diff --git a/analytics-datastore-elastic-search/docker-compose.dev.yml b/analytics-datastore-elastic-search/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 3963e2e5..ecac5f14 100644
--- a/analytics-datastore-elastic-search/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/analytics-datastore-elastic-search/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ services:
     ports:
       - target: 9200
         published: 9201
-        mode: ingress
+        mode: host
diff --git a/analytics-datastore-elastic-search/swarm.sh b/analytics-datastore-elastic-search/swarm.sh
index 9cd27758..4f51eb37 100644
--- a/analytics-datastore-elastic-search/swarm.sh
+++ b/analytics-datastore-elastic-search/swarm.sh
@@ -134,8 +134,6 @@ if [[ "$Action" == "init" ]]; then
   InstallExpect
   SetElasticsearchPasswords
 
-  config::await_network_join "instant_analytics-datastore-elastic-search"
-
   ImportElasticIndex
 
   echo "Done initialising"
diff --git a/dashboard-visualiser-jsreport/docker-compose.dev.yml b/dashboard-visualiser-jsreport/docker-compose.dev.yml
index fada887e..ba3d926c 100644
--- a/dashboard-visualiser-jsreport/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/dashboard-visualiser-jsreport/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ services:
     ports:
       - target: 5488
         published: 5488
-        mode: ingress
+        mode: host
diff --git a/dashboard-visualiser-kibana/docker-compose.dev.yml b/dashboard-visualiser-kibana/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 0ad5122a..cb34d584 100644
--- a/dashboard-visualiser-kibana/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/dashboard-visualiser-kibana/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ services:
     ports:
       - target: 5601
         published: 5601
-        mode: ingress
+        mode: host
diff --git a/dashboard-visualiser-kibana/swarm.sh b/dashboard-visualiser-kibana/swarm.sh
index 7beecf32..5293ea7a 100644
--- a/dashboard-visualiser-kibana/swarm.sh
+++ b/dashboard-visualiser-kibana/swarm.sh
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ main() {
 
     config::await_service_running "dashboard-visualiser-kibana" "${COMPOSE_FILE_PATH}/docker-compose.await-helper.yml" "$KIBANA_INSTANCES"
 
-    config::await_network_join "dashboard-visualiser-kibana"
-
     echo "Setting config digests"
     config::set_config_digests "$COMPOSE_FILE_PATH"/importer/docker-compose.config.yml
     docker stack deploy -c "${COMPOSE_FILE_PATH}"/importer/docker-compose.config.yml instant
diff --git a/data-mapper-logstash/docker-compose.dev.yml b/data-mapper-logstash/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 0090800c..3ae2f2c9 100644
--- a/data-mapper-logstash/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/data-mapper-logstash/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ services:
     ports:
       - target: 5055
         published: 5055
-        mode: ingress
+        mode: host
diff --git a/fhir-datastore-hapi-fhir/docker-compose-postgres.dev.yml b/fhir-datastore-hapi-fhir/docker-compose-postgres.dev.yml
index fa60e064..292eb9b5 100644
--- a/fhir-datastore-hapi-fhir/docker-compose-postgres.dev.yml
+++ b/fhir-datastore-hapi-fhir/docker-compose-postgres.dev.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ services:
     ports:
       - target: 5432
         published: 5432
-        mode: ingress
+        mode: host
diff --git a/fhir-datastore-hapi-fhir/docker-compose.dev.yml b/fhir-datastore-hapi-fhir/docker-compose.dev.yml
index bdd1c7be..41b5c6db 100644
--- a/fhir-datastore-hapi-fhir/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/fhir-datastore-hapi-fhir/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ services:
     ports:
       - target: 8080
         published: 3447
-        mode: ingress
+        mode: host
diff --git a/interoperability-layer-openhim/docker-compose-mongo.dev.yml b/interoperability-layer-openhim/docker-compose-mongo.dev.yml
index 28ac0eb5..84f57b68 100644
--- a/interoperability-layer-openhim/docker-compose-mongo.dev.yml
+++ b/interoperability-layer-openhim/docker-compose-mongo.dev.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ services:
     ports:
       - target: 27017
         published: 27017
-        mode: ingress
+        mode: host
diff --git a/interoperability-layer-openhim/docker-compose.dev.yml b/interoperability-layer-openhim/docker-compose.dev.yml
index b6cc12a9..5820c880 100644
--- a/interoperability-layer-openhim/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/interoperability-layer-openhim/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -5,25 +5,25 @@ services:
     ports:
       - target: 8080
         published: 8080
-        mode: ingress
+        mode: host
       - target: 5000
         published: 5000
-        mode: ingress
+        mode: host
       - target: 5001
         published: 5001
-        mode: ingress
+        mode: host
       - target: 5050
         published: 5050
-        mode: ingress
+        mode: host
       - target: 5051
         published: 5051
-        mode: ingress
+        mode: host
       - target: 5052
         published: 5052
-        mode: ingress
+        mode: host
 
   openhim-console:
     ports:
         - target: 80
           published: 9000
-          mode: ingress
+          mode: host
diff --git a/message-bus-kafka/docker-compose.dev.yml b/message-bus-kafka/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 425c4472..1c72c3ec 100644
--- a/message-bus-kafka/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/message-bus-kafka/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ services:
     ports:
     - target: 9092
       published: 9092
-      mode: ingress
+      mode: host
 
   kafdrop:
     ports:
       - target: 9013
         published: 9013
-        mode: ingress
+        mode: host
diff --git a/utils/config-utils.sh b/utils/config-utils.sh
index 57cb1cf6..a64ac276 100755
--- a/utils/config-utils.sh
+++ b/utils/config-utils.sh
@@ -202,24 +202,6 @@ config::await_service_removed() {
     done
 }
 
-# Waits for the provided service to join the network
-#
-# Arguments:
-# $1 : service name (eg. instant_analytics-datastore-elastic-search)
-config::await_network_join() {
-  local -r SERVICE_NAME="${1:?"FATAL: await_service_removed SERVICE_NAME not provided"}"
-  local start_time=$(date +%s)
-  local exit_time=30
-  local warning_time=10
-
-  echo "Waiting for ${SERVICE_NAME} to join network..."
-
-  until [[ $(docker network inspect -v instant_default -f "{{.Services}}") == *"${SERVICE_NAME}"* ]]; do
-    config::timeout_check $start_time "${SERVICE_NAME} to join the network" $exit_time $warning_time
-    sleep 1
-  done
-}
-
 # Generates configs for a service from a folder and adds them to a temp docker-compose file
 #
 # Arguments: