diff --git a/pkg/e2e/scale_test.go b/pkg/e2e/scale_test.go
index 47391dc9ac4..c17751d96d8 100644
--- a/pkg/e2e/scale_test.go
+++ b/pkg/e2e/scale_test.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func TestScaleBasicCases(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Log("scale to 0 a service")
 	res = c.RunDockerComposeCmd(t, "--project-directory", "fixtures/scale", "scale", "dbadmin=0")
-	assert.Check(t, res.Combined() == "", res.Combined())
+	assert.Check(t, res.Stdout() == "", res.Stdout())
 
 	t.Log("scale down 2 services")
 	res = c.RunDockerComposeCmd(t, "--project-directory", "fixtures/scale", "scale", "front=2", "back=1")