diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.md b/DEVELOPMENT.md
index 836a647f..9f433805 100644
--- a/DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -96,20 +96,20 @@ To be able to develop and run diagrams locally on you Mac device, you should hav
     docker build --tag diagrams:1.0 -f ./docker/dev/Dockerfile .
     ```
 
-3. Run the docker-compose file to create the container, run in background and mount the project source code.
+3. Create the container, run in background and mount the project source code.
 
     ```shell
-    docker-compose up -d
+    docker run -d \
+    -it \
+    --name diagrams \
+    --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)",target=/usr/src/diagrams \
+    diagrams:1.0
     ```
 
 4. Run unit tests in the host using the container to confirm that it's working.
 
     ```shell
-    docker exec -it diagrams bash
-    ```
-
-    ```shell
-    python -m unittest tests/*.py -v
+    docker exec diagrams python -m unittest tests/*.py -v
     ```
 
 5. Run the bash script `autogen.sh` to test.
diff --git a/docker/dev/docker-compose.yml b/docker/dev/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bdb9593..00000000
--- a/docker/dev/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
-services:
-  diagrams:
-    image: diagrams:1.0
-    container_name: diagrams
-    volumes:
-      - ./:/usr/src/diagrams
-    tty: true
-    stdin_open: true
-    restart: always