diff --git a/cmd/compose/compose.go b/cmd/compose/compose.go
index f91b0ec82..7cb105f6c 100644
--- a/cmd/compose/compose.go
+++ b/cmd/compose/compose.go
@@ -256,15 +256,8 @@ func (o *ProjectOptions) ToProject(dockerCli command.Cli, services []string, po
 }
 
 func (o *ProjectOptions) configureRemoteLoaders(dockerCli command.Cli, po []cli.ProjectOptionsFn) ([]cli.ProjectOptionsFn, error) {
-	git, err := remote.NewGitRemoteLoader(o.Offline)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	oci, err := remote.NewOCIRemoteLoader(dockerCli, o.Offline)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	git := remote.NewGitRemoteLoader(o.Offline)
+	oci := remote.NewOCIRemoteLoader(dockerCli, o.Offline)
 
 	po = append(po, cli.WithResourceLoader(git), cli.WithResourceLoader(oci))
 	return po, nil
diff --git a/pkg/remote/git.go b/pkg/remote/git.go
index 4f3d233de..3dcbf1307 100644
--- a/pkg/remote/git.go
+++ b/pkg/remote/git.go
@@ -45,19 +45,13 @@ func gitRemoteLoaderEnabled() (bool, error) {
 	return false, nil
 }
 
-func NewGitRemoteLoader(offline bool) (loader.ResourceLoader, error) {
-	cache, err := cacheDir()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("initializing remote resource cache: %w", err)
-	}
+func NewGitRemoteLoader(offline bool) loader.ResourceLoader {
 	return gitRemoteLoader{
-		cache:   cache,
 		offline: offline,
-	}, err
+	}
 }
 
 type gitRemoteLoader struct {
-	cache   string
 	offline bool
 }
 
@@ -106,7 +100,12 @@ func (g gitRemoteLoader) Load(ctx context.Context, path string) (string, error)
 		ref.Commit = sha
 	}
 
-	local := filepath.Join(g.cache, ref.Commit)
+	cache, err := cacheDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("initializing remote resource cache: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	local := filepath.Join(cache, ref.Commit)
 	if _, err := os.Stat(local); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		if g.offline {
 			return "", nil
diff --git a/pkg/remote/oci.go b/pkg/remote/oci.go
index a67bfb0a1..3c8b2c995 100644
--- a/pkg/remote/oci.go
+++ b/pkg/remote/oci.go
@@ -46,21 +46,14 @@ func ociRemoteLoaderEnabled() (bool, error) {
 	return false, nil
 }
 
-func NewOCIRemoteLoader(dockerCli command.Cli, offline bool) (loader.ResourceLoader, error) {
-	cache, err := cacheDir()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("initializing remote resource cache: %w", err)
-	}
-
+func NewOCIRemoteLoader(dockerCli command.Cli, offline bool) loader.ResourceLoader {
 	return ociRemoteLoader{
-		cache:     cache,
 		dockerCli: dockerCli,
 		offline:   offline,
-	}, err
+	}
 }
 
 type ociRemoteLoader struct {
-	cache     string
 	dockerCli command.Cli
 	offline   bool
 }
@@ -100,7 +93,12 @@ func (g ociRemoteLoader) Load(ctx context.Context, path string) (string, error)
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	local := filepath.Join(g.cache, descriptor.Digest.Hex())
+	cache, err := cacheDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("initializing remote resource cache: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	local := filepath.Join(cache, descriptor.Digest.Hex())
 	composeFile := filepath.Join(local, "compose.yaml")
 	if _, err = os.Stat(local); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		var manifest v1.Manifest