diff --git a/ansible/roles/nova-cell/tasks/external_ceph.yml b/ansible/roles/nova-cell/tasks/external_ceph.yml
index de8fc143e6..f2d7ba6967 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nova-cell/tasks/external_ceph.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/nova-cell/tasks/external_ceph.yml
@@ -200,6 +200,6 @@
     # reload. This may be due to differences in tested versions of libvirt
     # (8.0.0 vs 6.0.0). Reload should be low overhead, so do it always.
     libvirt_restart_handlers: >-
-      {{ ['Restart nova-libvirt container']
-         if enable_nova_libvirt_container | bool else
-         ['Reload libvirtd'] }}
+      {{ ['Reload libvirtd']
+         if not enable_nova_libvirt_container | bool else
+         [] }}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ovn-db/tasks/config-relay.yml b/ansible/roles/ovn-db/tasks/config-relay.yml
index 71c3828768..f26cd2b48f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ovn-db/tasks/config-relay.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ovn-db/tasks/config-relay.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
     dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/ovn-sb-db-relay-{{ item }}/config.json"
     mode: "0660"
   become: true
-  notify:
-    - Restart ovn-sb-db-relay container
 
 - name: Generate config files for OVN relay services
   vars:
@@ -31,5 +29,3 @@
     dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/ovn-sb-db-relay-{{ item }}/ovsdb-relay.json"
     mode: "0660"
   become: true
-  notify:
-    - Restart ovn-sb-db-relay container
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bug-2123946-notify-handlers-3d0a6a0788d5dcce.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bug-2123946-notify-handlers-3d0a6a0788d5dcce.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..060471f697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bug-2123946-notify-handlers-3d0a6a0788d5dcce.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Handlers to trigger a restart nova_libvirt and ovn_sb_db_relay
+    containers have been removed and restarts of these services
+    are now under the control of the service-check-containers
+    role `LP#2123946 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/kolla-ansible/+bug/2123946>`__.