diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index bbd79606e6..cd7841180f 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -619,19 +619,12 @@ compose_test_task:
     gce_instance: *standardvm
     matrix:
       - env:
-            TEST_FLAVOR: compose
             PRIV_NAME: root
       - env:
-            TEST_FLAVOR: compose
-            PRIV_NAME: rootless
-      - env:
-            TEST_FLAVOR: compose_v2
-            PRIV_NAME: root
-      - env:
-            TEST_FLAVOR: compose_v2
             PRIV_NAME: rootless
     env:
         <<: *stdenvars
+        TEST_FLAVOR: compose_v2
     clone_script: *get_gosrc
     setup_script: *setup
     main_script: *main
diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh b/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
index cf79bb6c91..0a063f96ae 100755
--- a/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
+++ b/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
@@ -54,12 +54,6 @@ function _run_apiv2() {
     ) |& logformatter
 }
 
-function _run_compose() {
-    _bail_if_test_can_be_skipped test/compose
-
-    showrun ./test/compose/test-compose |& logformatter
-}
-
 function _run_compose_v2() {
     _bail_if_test_can_be_skipped test/compose
 
diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/setup_environment.sh b/contrib/cirrus/setup_environment.sh
index 024638dacf..d836674efd 100755
--- a/contrib/cirrus/setup_environment.sh
+++ b/contrib/cirrus/setup_environment.sh
@@ -367,11 +367,6 @@ case "$TEST_FLAVOR" in
         showrun pip install --upgrade pip
         showrun pip install --requirement $GOSRC/test/apiv2/python/requirements.txt
         ;&  # continue with next item
-    compose)
-        showrun make install.tools
-        showrun dnf remove -y gvisor-tap-vsock
-        showrun dnf install -y podman-docker*
-        ;&  # continue with next item
     int)
         showrun make .install.ginkgo
         ;&
diff --git a/test/compose/README.md b/test/compose/README.md
index 863decf2c9..12ecbaebfc 100644
--- a/test/compose/README.md
+++ b/test/compose/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-Tests for docker-compose
-========================
+Tests for docker-compose v2
+===========================
 
-This directory contains tests for docker-compose under podman.
+This directory contains tests for docker-compose v2 under podman.
+docker-compose v1 is no longer supported upstream so we no longer test with it.
 
 Each subdirectory must contain one docker-compose.yml file along with
 all necessary infrastructure for it (e.g. Containerfile, any files
diff --git a/test/compose/etc_hosts/tests.sh b/test/compose/etc_hosts/tests.sh
index 16ed314bf7..80da78c083 100644
--- a/test/compose/etc_hosts/tests.sh
+++ b/test/compose/etc_hosts/tests.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 # -*- bash -*-
 
-ctr_name="etc_hosts_test_1"
-if [ "$TEST_FLAVOR" = "compose_v2" ]; then
-    ctr_name="etc_hosts-test-1"
-fi
+ctr_name="etc_hosts-test-1"
 
 podman exec "$ctr_name" sh -c 'grep "foobar" /etc/hosts'
 like "$output" "10\.123\.0\." "$testname : no entries are copied from the host"
diff --git a/test/compose/ipam_set_ip/tests.sh b/test/compose/ipam_set_ip/tests.sh
index 945303e52a..4686fb82ed 100644
--- a/test/compose/ipam_set_ip/tests.sh
+++ b/test/compose/ipam_set_ip/tests.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 # -*- bash -*-
 
-ctr_name="ipam_set_ip_test_1"
-if [ "$TEST_FLAVOR" = "compose_v2" ]; then
-    ctr_name="ipam_set_ip-test-1"
-fi
+ctr_name="ipam_set_ip-test-1"
 podman container inspect "$ctr_name" --format '{{ .NetworkSettings.Networks.ipam_set_ip_net1.IPAddress }}'
 is "$output" "10.123.0.253" "$testname : ip address is set"
 podman container inspect "$ctr_name" --format '{{ .NetworkSettings.Networks.ipam_set_ip_net1.MacAddress }}'
diff --git a/test/compose/two_networks/tests.sh b/test/compose/two_networks/tests.sh
index af0d1fbe37..e22b76c3cb 100644
--- a/test/compose/two_networks/tests.sh
+++ b/test/compose/two_networks/tests.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 # -*- bash -*-
 
-ctr_name="two_networks_con1_1"
-if [ "$TEST_FLAVOR" = "compose_v2" ]; then
-    ctr_name="two_networks-con1-1"
-fi
+ctr_name="two_networks-con1-1"
 podman container inspect "$ctr_name" --format '{{len .NetworkSettings.Networks}}'
 is "$output" "2" "$testname : Container is connected to both networks"
 podman container inspect "$ctr_name" --format '{{.NetworkSettings.Networks}}'
diff --git a/test/compose/uptwice/tests.sh b/test/compose/uptwice/tests.sh
index 0bf1b12146..5001eb7a03 100644
--- a/test/compose/uptwice/tests.sh
+++ b/test/compose/uptwice/tests.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,5 @@ output=$(podman_compose up -d 2>&1)
 # Horrible output check here but we really want to make sure that there are
 # no unexpected warning/errors and the normal messages are send on stderr as
 # well so we cannot check for an empty stderr.
-expected="Recreating uptwice_app_1 ... ${CR}${NL}Recreating uptwice_app_1 ... done$CR"
-if [ "$TEST_FLAVOR" = "compose_v2" ]; then
-    expected="Container uptwice-app-1  Recreate${NL}Container uptwice-app-1  Recreated${NL}Container uptwice-app-1  Starting${NL}Container uptwice-app-1  Started"
-fi
+expected="Container uptwice-app-1  Recreate${NL}Container uptwice-app-1  Recreated${NL}Container uptwice-app-1  Starting${NL}Container uptwice-app-1  Started"
 is "$output" "$expected" "no error output in compose up (#15580)"