diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/object/controller.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/object/controller.go
index 08bb3a858..bfffa49ba 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/object/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/object/controller.go
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ func (r *ReconcileCephObjectStore) startMonitoring(objectstore *cephv1.CephObjec
 		return
 	}
 
-	rgwChecker := newBucketChecker(r.context, objContext, serviceIP, port, r.client, namespacedName, &objectstore.Spec.HealthCheck, r.clusterSpec.External.Enable)
+	rgwChecker := newBucketChecker(r.context, objContext, serviceIP, port, r.client, namespacedName, &objectstore.Spec.HealthCheck)
 	logger.Info("starting rgw healthcheck")
 	go rgwChecker.checkObjectStore(r.objectStoreChannels[objectstore.Name].stopChan)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/object/health.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/object/health.go
index f1ead4032..ab2eaf12b 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/object/health.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/object/health.go
@@ -47,11 +47,10 @@ type bucketChecker struct {
 	client          client.Client
 	namespacedName  types.NamespacedName
 	healthCheckSpec *cephv1.BucketHealthCheckSpec
-	isExternal      bool
 }
 
 // newbucketChecker creates a new HealthChecker object
-func newBucketChecker(context *clusterd.Context, objContext *Context, serviceIP, port string, client client.Client, namespacedName types.NamespacedName, healthCheckSpec *cephv1.BucketHealthCheckSpec, isExternal bool) *bucketChecker {
+func newBucketChecker(context *clusterd.Context, objContext *Context, serviceIP, port string, client client.Client, namespacedName types.NamespacedName, healthCheckSpec *cephv1.BucketHealthCheckSpec) *bucketChecker {
 	c := &bucketChecker{
 		context:         context,
 		objContext:      objContext,
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ func newBucketChecker(context *clusterd.Context, objContext *Context, serviceIP,
 		namespacedName:  namespacedName,
 		client:          client,
 		healthCheckSpec: healthCheckSpec,
-		isExternal:      isExternal,
 	}
 
 	// allow overriding the check interval