diff --git a/bin/compose b/bin/compose
index 8f01e94..765b754 100755
--- a/bin/compose
+++ b/bin/compose
@@ -309,30 +309,13 @@ list_compose_vars() {
 }
 
 
-get_running_compose_containers() {
-    ## XXXvlab: docker bug: there will be a final newline anyway
-    docker ps --filter label="compose.service" --format='{{.ID}}'
-}
-
-
-get_volumes_for_container() {
-    local container="$1"
-
-    docker inspect \
-           --format '{{range $mount := .Mounts}}{{$mount.Source}}{{"\x00"}}{{$mount.Destination}}{{"\x00"}}{{end}}' \
-           "$container"
-}
-
-
 is_volume_used() {
-    local volume="$1"
-
-    while read container_id; do
-        while read-0 src dst; do
-            [ "$src" == "$volume" ] && return 0
-        done < <(get_volumes_for_container "$container_id")
-    done < <(get_running_compose_containers)
-    return 1
+    local volume="$1" out
+    if ! out=$(docker ps --filter volume="$volume" --format {{.ID}}); then
+        err "Couldn't query containers by volumes."
+        return 0
+    fi
+    [ -n "$out" ]
 }
 
 
diff --git a/bin/compose-core b/bin/compose-core
index 89edf78..fa03790 100755
--- a/bin/compose-core
+++ b/bin/compose-core
@@ -3325,14 +3325,12 @@ get_volumes_for_container() {
 export -f get_volumes_for_container
 
 is_volume_used() {
-    local volume="$1" container_id src dst
-
-    while read -r container_id; do
-        while read-0 src dst; do
-            [[ "$src/" == "$volume"/* ]] && return 0
-        done < <(get_volumes_for_container "$container_id")
-    done < <(get_running_compose_containers)
-    return 1
+    local volume="$1" out
+    if ! out=$(docker ps --filter volume="$volume" --format {{.ID}}); then
+        err "Couldn't query containers by volumes."
+        return 0
+    fi
+    [ -n "$out" ]
 }
 export -f is_volume_used