diff --git a/logprep/connector/http/input.py b/logprep/connector/http/input.py
index 1451a0b04..d0dafebbc 100644
--- a/logprep/connector/http/input.py
+++ b/logprep/connector/http/input.py
@@ -411,9 +411,6 @@ class Config(Input.Config):
         metafield_name: str = field(validator=validators.instance_of(str), default="@metadata")
         """Defines the name of the key for the collected metadata fields"""
 
-        health_timeout: int = field(validator=validators.instance_of(int), default=5)
-        """Timeout in seconds for health check"""
-
     __slots__ = []
 
     messages: mp.Queue = None
diff --git a/logprep/metrics/exporter.py b/logprep/metrics/exporter.py
index 969895354..6f43ca785 100644
--- a/logprep/metrics/exporter.py
+++ b/logprep/metrics/exporter.py
@@ -21,16 +21,17 @@ def make_patched_asgi_app(functions: Iterable[Callable] | None) -> Callable:
 
     functions = functions if functions else [lambda: DEFAULT_HEALTH_STATE]
 
+    response_start_ok = {"type": "http.response.start", "status": 200}
+    response_body_ok = {"type": "http.response.body", "body": b"OK"}
+    response_start_fail = {"type": "http.response.start", "status": 503}
+    response_body_fail = {"type": "http.response.body", "body": b"FAIL"}
+
     async def asgi_app(scope, receive, send):
         """asgi app with health check and metrics handling"""
         if scope["type"] == "http" and scope["path"] == "/health":
-            await send(
-                {
-                    "type": "http.response.start",
-                    "status": 200 if all(f() for f in functions) else 503,
-                }
-            )
-            await send({"type": "http.response.body", "body": b"OK"})
+            success = all(f() for f in functions)
+            await send(response_start_ok if success else response_start_fail)
+            await send(response_body_ok if success else response_body_fail)
         else:
             await prometheus_app(scope, receive, send)
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/metrics/test_exporter.py b/tests/unit/metrics/test_exporter.py
index 35a91d817..740ac2253 100644
--- a/tests/unit/metrics/test_exporter.py
+++ b/tests/unit/metrics/test_exporter.py
@@ -127,3 +127,26 @@ def test_health_check_returns_status_code(self, functions, expected):
         resp = requests.get("http://localhost:8000/health", timeout=0.5)
         assert resp.status_code == expected
         exporter.server.shut_down()
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "functions, expected",
+        [
+            ([lambda: True], "OK"),
+            ([lambda: True, lambda: True], "OK"),
+            ([lambda: False], "FAIL"),
+            ([lambda: False, lambda: False], "FAIL"),
+            ([lambda: False, lambda: True, lambda: True], "FAIL"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_health_check_returns_body(self, functions, expected):
+        exporter = PrometheusExporter(self.metrics_config)
+        exporter.server = http.ThreadingHTTPServer(
+            exporter.configuration.uvicorn_config | {"port": 8000, "host": "0.0.0.0"},
+            make_patched_asgi_app(functions),
+            daemon=False,
+            logger_name="Exporter",
+        )
+        exporter.server.start()
+        resp = requests.get("http://localhost:8000/health", timeout=0.5)
+        assert resp.content.decode() == expected
+        exporter.server.shut_down()