diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 74e12b9d820a6..62f6154f792ea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standa
 
 ### Features
 
-* **autoscaling:** health check configuration ([#3390](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/3390)) ([c9a2c21](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/c9a2c21)), closes [#3381](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/3381)
 * **cli:** VPC context provider looks up RouteTable IDs ([#3171](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/3171)) ([6d762f9](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/6d762f9))
 * **cloudformation:** update to Resource Specification v4.2.0 ([#3351](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/3351)) ([9ec57af](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/9ec57af))
 * **cloudwatch:** dashboardName validation ([#3382](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/3382)) ([f53f845](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/f53f845)), closes [#2976](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/2976)
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/lib/auto-scaling-group.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/lib/auto-scaling-group.ts
index 2782bb1905d89..6594dc67249e5 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/lib/auto-scaling-group.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/lib/auto-scaling-group.ts
@@ -156,13 +156,6 @@ export interface CommonAutoScalingGroupProps {
    * @default none
    */
   readonly spotPrice?: string;
-
-  /**
-   * Configuration for health checks
-   *
-   * @default - HealthCheck.ec2 with no grace period
-   */
-  readonly healthCheck?: HealthCheck;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -451,9 +444,7 @@ export class AutoScalingGroup extends AutoScalingGroupBase implements
           ],
         }
       ],
-      vpcZoneIdentifier: subnetIds,
-      healthCheckType: props.healthCheck && props.healthCheck.type,
-      healthCheckGracePeriod: props.healthCheck && props.healthCheck.gracePeriod && props.healthCheck.gracePeriod.toSeconds(),
+      vpcZoneIdentifier: subnetIds
     };
 
     if (!hasPublic && props.associatePublicIpAddress) {
@@ -682,61 +673,6 @@ export enum ScalingProcess {
   ADD_TO_LOAD_BALANCER = 'AddToLoadBalancer'
 }
 
-/**
- * EC2 Heath check options
- */
-export interface Ec2HealthCheckOptions {
-  /**
-   * Specified the time Auto Scaling waits before checking the health status of an EC2 instance that has come into service
-   *
-   * @default Duration.seconds(0)
-   */
-  readonly grace?: Duration;
-}
-
-/**
- * ELB Heath check options
- */
-export interface ElbHealthCheckOptions {
-  /**
-   * Specified the time Auto Scaling waits before checking the health status of an EC2 instance that has come into service
-   *
-   * This option is required for ELB health checks.
-   */
-  readonly grace: Duration;
-}
-
-/**
- * Health check settings
- */
-export class HealthCheck {
-  /**
-   * Use EC2 for health checks
-   *
-   * @param options EC2 health check options
-   */
-  public static ec2(options: Ec2HealthCheckOptions = {}): HealthCheck {
-    return new HealthCheck(HealthCheckType.EC2, options.grace);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Use ELB for health checks.
-   * It considers the instance unhealthy if it fails either the EC2 status checks or the load balancer health checks.
-   *
-   * @param options ELB health check options
-   */
-  public static elb(options: ElbHealthCheckOptions): HealthCheck {
-    return new HealthCheck(HealthCheckType.ELB, options.grace);
-  }
-
-  private constructor(public readonly type: string, public readonly gracePeriod?: Duration) { }
-}
-
-enum HealthCheckType {
-  EC2 = 'EC2',
-  ELB = 'ELB',
-}
-
 /**
  * Render the rolling update configuration into the appropriate object
  */
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/test/test.auto-scaling-group.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/test/test.auto-scaling-group.ts
index 722c368ccc2a4..89a456e40fe51 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/test/test.auto-scaling-group.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/test/test.auto-scaling-group.ts
@@ -397,49 +397,6 @@ export = {
     test.done();
   },
 
-  'can configure EC2 health check'(test: Test) {
-    // GIVEN
-    const stack = new cdk.Stack(undefined, 'MyStack', { env: { region: 'us-east-1', account: '1234' } });
-    const vpc = mockVpc(stack);
-
-    // WHEN
-    new autoscaling.AutoScalingGroup(stack, 'MyFleet', {
-      instanceType: ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.M4, ec2.InstanceSize.MICRO),
-      machineImage: new ec2.AmazonLinuxImage(),
-      vpc,
-      healthCheck: autoscaling.HealthCheck.ec2()
-    });
-
-    // THEN
-    expect(stack).to(haveResourceLike("AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup", {
-      HealthCheckType: 'EC2',
-    }));
-
-    test.done();
-  },
-
-  'can configure EBS health check'(test: Test) {
-    // GIVEN
-    const stack = new cdk.Stack(undefined, 'MyStack', { env: { region: 'us-east-1', account: '1234' } });
-    const vpc = mockVpc(stack);
-
-    // WHEN
-    new autoscaling.AutoScalingGroup(stack, 'MyFleet', {
-      instanceType: ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.M4, ec2.InstanceSize.MICRO),
-      machineImage: new ec2.AmazonLinuxImage(),
-      vpc,
-      healthCheck: autoscaling.HealthCheck.elb({grace: cdk.Duration.minutes(15)})
-    });
-
-    // THEN
-    expect(stack).to(haveResourceLike("AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup", {
-      HealthCheckType: 'ELB',
-      HealthCheckGracePeriod: 900
-    }));
-
-    test.done();
-  },
-
   'can add Security Group to Fleet'(test: Test) {
     // GIVEN
     const stack = new cdk.Stack(undefined, 'MyStack', { env: { region: 'us-east-1', account: '1234' } });