diff --git a/src/ert/ensemble_evaluator/_ensemble.py b/src/ert/ensemble_evaluator/_ensemble.py
index f752ded6601..e682563dc9f 100644
--- a/src/ert/ensemble_evaluator/_ensemble.py
+++ b/src/ert/ensemble_evaluator/_ensemble.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 from ert.run_arg import RunArg
 from ert.scheduler import Scheduler, create_driver
 
-from ._wait_for_evaluator import wait_for_evaluator
 from .config import EvaluatorServerConfig
 from .snapshot import EnsembleSnapshot, FMStepSnapshot, RealizationSnapshot
 from .state import (
@@ -200,8 +199,8 @@ async def send_event(
         cert: Optional[Union[str, bytes]] = None,
         retries: int = 10,
     ) -> None:
-        async with Client(url, token, cert, max_retries=retries) as client:
-            await client._send(event_to_json(event))
+        with Client(url, token, cert, max_retries=retries) as client:
+            client.send(event_to_json(event))
 
     def generate_event_creator(self) -> Callable[[Id.ENSEMBLE_TYPES], Event]:
         def event_builder(status: str) -> Event:
@@ -226,16 +225,16 @@ async def evaluate(
             ce_unary_send_method_name,
             partialmethod(
                 self.__class__.send_event,
-                self._config.dispatch_uri,
+                self._config.get_connection_info().push_pull_uri,
                 token=self._config.token,
                 cert=self._config.cert,
             ),
         )
-        await wait_for_evaluator(
-            base_url=self._config.url,
-            token=self._config.token,
-            cert=self._config.cert,
-        )
+        # await wait_for_evaluator(
+        #     base_url=self._config.url,
+        #     token=self._config.token,
+        #     cert=self._config.cert,
+        # )
         await self._evaluate_inner(
             event_unary_send=getattr(self, ce_unary_send_method_name),
             scheduler_queue=scheduler_queue,