diff --git a/cli/command/stack/kubernetes/stackclient_test.go b/cli/command/stack/kubernetes/stackclient_test.go
index da4a3426aa..507a589891 100644
--- a/cli/command/stack/kubernetes/stackclient_test.go
+++ b/cli/command/stack/kubernetes/stackclient_test.go
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ services:
     image: bar
   foo:
     image: foo
-networks: {}
-volumes: {}
-secrets: {}
-configs: {}
 `), s.ComposeFile)
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/compose/types/types.go b/cli/compose/types/types.go
index 6c1a0dd758..cad26d58b0 100644
--- a/cli/compose/types/types.go
+++ b/cli/compose/types/types.go
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ type Config struct {
 	Filename string `yaml:"-"`
 	Version  string
 	Services Services
-	Networks map[string]NetworkConfig
-	Volumes  map[string]VolumeConfig
-	Secrets  map[string]SecretConfig
-	Configs  map[string]ConfigObjConfig
-	Extras   map[string]interface{} `yaml:",inline"`
+	Networks map[string]NetworkConfig   `yaml:",omitempty"`
+	Volumes  map[string]VolumeConfig    `yaml:",omitempty"`
+	Secrets  map[string]SecretConfig    `yaml:",omitempty"`
+	Configs  map[string]ConfigObjConfig `yaml:",omitempty"`
+	Extras   map[string]interface{}     `yaml:",inline"`
 }
 
 // Services is a list of ServiceConfig