diff --git a/nagios/templates/deployment.yaml b/nagios/templates/deployment.yaml
index 1bb2b24c1..ec160f084 100644
--- a/nagios/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/nagios/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -96,6 +96,18 @@ spec:
       {{- end }}
       initContainers:
 {{ tuple $envAll "nagios" list | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_entrypoint_init_container" | indent 8 }}
+        - name: define-nagios-hosts
+{{ tuple $envAll "nagios" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
+{{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.nagios | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 10 }}
+          command:
+            - /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/define-nagios-hosts.py
+            - --object_file_loc
+            - /opt/nagios/etc/conf.d/nagios-hosts.cfg
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: pod-tmp
+              mountPath: /tmp
+            - name: nagios-confd
+              mountPath: /opt/nagios/etc/conf.d
       containers:
         - name: apache-proxy
 {{ tuple $envAll "apache_proxy" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
@@ -181,6 +193,8 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - name: pod-tmp
               mountPath: /tmp
+            - name: nagios-confd
+              mountPath: /opt/nagios/etc/conf.d
             - name: nagios-etc
               mountPath: /opt/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
               subPath: nagios.cfg
@@ -210,6 +224,8 @@ spec:
           emptyDir: {}
         - name: pod-var-log
           emptyDir: {}
+        - name: nagios-confd
+          emptyDir: {}
         - name: nagios-etc
           secret:
             secretName: nagios-etc
diff --git a/nagios/values.yaml b/nagios/values.yaml
index 79ef4882f..6350fcafb 100644
--- a/nagios/values.yaml
+++ b/nagios/values.yaml
@@ -586,11 +586,6 @@ conf:
           command_name check_ceph_health
         }
 
-        define command {
-          command_line $USER1$/define-nagios-hosts.py --object_file_loc /opt/nagios/etc/objects/prometheus_discovery_objects.cfg
-          command_name check_prometheus_hosts
-        }
-
         define command {
           command_line $USER1$/query_elasticsearch.py $USER9$ '$ARG1$' '$ARG2$' '$ARG3$' '$ARG4$' '$ARG5$' --simple_query '$ARG6$' --simple_query_fields '$ARG7$' --match '$ARG8$' --range '$ARG9$'
           command_name check_es_query
@@ -1178,14 +1173,6 @@ conf:
           use generic-service
         }
 
-        define service {
-          check_command check_prometheus_hosts
-          check_interval 900
-          hostgroup_name prometheus-hosts
-          service_description Prometheus_hosts-update
-          use notifying_service
-        }
-
         define service {
           check_command check_prom_alert!pg_replication_fallen_behind!CRITICAL- Postgres Replication lag is over 2 minutes!OK- postgresql replication lag is nominal.
           hostgroup_name prometheus-hosts
@@ -1428,7 +1415,7 @@ conf:
         cfg_file=/opt/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg
         cfg_file=/opt/nagios/etc/objects/timeperiods.cfg
         cfg_file=/opt/nagios/etc/objects/templates.cfg
-        cfg_file=/opt/nagios/etc/objects/prometheus_discovery_objects.cfg
+        cfg_file=/opt/nagios/etc/conf.d/nagios-hosts.cfg
 
         check_external_commands=1
         check_for_orphaned_hosts=1