diff --git a/bin/compose b/bin/compose
index 895b289..ad1f211 100755
--- a/bin/compose
+++ b/bin/compose
@@ -358,15 +358,17 @@ clean_unused_sessions() {
 }
 
 
-relink_subdirs() {
+check_no_links_subdirs() {
     local dir
     for dir in "$@"; do
-        [ -L "$dir" ] || continue
-        target=$(realpath "$dir")
-        [ -d "$target" ] || continue
-        docker_run_opts+=("-v" "$target:$dir")
+        [ -d "$dir" ] || continue
+        if [ -L "$dir" ]; then
+            err "Unfortunately, this compose launcher do not support yet symlinks in charm-store."
+            echo "  Found symlink in charm-store: $dir" >&2
+            return 1
+        fi
         [ -e "$dir/metadata.yml" ] && continue
-        relink_subdirs "$dir"/*
+        check_no_links_subdirs "$dir"/* || return 1
     done
 }
 
@@ -540,7 +542,7 @@ mk_docker_run_options() {
         "-e" "CHARM_STORE=/srv/charm-store"
         "-e" "HOST_CHARM_STORE=$CHARM_STORE"
     )
-    relink_subdirs "$CHARM_STORE"/*
+    check_no_links_subdirs "$CHARM_STORE"/* || exit 1
 
     ## DEFAULT_COMPOSE_FILE
     if [ "${DEFAULT_COMPOSE_FILE+x}" ]; then