diff --git a/pkg/e2e/fixtures/links/compose.yaml b/pkg/e2e/fixtures/links/compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c182c4d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/e2e/fixtures/links/compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+services:
+  foo:
+    image: nginx:alpine
+    links:
+      - bar
+
+  bar:
+    image: nginx:alpine
diff --git a/pkg/e2e/start_stop_test.go b/pkg/e2e/start_stop_test.go
index f1ea41c34..f649112a2 100644
--- a/pkg/e2e/start_stop_test.go
+++ b/pkg/e2e/start_stop_test.go
@@ -131,10 +131,11 @@ func TestStartStopWithDependencies(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Assert(t, strings.Contains(res.Combined(), "e2e-start-stop-with-dependencies-foo-1"), res.Combined())
 	})
 
-	t.Run("Up no-deps", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Up no-deps links", func(t *testing.T) {
 		_ = c.RunDockerComposeCmd("--project-name", projectName, "down")
-		res := c.RunDockerComposeCmd("-f", "./fixtures/dependencies/compose.yaml", "--project-name", projectName, "up", "--no-deps", "-d", "foo")
+		res := c.RunDockerComposeCmd("-f", "./fixtures/links/compose.yaml", "--project-name", projectName, "up", "--no-deps", "-d", "foo")
 		assert.Assert(t, strings.Contains(res.Combined(), "Container e2e-start-stop-with-dependencies-foo-1  Started"), res.Combined())
+		assert.Assert(t, !strings.Contains(res.Combined(), "Container e2e-start-stop-with-dependencies-bar-1  Started"), res.Combined())
 	})
 
 	t.Run("down", func(t *testing.T) {