diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/ecs-services.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/ecs-services.ts
index fa8d6c4871522..a5ddad96505f2 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/ecs-services.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/ecs-services.ts
@@ -144,14 +144,6 @@ export async function isHotswappableEcsServiceChange(
               state: 'failure',
             },
 
-            // wait for all services to report COMPLETED status for the PRIMARY deployment
-            {
-              matcher: 'path',
-              argument: "length(services[].deployments[? status == 'PRIMARY' && rolloutState != 'COMPLETED'][]) == `0`",
-              expected: true,
-              state: 'success',
-            },
-
             // failure if any services report a deployment with status FAILED
             {
               matcher: 'path',
@@ -160,7 +152,6 @@ export async function isHotswappableEcsServiceChange(
               state: 'failure',
             },
 
-            // backup for non-rolling update services that do not provide rolloutState
             // wait for all services to report only a single deployment
             {
               matcher: 'path',