diff --git a/api/http/handler/stacks/stack_delete.go b/api/http/handler/stacks/stack_delete.go
index 840af0c72..947e0009c 100644
--- a/api/http/handler/stacks/stack_delete.go
+++ b/api/http/handler/stacks/stack_delete.go
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func (handler *Handler) deleteStack(userID portainer.UserID, stack *portainer.St
 	if stack.Type == portainer.DockerSwarmStack {
 		stack.Name = handler.SwarmStackManager.NormalizeStackName(stack.Name)
 
-		if stackutils.IsGitStack(stack) {
+		if stackutils.IsRelativePathStack(stack) {
 			return handler.StackDeployer.UndeployRemoteSwarmStack(stack, endpoint)
 		}
 
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func (handler *Handler) deleteStack(userID portainer.UserID, stack *portainer.St
 	if stack.Type == portainer.DockerComposeStack {
 		stack.Name = handler.ComposeStackManager.NormalizeStackName(stack.Name)
 
-		if stackutils.IsGitStack(stack) {
+		if stackutils.IsRelativePathStack(stack) {
 			return handler.StackDeployer.UndeployRemoteComposeStack(stack, endpoint)
 		}
 
diff --git a/api/http/handler/stacks/stack_start.go b/api/http/handler/stacks/stack_start.go
index a5d45bb95..9cdefd7b0 100644
--- a/api/http/handler/stacks/stack_start.go
+++ b/api/http/handler/stacks/stack_start.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func (handler *Handler) startStack(
 	case portainer.DockerComposeStack:
 		stack.Name = handler.ComposeStackManager.NormalizeStackName(stack.Name)
 
-		if stackutils.IsGitStack(stack) {
+		if stackutils.IsRelativePathStack(stack) {
 			return handler.StackDeployer.StartRemoteComposeStack(stack, endpoint)
 		}
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (handler *Handler) startStack(
 	case portainer.DockerSwarmStack:
 		stack.Name = handler.SwarmStackManager.NormalizeStackName(stack.Name)
 
-		if stackutils.IsGitStack(stack) {
+		if stackutils.IsRelativePathStack(stack) {
 			return handler.StackDeployer.StartRemoteSwarmStack(stack, endpoint)
 		}
 
diff --git a/api/http/handler/stacks/stack_stop.go b/api/http/handler/stacks/stack_stop.go
index e395dc18e..b0dd44de1 100644
--- a/api/http/handler/stacks/stack_stop.go
+++ b/api/http/handler/stacks/stack_stop.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func (handler *Handler) stopStack(stack *portainer.Stack, endpoint *portainer.En
 	case portainer.DockerComposeStack:
 		stack.Name = handler.ComposeStackManager.NormalizeStackName(stack.Name)
 
-		if stackutils.IsGitStack(stack) {
+		if stackutils.IsRelativePathStack(stack) {
 			return handler.StackDeployer.StopRemoteComposeStack(stack, endpoint)
 		}
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func (handler *Handler) stopStack(stack *portainer.Stack, endpoint *portainer.En
 	case portainer.DockerSwarmStack:
 		stack.Name = handler.SwarmStackManager.NormalizeStackName(stack.Name)
 
-		if stackutils.IsGitStack(stack) {
+		if stackutils.IsRelativePathStack(stack) {
 			return handler.StackDeployer.StopRemoteSwarmStack(stack, endpoint)
 		}
 
diff --git a/api/stacks/deployments/deploy.go b/api/stacks/deployments/deploy.go
index 8f2708415..491074ec4 100644
--- a/api/stacks/deployments/deploy.go
+++ b/api/stacks/deployments/deploy.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func RedeployWhenChanged(stackID portainer.StackID, deployer StackDeployer, data
 	switch stack.Type {
 	case portainer.DockerComposeStack:
 
-		if stackutils.IsGitStack(stack) {
+		if stackutils.IsRelativePathStack(stack) {
 			err = deployer.DeployRemoteComposeStack(stack, endpoint, registries, true, false)
 		} else {
 			err = deployer.DeployComposeStack(stack, endpoint, registries, true, false)
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func RedeployWhenChanged(stackID portainer.StackID, deployer StackDeployer, data
 			return errors.WithMessagef(err, "failed to deploy a docker compose stack %v", stackID)
 		}
 	case portainer.DockerSwarmStack:
-		if stackutils.IsGitStack(stack) {
+		if stackutils.IsRelativePathStack(stack) {
 			err = deployer.DeployRemoteSwarmStack(stack, endpoint, registries, true, true)
 		} else {
 			err = deployer.DeploySwarmStack(stack, endpoint, registries, true, true)
diff --git a/api/stacks/deployments/deployment_compose_config.go b/api/stacks/deployments/deployment_compose_config.go
index 8785a7590..199928a87 100644
--- a/api/stacks/deployments/deployment_compose_config.go
+++ b/api/stacks/deployments/deployment_compose_config.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func (config *ComposeStackDeploymentConfig) Deploy() error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	if stackutils.IsGitStack(config.stack) {
+	if stackutils.IsRelativePathStack(config.stack) {
 		return config.StackDeployer.DeployRemoteComposeStack(config.stack, config.endpoint, config.registries, config.forcePullImage, config.ForceCreate)
 	}
 
diff --git a/api/stacks/deployments/deployment_swarm_config.go b/api/stacks/deployments/deployment_swarm_config.go
index 872f392d1..da0c6b8c1 100644
--- a/api/stacks/deployments/deployment_swarm_config.go
+++ b/api/stacks/deployments/deployment_swarm_config.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (config *SwarmStackDeploymentConfig) Deploy() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if stackutils.IsGitStack(config.stack) {
+	if stackutils.IsRelativePathStack(config.stack) {
 		return config.StackDeployer.DeployRemoteSwarmStack(config.stack, config.endpoint, config.registries, config.prune, config.pullImage)
 	}
 
diff --git a/api/stacks/stackutils/util.go b/api/stacks/stackutils/util.go
index a371e0ad0..91c9d464f 100644
--- a/api/stacks/stackutils/util.go
+++ b/api/stacks/stackutils/util.go
@@ -47,3 +47,10 @@ func SanitizeLabel(value string) string {
 func IsGitStack(stack *portainer.Stack) bool {
 	return stack.GitConfig != nil && len(stack.GitConfig.URL) != 0
 }
+
+// IsRelativePathStack checks if the stack is a git stack or not
+func IsRelativePathStack(stack *portainer.Stack) bool {
+	// Always return false in CE
+	// This function is only for code consistency with EE
+	return false
+}