diff --git a/src/compose/service.ts b/src/compose/service.ts
index 174880ec..f24acb6c 100644
--- a/src/compose/service.ts
+++ b/src/compose/service.ts
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ export class Service {
 		if (_.get(container, 'NetworkSettings.Networks', null) != null) {
 			networks = ComposeUtils.dockerNetworkToServiceNetwork(
 				container.NetworkSettings.Networks,
+				svc.containerId,
 			);
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/compose/utils.ts b/src/compose/utils.ts
index 1b3fa38f..1b5d89f4 100644
--- a/src/compose/utils.ts
+++ b/src/compose/utils.ts
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@ export function serviceNetworksToDockerNetworks(
 
 export function dockerNetworkToServiceNetwork(
 	dockerNetworks: Dockerode.ContainerInspectInfo['NetworkSettings']['Networks'],
+	containerId: string,
 ): ServiceConfig['networks'] {
 	// Take the input network object, filter out any nullish fields, extract things to
 	// the correct level and return
@@ -504,7 +505,12 @@ export function dockerNetworkToServiceNetwork(
 	_.each(dockerNetworks, (net, name) => {
 		networks[name] = {};
 		if (net.Aliases != null && !_.isEmpty(net.Aliases)) {
-			networks[name].aliases = net.Aliases;
+			networks[name].aliases = net.Aliases.filter(
+				// Docker adds the container alias with the container id to the
+				// list. We don't want that alias to be part of the service config
+				// in case we want to re-use this service as target
+				(alias: string) => !containerId.startsWith(alias),
+			);
 		}
 		if (net.IPAMConfig != null) {
 			const ipam = net.IPAMConfig;
diff --git a/test/unit/compose/service.spec.ts b/test/unit/compose/service.spec.ts
index 5c4783c1..2d766d14 100644
--- a/test/unit/compose/service.spec.ts
+++ b/test/unit/compose/service.spec.ts
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ describe('compose/service: unit tests', () => {
 								IPv6Address: '5.6.7.8',
 								LinkLocalIps: ['123.123.123'],
 							},
-							Aliases: ['test', '1123'],
+							Aliases: ['test', '1123', 'deadbeef'],
 						},
 					}).config.networks,
 				).to.deep.equal({
@@ -903,6 +903,7 @@ describe('compose/service: unit tests', () => {
 						ipv4Address: '1.2.3.4',
 						ipv6Address: '5.6.7.8',
 						linkLocalIps: ['123.123.123'],
+						// The container id got removed from the alias list
 						aliases: ['test', '1123'],
 					},
 				});