diff --git a/images/manageiq-orchestrator/docker-assets/appliance-initialize.sh b/images/manageiq-orchestrator/docker-assets/appliance-initialize.sh
index 3ef64464..91e976ca 100755
--- a/images/manageiq-orchestrator/docker-assets/appliance-initialize.sh
+++ b/images/manageiq-orchestrator/docker-assets/appliance-initialize.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 # Source OpenShift scripting env
 [[ -s ${CONTAINER_SCRIPTS_ROOT}/container-deploy-common.sh ]] && source "${CONTAINER_SCRIPTS_ROOT}/container-deploy-common.sh"
 
-# Delay in seconds before we init, allows rest of services to settle
-sleep "${APPLICATION_INIT_DELAY}"
-
 write_v2_key
 
 write_guid
diff --git a/templates/miq-template-ext-db.yaml b/templates/miq-template-ext-db.yaml
index 0f7c8f68..ceb21a2f 100644
--- a/templates/miq-template-ext-db.yaml
+++ b/templates/miq-template-ext-db.yaml
@@ -340,8 +340,6 @@ objects:
               secretKeyRef:
                 name: "${NAME}-secrets"
                 key: admin-password
-          - name: APPLICATION_INIT_DELAY
-            value: "${APPLICATION_INIT_DELAY}"
           - name: GUID
             value: "${GUID}"
           - name: DATABASE_REGION
@@ -708,11 +706,6 @@ parameters:
   displayName: Application Hostname
   description: The exposed hostname that will route to the application service, if left blank a value will be defaulted.
   value: ''
-- name: APPLICATION_INIT_DELAY
-  displayName: Application Init Delay
-  required: true
-  description: Delay in seconds before we attempt to initialize the application.
-  value: '15'
 - name: HTTPD_SERVICE_NAME
   required: true
   displayName: Apache httpd Service Name
diff --git a/templates/miq-template.yaml b/templates/miq-template.yaml
index 45e17e7c..379d37ef 100644
--- a/templates/miq-template.yaml
+++ b/templates/miq-template.yaml
@@ -414,8 +414,6 @@ objects:
               secretKeyRef:
                 name: "${NAME}-secrets"
                 key: admin-password
-          - name: APPLICATION_INIT_DELAY
-            value: "${APPLICATION_INIT_DELAY}"
           - name: GUID
             value: "${GUID}"
           - name: DATABASE_REGION
@@ -874,11 +872,6 @@ parameters:
   displayName: Application Hostname
   description: The exposed hostname that will route to the application service, if left blank a value will be defaulted.
   value: ''
-- name: APPLICATION_INIT_DELAY
-  displayName: Application Init Delay
-  required: true
-  description: Delay in seconds before we attempt to initialize the application.
-  value: '15'
 - name: DATABASE_VOLUME_CAPACITY
   displayName: Database Volume Capacity
   required: true