diff --git a/modules/couchbase/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/couchbase/CouchbaseContainer.java b/modules/couchbase/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/couchbase/CouchbaseContainer.java
index 3671608d324..11960304ee6 100644
--- a/modules/couchbase/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/couchbase/CouchbaseContainer.java
+++ b/modules/couchbase/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/couchbase/CouchbaseContainer.java
@@ -36,12 +36,10 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 /**
@@ -183,7 +181,7 @@ protected void configure() {
                             .map("healthy"::equals)
                             .orElse(false);
                     } catch (IOException e) {
-                        logger().error("Unable to parse response: {}", response, e);
+                        logger().error("Unable to parse response {}", response, e);
                         return false;
                     }
                 })
@@ -256,10 +254,15 @@ private void renameNode() {
     private void initializeServices() {
         logger().debug("Initializing couchbase services on host: {}", enabledServices);
 
-        final String services = enabledServices
-            .stream()
-            .map(CouchbaseService::getIdentifier)
-            .collect(Collectors.joining(","));
+        final String services = enabledServices.stream().map(s -> {
+            switch (s) {
+                case KV: return "kv";
+                case QUERY: return "n1ql";
+                case INDEX: return "index";
+                case SEARCH: return "fts";
+                default: throw new IllegalStateException("Unknown service!");
+            }
+        }).collect(Collectors.joining(","));
 
         @Cleanup Response response = doHttpRequest(MGMT_PORT, "/node/controller/setupServices", "POST", new FormBody.Builder()
             .add("services", services)
@@ -360,11 +363,10 @@ private void createBuckets() {
             checkSuccessfulResponse(response, "Could not create bucket " + bucket.getName());
 
             new HttpWaitStrategy()
-                .forPath("/pools/default/b/" + bucket.getName())
+                .forPath("/pools/default/buckets/" + bucket.getName())
                 .forPort(MGMT_PORT)
                 .withBasicCredentials(username, password)
                 .forStatusCode(200)
-                .forResponsePredicate(new AllServicesEnabledPredicate())
                 .waitUntilReady(this);
 
             if (enabledServices.contains(CouchbaseService.QUERY)) {
@@ -470,38 +472,4 @@ private Response doHttpRequest(final int port, final String path, final String m
             throw new RuntimeException("Could not perform request against couchbase HTTP endpoint ", ex);
         }
     }
-
-    /**
-     * In addition to getting a 200, we need to make sure that all services we need are enabled and available on
-     * the bucket.
-     * <p>
-     *  Fixes the issue observed in https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-java/issues/2993
-     */
-    private class AllServicesEnabledPredicate implements Predicate<String> {
-
-        @Override
-        public boolean test(final String rawConfig) {
-            try {
-                for (JsonNode node : MAPPER.readTree(rawConfig).at("/nodesExt")) {
-                    for (CouchbaseService enabledService : enabledServices) {
-                        boolean found = false;
-                        Iterator<String> fieldNames = node.get("services").fieldNames();
-                        while (fieldNames.hasNext()) {
-                            if (fieldNames.next().startsWith(enabledService.getIdentifier())) {
-                                found = true;
-                            }
-                        }
-                        if (!found) {
-                            logger().trace("Service {} not yet part of config, retrying.", enabledService);
-                            return false;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                return true;
-            } catch (IOException ex) {
-                logger().error("Unable to parse response: {}", rawConfig, ex);
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/modules/couchbase/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/couchbase/CouchbaseService.java b/modules/couchbase/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/couchbase/CouchbaseService.java
index c60fc6b71d0..d284c660709 100644
--- a/modules/couchbase/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/couchbase/CouchbaseService.java
+++ b/modules/couchbase/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/couchbase/CouchbaseService.java
@@ -24,30 +24,21 @@ public enum CouchbaseService {
   /**
    * Key-Value service.
    */
-  KV("kv"),
+  KV,
 
   /**
    * Query (N1QL) service.
    */
-  QUERY("n1ql"),
+  QUERY,
 
   /**
    * Search (FTS) service.
    */
-  SEARCH("fts"),
+  SEARCH,
 
   /**
    * Indexing service (needed if QUERY is also used!).
    */
-  INDEX("index");
+  INDEX
 
-  private final String identifier;
-
-  CouchbaseService(String identifier) {
-    this.identifier = identifier;
-  }
-
-  String getIdentifier() {
-    return identifier;
-  }
 }