diff --git a/core/start-service.sh b/core/start-service.sh
index 5fae58e..76dc637 100755
--- a/core/start-service.sh
+++ b/core/start-service.sh
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ kapi)
 	if [ "$KCCONF_KAPID_INSECURE" = "yes" ]; then
 		dockerize \
 		-skip-tls-verify \
-		-wait file:///var/run/kopano/grapi/notify.sock \
 		-wait "$KCCONF_KAPID_OIDC_ISSUER_IDENTIFIER"/.well-known/openid-configuration \
 		-timeout 360s
 	else
diff --git a/examples/meet/tests/startup-test/test.sh b/examples/meet/tests/startup-test/test.sh
index f5c74ae..0dbdfb0 100755
--- a/examples/meet/tests/startup-test/test.sh
+++ b/examples/meet/tests/startup-test/test.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ set -ex
 # waits for key events in various containers
 # e.g. kopano_server:236 signals successful start of kopano-server process
 dockerize \
-	-wait file:///var/run/kopano/grapi/notify.sock \
 	-wait http://kopano_konnect:8777/.well-known/openid-configuration \
+	-wait tcp://kopano_kapi:8039 \
 	-wait tcp://kopano_kwmserver:8778 \
 	-wait tcp://kopano_meet:9080 \
 	-wait tcp://web:2015 \
diff --git a/tests/startup-test/test.sh b/tests/startup-test/test.sh
index e82be8e..f86c801 100755
--- a/tests/startup-test/test.sh
+++ b/tests/startup-test/test.sh
@@ -5,20 +5,19 @@ set -ex
 # waits for key events in various containers
 # e.g. kopano_server:236 signals successful start of kopano-server process
 dockerize \
-	-wait file://var/run/kopano/grapi/notify.sock \
-	-wait file://var/run/kopano/server.sock \
 	-wait http://kopano_konnect:8777/.well-known/openid-configuration \
+	-wait http://kopano_meet:9080/meet \
 	-wait tcp://"${KCCONF_SERVER_MYSQL_HOST}":3306 \
 	-wait tcp://kopano_dagent:2003 \
 	-wait tcp://kopano_gateway:143 \
 	-wait tcp://kopano_ical:8080 \
+	-wait tcp://kopano_kapi:8039 \
 	-wait tcp://kopano_kwmserver:8778 \
-	-wait http://kopano_meet:9080/meet \
 	-wait tcp://kopano_server:236 \
 	-wait tcp://kopano_server:237 \
-	-wait tcp://web:2015 \
 	-wait tcp://kopano_webapp:9080 \
 	-wait tcp://kopano_zpush:80 \
+	-wait tcp://web:2015 \
 	-timeout 120s
 
 # until goss is part of the general testsuite check goss for kopano-server here as well