diff --git a/packages/cli/src/hosting/utils.ts b/packages/cli/src/hosting/utils.ts
index cbf6d9b0c3..5c3ac33f44 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/hosting/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/hosting/utils.ts
@@ -54,11 +54,9 @@ export async function downloadDockerCompose() {
 
 export async function checkDockerConfigured() {
   const error =
-    "docker/docker-compose has not been installed, please follow instructions at: https://docs.budibase.com/docs/docker-compose"
+    "docker has not been installed, please follow instructions at: https://docs.budibase.com/docs/docker-compose"
   const docker = await lookpath("docker")
-  const compose = await lookpath("docker-compose")
-  const composeV2 = await lookpath("docker compose")
-  if (!docker || (!compose && !composeV2)) {
+  if (!docker) {
     throw error
   }
 }