diff --git a/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/deployment.yml.j2 b/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/deployment.yml.j2
index 8f0ef43e56..ab2731274e 100644
--- a/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/deployment.yml.j2
+++ b/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/deployment.yml.j2
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ spec:
             - name: "{{ kubernetes_deployment_name }}-application-credentials"
               mountPath: "/etc/tower/conf.d/"
               readOnly: true
-              
+
             - name: {{ kubernetes_deployment_name }}-launch-awx-web
               mountPath: "/usr/bin/launch_awx.sh"
               subPath: "launch_awx.sh"
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ spec:
             - name: "{{ kubernetes_deployment_name }}-application-credentials"
               mountPath: "/etc/tower/conf.d/"
               readOnly: true
-              
+
             - name: {{ kubernetes_deployment_name }}-launch-awx-web
               mountPath: "/usr/bin/launch_awx.sh"
               subPath: "launch_awx.sh"
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ spec:
                 path: 'credentials.py'
               - key: environment_sh
                 path: 'environment.sh'
-                
+
         - name: {{ kubernetes_deployment_name }}-launch-awx-web
           configMap:
             name: {{ kubernetes_deployment_name }}-launch-awx
diff --git a/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/launch_awx.yml.j2 b/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/launch_awx.yml.j2
index 46b3b7a16b..3715bd5bfc 100644
--- a/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/launch_awx.yml.j2
+++ b/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/launch_awx.yml.j2
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ data:
 
     ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "host=$DATABASE_HOST port=$DATABASE_PORT" all
     ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "host=$MEMCACHED_HOST port=11211" all
-    ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "host=$RABBITMQ_HOST port=5672" all
+    ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "path=/var/run/redis/redis.sock" all
 
 
     if [ -z "$AWX_SKIP_MIGRATIONS" ]; then
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ data:
 
     ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "host=$DATABASE_HOST port=$DATABASE_PORT" all
     ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "host=$MEMCACHED_HOST port=11211" all
-    ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "host=$RABBITMQ_HOST port=5672" all
+    ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "path=/var/run/redis/redis.sock" all
 
     awx-manage collectstatic --noinput --clear