644
--- a/base/notify-celery-main/celery-deployment.yaml
+++ b/base/notify-celery-main/celery-deployment.yaml
@@ -23,37 +23,6 @@ spec:
         app: celery
         # profile: fargate
     spec:
-      initContainers:
-      - name: wait-cwagent-ready
-        env:
-          - name: STATSD_HOST
-            valueFrom:
-              fieldRef:
-                fieldPath: spec.nodeName
-        image: api
-        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-        command: ["sh", "-c"]
-        args:
-          - >-
-            if [ -n "${STATSD_HOST}" ]; then
-                echo "Initializing... Waiting for CWAgent to become ready within the next 30 seconds."
-                timeout=30
-                while [ $timeout -gt 0 ]; do
-                    if nc -vz "$STATSD_HOST" 25888; then
-                        echo "CWAgent is Ready."
-                        break
-                    else
-                        echo "Waiting for CWAgent to become ready."
-                        sleep 1
-                        timeout=$((timeout - 1))
-                    fi
-                done
-                
-                if [ $timeout -eq 0 ]; then
-                    echo "Timeout reached. CWAgent did not become ready in 30 seconds."
-                    exit 1
-                fi
-            fi    
       containers:
         - image: api
           imagePullPolicy: Always
diff --git a/base/notify-celery-sms-send/celery-sms-send-deployment.yaml b/base/notify-celery-sms-send/celery-sms-send-deployment.yaml
index 86310f53a..7ed6e10d7 100644
--- a/base/notify-celery-sms-send/celery-sms-send-deployment.yaml
+++ b/base/notify-celery-sms-send/celery-sms-send-deployment.yaml
@@ -21,148 +21,117 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: celery-sms-send
     spec:
-      initContainers:
-      - name: wait-cwagent-ready
-        env:
-          - name: STATSD_HOST
-            valueFrom:
-              fieldRef:
-                fieldPath: spec.nodeName
-        image: api
-        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-        command: ["sh", "-c"]
-        args:
-          - >-
-            if [ -n "${STATSD_HOST}" ]; then
-                echo "Initializing... Waiting for CWAgent to become ready within the next 30 seconds."
-                timeout=30
-                while [ $timeout -gt 0 ]; do
-                    if nc -vz "$STATSD_HOST" 25888; then
-                        echo "CWAgent is Ready."
-                        break
-                    else
-                        echo "Waiting for CWAgent to become ready."
-                        sleep 1
-                        timeout=$((timeout - 1))
-                    fi
-                done
-                
-                if [ $timeout -eq 0 ]; then
-                    echo "Timeout reached. CWAgent did not become ready in 30 seconds."
-                    exit 1
-                fi
-            fi
       containers:
-      - image: api
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
-        name: celery-sms-send
-        env:
-          - name: ADMIN_BASE_URL
-            value: https://$(BASE_DOMAIN)
-          - name: ADMIN_CLIENT_SECRET
-            value: '$(ADMIN_CLIENT_SECRET)'
-          - name: ALLOW_HTML_SERVICE_IDS
-            value: '$(ALLOW_HTML_SERVICE_IDS)'
-          - name: API_HOST_NAME
-            value: '$(API_HOST_NAME)'
-          - name: ASSET_DOMAIN
-            value: '$(ASSET_DOMAIN)'
-          - name: ASSET_UPLOAD_BUCKET_NAME
-            value: '$(ASSET_UPLOAD_BUCKET_NAME)'
-          - name: AWS_PINPOINT_REGION
-            value: '$(AWS_PINPOINT_REGION)'
-          - name: AWS_REGION
-            value: '$(AWS_REGION)'
-          - name: BATCH_INSERTION_CHUNK_SIZE
-            value: '$(BATCH_INSERTION_CHUNK_SIZE)'
-          - name: BULK_SEND_TEST_SERVICE_ID
-            value: '$(BULK_SEND_TEST_SERVICE_ID)'
-          - name: CELERY_CONCURRENCY
-            value: '$(CELERY_CONCURRENCY)'
-          - name: CELERY_DELIVER_SMS_RATE_LIMIT
-            value: '$(CELERY_DELIVER_SMS_RATE_LIMIT)'
-          - name: CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET_NAME
-            value: '$(CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET_NAME)'
-          - name: DANGEROUS_SALT
-            value: '$(DANGEROUS_SALT)'
-          - name: DOCUMENT_DOWNLOAD_API_HOST
-            value: 'http://document-download-api.notification-canada-ca.svc.cluster.local:7000'
-          - name: FF_SPIKE_SMS_DAILY_LIMIT
-            value: '$(FF_SPIKE_SMS_DAILY_LIMIT)'
-          - name: FF_SMS_PARTS_UI
-            value: '$(FF_SMS_PARTS_UI)'
-          - name: FF_EMAIL_DAILY_LIMIT
-            value: '$(FF_EMAIL_DAILY_LIMIT)'
-          - name: FIDO2_DOMAIN
-            value: '$(FIDO2_DOMAIN)'
-          - name: HC_EN_SERVICE_ID
-            value: '$(HC_EN_SERVICE_ID)'
-          - name: HC_FR_SERVICE_ID
-            value: '$(HC_FR_SERVICE_ID)'
-          - name: NOTIFY_EMAIL_DOMAIN
-            value: '$(BASE_DOMAIN)'
-          - name: NOTIFY_ENVIRONMENT
-            value: '$(ENVIRONMENT)'
-          - name: NOTIFICATION_QUEUE_PREFIX
-            value: 'eks-notification-canada-ca'
-          - name: REDIS_URL
-            value: '$(REDIS_URL)'
-          - name: REDIS_PUBLISH_URL
-            value: '$(REDIS_PUBLISH_URL)'
-          - name: REDIS_ENABLED
-            value: '1'
-          - name: SECRET_KEY
-            value: '$(SECRET_KEY)'
-          - name: SENDGRID_API_KEY
-            value: '$(SENDGRID_API_KEY)'
-          - name: SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI
-            value: '$(POSTGRES_SQL)'
-          - name: SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_READER_URI
-            value: '$(SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_READER_URI)'
-          - name: STATSD_HOST
-            valueFrom:
-              fieldRef:
-                fieldPath: spec.nodeName
-          - name: TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID
-            value: '$(TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID)'
-          - name: TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN
-            value: '$(TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN)'
-          - name: TWILIO_FROM_NUMBER
-            value: '$(TWILIO_FROM_NUMBER)'
-          - name: AWS_US_TOLL_FREE_NUMBER
-            value: '$(AWS_US_TOLL_FREE_NUMBER)'
-          - name: SENTRY_URL
-            value: '$(SENTRY_URL)'
-          - name: NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME
-            value: 'notification-celery-$(ENVIRONMENT)'
-          - name: NEW_RELIC_DISTRIBUTED_TRACING_ENABLED
-            value: 'true'
-          - name: NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY
-            value: '$(NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY)'
-          - name: NEW_RELIC_MONITOR_MODE
-            value: '$(NEW_RELIC_MONITOR_MODE)'
-          - name: FF_CLOUDWATCH_METRICS_ENABLED
-            value: 'True'
-          - name: FF_BOUNCE_RATE_V1
-            value: '$(FF_BOUNCE_RATE_V1)'
-          - name: FF_BOUNCE_RATE_BACKEND
-            value: '$(FF_BOUNCE_RATE_BACKEND)'
-        lifecycle:
-          preStop:
-            exec:
-              command:
-              - /bin/bash
-              - -c
-              - /app/scripts/run_celery_exit.sh
-        command: ["/bin/sh"]
-        args: ["-c", "sh /app/scripts/run_celery_send_sms.sh"]
-        resources:
-          requests:
-            cpu: "100m"
-            memory: "500Mi"
-          limits:
-            cpu: "550m"
-            memory: "1024Mi"
+        - image: api
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
+          name: celery-sms-send
+          env:
+            - name: ADMIN_BASE_URL
+              value: https://$(BASE_DOMAIN)
+            - name: ADMIN_CLIENT_SECRET
+              value: '$(ADMIN_CLIENT_SECRET)'
+            - name: ALLOW_HTML_SERVICE_IDS
+              value: '$(ALLOW_HTML_SERVICE_IDS)'
+            - name: API_HOST_NAME
+              value: '$(API_HOST_NAME)'
+            - name: ASSET_DOMAIN
+              value: '$(ASSET_DOMAIN)'
+            - name: ASSET_UPLOAD_BUCKET_NAME
+              value: '$(ASSET_UPLOAD_BUCKET_NAME)'
+            - name: AWS_PINPOINT_REGION
+              value: '$(AWS_PINPOINT_REGION)'
+            - name: AWS_REGION
+              value: '$(AWS_REGION)'
+            - name: BATCH_INSERTION_CHUNK_SIZE
+              value: '$(BATCH_INSERTION_CHUNK_SIZE)'
+            - name: BULK_SEND_TEST_SERVICE_ID
+              value: '$(BULK_SEND_TEST_SERVICE_ID)'
+            - name: CELERY_CONCURRENCY
+              value: '$(CELERY_CONCURRENCY)'
+            - name: CELERY_DELIVER_SMS_RATE_LIMIT
+              value: '$(CELERY_DELIVER_SMS_RATE_LIMIT)'
+            - name: CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET_NAME
+              value: '$(CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET_NAME)'
+            - name: DANGEROUS_SALT
+              value: '$(DANGEROUS_SALT)'
+            - name: DOCUMENT_DOWNLOAD_API_HOST
+              value: 'http://document-download-api.notification-canada-ca.svc.cluster.local:7000'
+            - name: FF_SPIKE_SMS_DAILY_LIMIT
+              value: '$(FF_SPIKE_SMS_DAILY_LIMIT)'
+            - name: FF_SMS_PARTS_UI
+              value: '$(FF_SMS_PARTS_UI)'
+            - name: FF_EMAIL_DAILY_LIMIT
+              value: '$(FF_EMAIL_DAILY_LIMIT)'
+            - name: FIDO2_DOMAIN
+              value: '$(FIDO2_DOMAIN)'
+            - name: HC_EN_SERVICE_ID
+              value: '$(HC_EN_SERVICE_ID)'
+            - name: HC_FR_SERVICE_ID
+              value: '$(HC_FR_SERVICE_ID)'
+            - name: NOTIFY_EMAIL_DOMAIN
+              value: '$(BASE_DOMAIN)'
+            - name: NOTIFY_ENVIRONMENT
+              value: '$(ENVIRONMENT)'
+            - name: NOTIFICATION_QUEUE_PREFIX
+              value: 'eks-notification-canada-ca'
+            - name: REDIS_URL
+              value: '$(REDIS_URL)'
+            - name: REDIS_PUBLISH_URL
+              value: '$(REDIS_PUBLISH_URL)'
+            - name: REDIS_ENABLED
+              value: '1'
+            - name: SECRET_KEY
+              value: '$(SECRET_KEY)'
+            - name: SENDGRID_API_KEY
+              value: '$(SENDGRID_API_KEY)'
+            - name: SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI
+              value: '$(POSTGRES_SQL)'
+            - name: SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_READER_URI
+              value: '$(SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_READER_URI)'
+            - name: STATSD_HOST
+              valueFrom:
+                fieldRef:
+                  fieldPath: spec.nodeName
+            - name: TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID
+              value: '$(TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID)'
+            - name: TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN
+              value: '$(TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN)'
+            - name: TWILIO_FROM_NUMBER
+              value: '$(TWILIO_FROM_NUMBER)'
+            - name: AWS_US_TOLL_FREE_NUMBER
+              value: '$(AWS_US_TOLL_FREE_NUMBER)'
+            - name: SENTRY_URL
+              value: '$(SENTRY_URL)'
+            - name: NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME
+              value: 'notification-celery-$(ENVIRONMENT)'
+            - name: NEW_RELIC_DISTRIBUTED_TRACING_ENABLED
+              value: 'true'
+            - name: NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY
+              value: '$(NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY)'
+            - name: NEW_RELIC_MONITOR_MODE
+              value: '$(NEW_RELIC_MONITOR_MODE)'
+            - name: FF_CLOUDWATCH_METRICS_ENABLED
+              value: 'True'
+            - name: FF_BOUNCE_RATE_V1
+              value: '$(FF_BOUNCE_RATE_V1)'
+            - name: FF_BOUNCE_RATE_BACKEND
+              value: '$(FF_BOUNCE_RATE_BACKEND)'
+          lifecycle:
+            preStop:
+              exec:
+                command:
+                - /bin/bash
+                - -c
+                - /app/scripts/run_celery_exit.sh
+          command: ["/bin/sh"]
+          args: ["-c", "sh /app/scripts/run_celery_send_sms.sh"]
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: "100m"
+              memory: "500Mi"
+            limits:
+              cpu: "550m"
+              memory: "1024Mi"
       dnsPolicy: ClusterFirst
       restartPolicy: Always
       schedulerName: default-scheduler