diff --git a/compose/cryostat.yml b/compose/cryostat.yml
index 8a0f2d516..bfb853ca1 100644
--- a/compose/cryostat.yml
+++ b/compose/cryostat.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 version: "3"
 services:
   cryostat:
-    depends_on:
-      db:
-        condition: service_healthy
-      s3:
-        condition: service_healthy
     deploy:
       resources:
         limits:
diff --git a/compose/db.yml b/compose/db.yml
index aea89af84..098bf2961 100644
--- a/compose/db.yml
+++ b/compose/db.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 version: "3"
 services:
   cryostat:
+    depends_on:
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
     environment:
       QUARKUS_HIBERNATE_ORM_DATABASE_GENERATION: ${DATABASE_GENERATION:-drop-and-create}
       QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_USERNAME: cryostat3
diff --git a/compose/s3-cloudserver.yml b/compose/s3-cloudserver.yml
index 2abeb1039..2bb75985d 100644
--- a/compose/s3-cloudserver.yml
+++ b/compose/s3-cloudserver.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 version: "3"
 services:
   cryostat:
+    depends_on:
+      s3:
+        condition: service_healthy
     environment:
       STORAGE_BUCKETS_ARCHIVES_NAME: archivedrecordings
       QUARKUS_S3_ENDPOINT_OVERRIDE: http://s3:8000
diff --git a/compose/s3-localstack.yml b/compose/s3-localstack.yml
index a05b09163..839110b0d 100644
--- a/compose/s3-localstack.yml
+++ b/compose/s3-localstack.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 version: "3"
 services:
   cryostat:
+    depends_on:
+      s3:
+        condition: service_healthy
     environment:
       STORAGE_BUCKETS_ARCHIVES_NAME: archivedrecordings
       QUARKUS_S3_ENDPOINT_OVERRIDE: http://s3:4566
diff --git a/compose/s3-minio.yml b/compose/s3-minio.yml
index 9d51fd28b..c6885ba34 100644
--- a/compose/s3-minio.yml
+++ b/compose/s3-minio.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 version: "3"
 services:
   cryostat:
+    depends_on:
+      s3:
+        condition: service_healthy
     environment:
       STORAGE_BUCKETS_ARCHIVES_NAME: archivedrecordings
       QUARKUS_S3_ENDPOINT_OVERRIDE: http://s3:9000
diff --git a/compose/s3-none.yml b/compose/s3-none.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1da591be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose/s3-none.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+version: "3"
+services:
+  cryostat:
+    environment:
+      QUARKUS_S3_ENDPOINT_OVERRIDE: http://s3:4566
+      QUARKUS_S3_PATH_STYLE_ACCESS: "true" # needed since compose setup does not support DNS subdomain resolution
+      QUARKUS_S3_AWS_REGION: us-east-1
+      QUARKUS_S3_AWS_CREDENTIALS_TYPE: static
+      QUARKUS_S3_AWS_CREDENTIALS_STATIC_PROVIDER_ACCESS_KEY_ID: unused
+      QUARKUS_S3_AWS_CREDENTIALS_STATIC_PROVIDER_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: unused
+      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: unused
+      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: unused
diff --git a/compose/s3-seaweed.yml b/compose/s3-seaweed.yml
index bb91c1fae..ccf2c61cb 100644
--- a/compose/s3-seaweed.yml
+++ b/compose/s3-seaweed.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 version: "3"
 services:
   cryostat:
+    depends_on:
+      s3:
+        condition: service_healthy
     environment:
       STORAGE_BUCKETS_ARCHIVES_NAME: archivedrecordings
       CRYOSTAT_SERVICES_REPORTS_STORAGE_CACHE_NAME: archivedreports
diff --git a/smoketest.bash b/smoketest.bash
index 5548ead1c..5145af5a7 100755
--- a/smoketest.bash
+++ b/smoketest.bash
@@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ if [ "${USE_PROXY}" = "true" ]; then
     CRYOSTAT_HTTP_PORT=8181
     GRAFANA_DASHBOARD_EXT_URL=http://localhost:8080/grafana/
 else
-    FILES+=("${DIR}/compose/no_proxy.yml" "${DIR}/compose/s3_no_proxy.yml")
+    FILES+=("${DIR}/compose/no_proxy.yml")
+    if [ "${s3}" != "none" ]; then
+        FILES+=("${DIR}/compose/s3_no_proxy.yml")
+    fi
     if [ "${DEPLOY_GRAFANA}" = "true" ]; then
       FILES+=("${DIR}/compose/grafana_no_proxy.yml")
     fi
@@ -115,16 +118,19 @@ export GRAFANA_DASHBOARD_EXT_URL
 export DATABASE_GENERATION
 
 s3Manifest="${DIR}/compose/s3-${s3}.yml"
-STORAGE_PORT="$(yq '.services.*.expose[0]' "${s3Manifest}" | grep -v null)"
-export STORAGE_PORT
-export PRECREATE_BUCKETS
-
 if [ ! -f "${s3Manifest}" ]; then
     echo "Unknown S3 selection: ${s3}"
     display_usage
     exit 2
 fi
 FILES+=("${s3Manifest}")
+if [ "${s3}" = "none" ]; then
+    STORAGE_PORT="4566"
+else
+    STORAGE_PORT="$(yq '.services.*.expose[0]' "${s3Manifest}" | grep -v null)"
+fi
+export STORAGE_PORT
+export PRECREATE_BUCKETS
 
 unshift() {
     local -n ary=$1;