diff --git a/charts/proxy/templates/bin/_liveness-probe.sh.tpl b/charts/proxy/templates/bin/_liveness-probe.sh.tpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 54195cd6..00000000
--- a/charts/proxy/templates/bin/_liveness-probe.sh.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -eu
-
-IPTS_DIR=/tmp/liveness
-
-FAILURE=0
-{{- if .Values.livenessProbe.whitelist }}
-WHITELIST='({{- join "|" .Values.livenessProbe.whitelist -}})'
-{{- end }}
-
-REQUEST='GET /healthz HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: localhost:10256\r\n'
-
-if [[ $(echo -e "${REQUEST}" | socat - TCP4:localhost:10256 | grep -sc '200 OK') -lt 1 ]]; then
-    echo Failed proxy built-in HTTP health check.
-    echo -e "${REQUEST}" | socat - TCP4:localhost:10256
-    FAILURE=1
-fi
-
-mkdir -p "${IPTS_DIR}"
-iptables-save {{- if .Values.livenessProbe.whitelist }} | grep -Ev "${WHITELIST}" {{- end }} | grep -s 'has no endpoints' | sort > "${IPTS_DIR}/current"
-
-if [[ $(wc -l < "${IPTS_DIR}/current") -gt 0 ]]; then
-    if [[ "${IPTS_DIR}/previous" ]]; then
-        if cmp "${IPTS_DIR}/current" "${IPTS_DIR}/previous"; then
-            echo Some non-whitelisted services have no endpoints:
-            cat "${IPTS_DIR}/current"
-            FAILURE=1
-        else
-            echo Detected issues have changed.  Passing check:
-            diff "${IPTS_DIR}/previous" "${IPTS_DIR}/current"
-        fi
-    fi
-fi
-
-mv "${IPTS_DIR}/current" "${IPTS_DIR}/previous"
-
-IPTABLES_IPS=$(iptables-save | grep -E 'KUBE-SEP.*to-destination' | sed 's/.*to-destination \(.*\):.*/\1/' | sort -u)
-KUBECTL_IPS=$(kubectl get --all-namespaces -o json endpoints | jq -r '.items | arrays | .[] | objects | .subsets | arrays | .[] | objects | .addresses | arrays | .[] | objects | .ip' | sort -u)
-
-if [[ $(comm -23 <(echo "${IPTABLES_IPS}") <(echo "${KUBECTL_IPS}")) ]]; then
-    FAILURE=1
-    echo "Found non-current Pod IPs in iptables rules:"
-    comm -23 <(echo "${IPTABLES_IPS}") <(echo "${KUBECTL_IPS}")
-fi
-
-if [[ "${FAILURE}" == "1" ]]; then
-    exit 1
-fi
diff --git a/charts/proxy/templates/bin/_readiness-probe.sh.tpl b/charts/proxy/templates/bin/_readiness-probe.sh.tpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f87b48f..00000000
--- a/charts/proxy/templates/bin/_readiness-probe.sh.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-iptables-save | grep 'default/kubernetes:https'
diff --git a/charts/proxy/templates/configmap-bin.yaml b/charts/proxy/templates/configmap-bin.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b98721c..00000000
--- a/charts/proxy/templates/configmap-bin.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{{/*
-# Copyright (c) 2018 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License. */}}
-
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: kubernetes-proxy-bin
-data:
-  liveness-probe.sh: |
-{{ tuple "bin/_liveness-probe.sh.tpl" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.template" | indent 4 }}
-  readiness-probe.sh: |
-{{ tuple "bin/_readiness-probe.sh.tpl" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.template" | indent 4 }}
-...
diff --git a/charts/proxy/templates/daemonset.yaml b/charts/proxy/templates/daemonset.yaml
index db05f475..1c22bf1e 100644
--- a/charts/proxy/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/proxy/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */}}
 
+{{- define "probeTemplate" }}
+httpGet:
+  path: /healthz
+  port: 10256
+  scheme: HTTP
+{{- end }}
+
 {{- if .Values.manifests.daemonset_proxy }}
 {{- $envAll := . }}
 {{- $labels := tuple $envAll "kubernetes" "proxy" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_metadata_labels" -}}
@@ -75,20 +82,9 @@ spec:
             valueFrom:
               fieldRef:
                 fieldPath: spec.nodeName
-        livenessProbe:
-{{ toYaml .Values.livenessProbe.config | indent 10 }}
-          exec:
-            command:
-              - /tmp/bin/liveness-probe.sh
-        readinessProbe:
-          exec:
-            command:
-              - /tmp/bin/readiness-probe.sh
-          initialDelaySeconds: 15
-          periodSeconds: 15
+{{ dict "envAll" . "component" "proxy" "container" "proxy" "type" "liveness" "probeTemplate" (include "probeTemplate" . | fromYaml) | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_probe" | trim | indent 8 }}
+{{ dict "envAll" . "component" "proxy" "container" "proxy" "type" "readiness" "probeTemplate" (include "probeTemplate" . | fromYaml) | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_probe" | trim | indent 8 }}
         volumeMounts:
-          - name: bin
-            mountPath: /tmp/bin/
           - mountPath: /run/xtables.lock
             name: xtables-lock
             readOnly: false
@@ -97,10 +93,6 @@ spec:
             readOnly: true
       serviceAccountName: kube-proxy
       volumes:
-        - name: bin
-          configMap:
-            name: kubernetes-proxy-bin
-            defaultMode: 0555
         - name: xtables-lock
           hostPath:
             path: /run/xtables.lock
diff --git a/charts/proxy/values.yaml b/charts/proxy/values.yaml
index 00ac6c36..f6cec724 100644
--- a/charts/proxy/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/proxy/values.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,23 @@ pod:
       limits:
         memory: "1024Mi"
         cpu: "2000m"
+  probes:
+    proxy:
+      proxy:
+        liveness:
+          enabled: true
+          params:
+            initialDelaySeconds: 15
+            timeoutSeconds: 15
+            successThreshold: 1
+            failureThreshold: 2
+        readiness:
+          enabled: true
+          params:
+            initialDelaySeconds: 15
+            timeoutSeconds: 15
+            successThreshold: 1
+            failureThreshold: 2
 
 images:
   tags:
@@ -72,17 +89,3 @@ network:
 kube_service:
   host: 127.0.0.1
   port: 6553
-
-livenessProbe:
-  config:
-    # NOTE(mark-burnett): To avoid cascading failure modes, it is
-    # important that these values are configured to avoid the possibility
-    # of CrashLoopBackoff for this pod.  Otherwise, a small non-impacting
-    # issue could disable kube-proxy for the entire site.
-    failureThreshold: 10
-    initialDelaySeconds: 15
-    periodSeconds: 35
-    successThreshold: 1
-    timeoutSeconds: 10
-  whitelist:
-    # - postgres