diff --git a/scripts/unified-deployment-smoke.sh b/scripts/unified-deployment-smoke.sh
index 227cd3bd..872ce1b3 100755
--- a/scripts/unified-deployment-smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/unified-deployment-smoke.sh
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ task13_start_stack() {
   printf '== Build and start isolated local Compose distribution ==\n'
   task13_assert_rendered_contract
   task13_compose_logged "build local Compose images" build --pull
-  task13_compose_logged "create local core authentication runtime" create --no-deps core
+  task13_compose_logged "create local core authentication runtime" create core
   task13_prepare_local_auth_runtime
   task13_compose_start_logged "start local Compose distribution" up --detach --wait --wait-timeout 120
   TASK13_NETWORK="$(docker network ls \