diff --git a/resource_customizations/autoscaling/HorizontalPodAutoscaler/health.lua b/resource_customizations/autoscaling/HorizontalPodAutoscaler/health.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index cc56ef098d..0000000000
--- a/resource_customizations/autoscaling/HorizontalPodAutoscaler/health.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-local json = require("json")
-health_status = {
-    status = "Progressing",
-    message = "Waiting to Autoscale"
-}
-
-function is_degraded( condition )
-    degraded_states = {
-        {"AbleToScale", "FailedGetScale"},
-        {"AbleToScale", "FailedUpdateScale"},
-        {"ScalingActive", "FailedGetResourceMetric"},
-        {"ScalingActive", "InvalidSelector"}
-    }
-    for i, state in ipairs(degraded_states) do
-        if condition.type == state[1] and condition.reason == state[2] then
-            return true
-        end 
-    end
-    return false
-end
-
-condition_string = obj.metadata.annotations["autoscaling.alpha.kubernetes.io/conditions"]
-if condition_string ~= nil then
-    conditions = json.decode(condition_string)
-end
-
-if conditions then
-    for i, condition in ipairs(conditions) do
-        if is_degraded(condition) then
-            health_status.status = "Degraded"
-            health_status.message = condition.message
-            return health_status
-        end
-        if condition.type == "AbleToScale" and  condition.reason == "SucceededRescale" then
-            health_status.status = "Healthy"
-            health_status.message = condition.message
-            return health_status
-        end
-        if condition.type == "ScalingLimited" and  condition.reason == "DesiredWithinRange" then
-            health_status.status = "Healthy"
-            health_status.message = condition.message
-            return health_status
-        end
-    end
-end
-
-return health_status
diff --git a/resource_customizations/autoscaling/HorizontalPodAutoscaler/health_test.yaml b/resource_customizations/autoscaling/HorizontalPodAutoscaler/health_test.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index dfa6bea700..0000000000
--- a/resource_customizations/autoscaling/HorizontalPodAutoscaler/health_test.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-tests:
-- healthStatus:
-    status: Progressing
-    message: Waiting to Autoscale
-  inputPath: testdata/progressing_hpa.yaml
-- healthStatus:
-    status: Healthy
-    message:  the HPA controller was able to update the target scale to 1
-  inputPath: testdata/healthy_hpa.yaml
-- healthStatus:
-    status: Degraded
-    message: the HPA controller was unable to get the target's current scale
-  inputPath: testdata/degraded_hpa.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/resource_customizations/autoscaling/HorizontalPodAutoscaler/testdata/degraded_hpa.yaml b/resource_customizations/autoscaling/HorizontalPodAutoscaler/testdata/degraded_hpa.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 39a2549abf..0000000000
--- a/resource_customizations/autoscaling/HorizontalPodAutoscaler/testdata/degraded_hpa.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: autoscaling/v1
-kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
-metadata:
-  annotations:
-    autoscaling.alpha.kubernetes.io/conditions: '[{"type":"AbleToScale","status":"True","lastTransitionTime":"2020-11-23T19:38:38Z","reason":"FailedGetScale","message":"the HPA controller was unable to get the target''s current scale"},{"type":"ScalingActive","status":"False","lastTransitionTime":"2020-11-23T19:38:38Z","reason":"FailedGetResourceMetric","message":"the
-      HPA was unable to compute the replica count: unable to get metrics for resource
-      cpu: unable to fetch metrics from resource metrics API: the server is currently
-      unable to handle the request (get pods.metrics.k8s.io)"}]'
-  name: sample
-  namespace: argocd
-spec:
-  maxReplicas: 1
-  minReplicas: 1
-  scaleTargetRef:
-    apiVersion: apps/v1
-    kind: Deployment
-    name: sample
-  targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 2
-status:
-  currentReplicas: 1
-  desiredReplicas: 0
diff --git a/resource_customizations/autoscaling/HorizontalPodAutoscaler/testdata/healthy_hpa.yaml b/resource_customizations/autoscaling/HorizontalPodAutoscaler/testdata/healthy_hpa.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 35cdeb8b83..0000000000
--- a/resource_customizations/autoscaling/HorizontalPodAutoscaler/testdata/healthy_hpa.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: autoscaling/v1
-kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
-metadata:
-  annotations:
-    autoscaling.alpha.kubernetes.io/conditions: '[{"type":"AbleToScale","status":"True","lastTransitionTime":"2020-11-23T19:38:38Z","reason":"SucceededRescale","message":"the HPA controller was able to update the target scale to 1"},{"type":"ScalingActive","status":"False","lastTransitionTime":"2020-11-23T19:38:38Z","reason":"FailedGetResourceMetric","message":"the
-      HPA was unable to compute the replica count: unable to get metrics for resource
-      cpu: unable to fetch metrics from resource metrics API: the server is currently
-      unable to handle the request (get pods.metrics.k8s.io)"}]'
-  name: sample
-  namespace: argocd
-spec:
-  maxReplicas: 2
-  minReplicas: 1
-  scaleTargetRef:
-    apiVersion: apps/v1
-    kind: Deployment
-    name: sample
-  targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 2
-status:
-  currentReplicas: 1
-  desiredReplicas: 1
diff --git a/resource_customizations/autoscaling/HorizontalPodAutoscaler/testdata/progressing_hpa.yaml b/resource_customizations/autoscaling/HorizontalPodAutoscaler/testdata/progressing_hpa.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 77aa4a7b50..0000000000
--- a/resource_customizations/autoscaling/HorizontalPodAutoscaler/testdata/progressing_hpa.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: autoscaling/v1
-kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
-metadata:
-  annotations:
-    autoscaling.alpha.kubernetes.io/conditions: '[{"type":"AbleToScale","status":"True","lastTransitionTime":"2020-11-23T19:38:38Z","reason":"SucceededGetScale","message":"the HPA controller was able to get the target''s current scale"}]'
-  name: sample
-  namespace: argocd
-spec:
-  maxReplicas: 1
-  minReplicas: 1
-  scaleTargetRef:
-    apiVersion: apps/v1
-    kind: Deployment
-    name: sample
-  targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 2
-status:
-  currentReplicas: 1
-  desiredReplicas: 0
diff --git a/util/lua/lua.go b/util/lua/lua.go
index a3df9b58f9..bb14bfde98 100644
--- a/util/lua/lua.go
+++ b/util/lua/lua.go
@@ -88,9 +88,6 @@ func (vm VM) runLua(obj *unstructured.Unstructured, script string) (*lua.LState,
 	// preload our 'safe' version of the os library. Allows the 'local os = require("os")' to work
 	l.PreloadModule(lua.OsLibName, SafeOsLoader)
 
-	// preload json library to parse json in lua
-	luajson.Preload(l)
-
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 1*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
 	l.SetContext(ctx)