diff --git a/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml b/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
index 6dd2f3fef7cd0f31b5468a6b0571c335437d1e5d..24dad2db944c19c9ef5e298814cd61f20be36644 100644
--- a/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -60,11 +60,6 @@ spec:
         image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
         ports:
           - containerPort: 8080
-        # This preStop hook has been added as a temporary workaround to minimize downtime during deployments until this limitation is addressed at the AGIC level
-        lifecycle:
-          preStop:
-            exec:
-              command: ["sleep", "15"]
         envFrom:
         - configMapRef:
             name: {{ .Values.configMap.name }}{{ $nameSuffix }}
@@ -107,4 +102,4 @@ spec:
             path: {{ include "os-wellbore-ddms.prefix" . }}/healthz
             port: 8080
           {{ toYaml .Values.probes.readiness | nindent 10 }}
-      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 45
+