diff --git a/pkg/libstack/compose/composeplugin.go b/pkg/libstack/compose/composeplugin.go
index 17126cc21..07fed9dbe 100644
--- a/pkg/libstack/compose/composeplugin.go
+++ b/pkg/libstack/compose/composeplugin.go
@@ -312,10 +312,6 @@ func createProject(ctx context.Context, configFilepaths []string, options libsta
 		workingDir = filepath.Dir(configFilepaths[0])
 	}
 
-	if options.WorkingDir != "" {
-		workingDir = options.WorkingDir
-	}
-
 	if options.ProjectDir != "" {
 		// When relative paths are used in the compose file, the project directory is used as the base path
 		workingDir = options.ProjectDir
diff --git a/pkg/libstack/compose/composeplugin_test.go b/pkg/libstack/compose/composeplugin_test.go
index df71c5d36..a7121eadf 100644
--- a/pkg/libstack/compose/composeplugin_test.go
+++ b/pkg/libstack/compose/composeplugin_test.go
@@ -991,10 +991,12 @@ func Test_createProject(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			configFilepaths: []string{dir + "/docker-compose.yml"},
 			options: libstack.Options{
+				// Note that this is the execution working directory not the compose project working directory
+				// and so it has no affect on the created projects working directory
 				WorkingDir:  "/something-totally-different",
 				ProjectName: projectName,
 			},
-			expectedProject: expectedSimpleComposeProject("/something-totally-different", nil),
+			expectedProject: expectedSimpleComposeProject("", nil),
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Relative Working Directory",
@@ -1003,10 +1005,12 @@ func Test_createProject(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			configFilepaths: []string{dir + "/docker-compose.yml"},
 			options: libstack.Options{
+				// Note that this is the execution working directory not the compose project working directory
+				// and so it has no affect on the created projects working directory
 				WorkingDir:  "something-totally-different",
 				ProjectName: projectName,
 			},
-			expectedProject: expectedSimpleComposeProject("something-totally-different", nil),
+			expectedProject: expectedSimpleComposeProject("", nil),
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Absolute Project Directory",