diff --git a/pkg/server/status.go b/pkg/server/status.go
index 1a2333048ca3..138194b1b5b0 100644
--- a/pkg/server/status.go
+++ b/pkg/server/status.go
@@ -666,10 +666,17 @@ func (s *statusServer) Details(
 		return nil, grpcstatus.Error(codes.Unavailable, "node is not ready")
 	}
 
-	isHealthy, err := s.nodeLiveness.IsHealthy(nodeID)
+	clock := s.admin.server.clock
+	l, err := s.nodeLiveness.GetLiveness(nodeID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, grpcstatus.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
 	}
+	ls := l.LivenessStatus(
+		clock.PhysicalTime(),
+		0, /* threshold */
+		clock.MaxOffset(),
+	)
+	isHealthy := ls == storagepb.NodeLivenessStatus_LIVE
 	if !isHealthy {
 		return nil, grpcstatus.Error(codes.Unavailable, "node is not ready")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/node_liveness.go b/pkg/storage/node_liveness.go
index 845d3248b2f0..4a8e2c5308b1 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/node_liveness.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/node_liveness.go
@@ -413,21 +413,6 @@ func (nl *NodeLiveness) IsLive(nodeID roachpb.NodeID) (bool, error) {
 	return liveness.IsLive(nl.clock.Now(), nl.clock.MaxOffset()), nil
 }
 
-// IsHealthy returns whether or not the specified node IsLive and is in a LIVE
-// state, i.e. not draining, decommissioning, or otherwise unhealthy.
-func (nl *NodeLiveness) IsHealthy(nodeID roachpb.NodeID) (bool, error) {
-	liveness, err := nl.GetLiveness(nodeID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-	ls := liveness.LivenessStatus(
-		nl.clock.Now().GoTime(),
-		nl.GetLivenessThreshold(),
-		nl.clock.MaxOffset(),
-	)
-	return ls == storagepb.NodeLivenessStatus_LIVE, nil
-}
-
 // StartHeartbeat starts a periodic heartbeat to refresh this node's
 // last heartbeat in the node liveness table. The optionally provided
 // HeartbeatCallback will be invoked whenever this node updates its own liveness.
diff --git a/pkg/storage/storagepb/liveness.go b/pkg/storage/storagepb/liveness.go
index 4be6559aebec..67757bbd64d9 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/storagepb/liveness.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/storagepb/liveness.go
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ func (l *Liveness) IsLive(now hlc.Timestamp, maxOffset time.Duration) bool {
 	return now.Less(expiration)
 }
 
-// IsDead returns whether the node is considered dead at the given time with the
-// given threshold.
+// IsDead returns true if the liveness expired more than threshold ago.
 func (l *Liveness) IsDead(now hlc.Timestamp, threshold time.Duration) bool {
 	deadAsOf := hlc.Timestamp(l.Expiration).GoTime().Add(threshold)
 	return !now.GoTime().Before(deadAsOf)