diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 1489b6bff..c2b1797c0 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ steps:
     commands:
       - apt-get update
       - apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends bash curl postgresql-client
-      - bash prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
+      - bash api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
       - cd api_tests/
       - yarn
       - yarn api-test
diff --git a/api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh b/api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
index aadf52ad8..9e0328a9a 100755
--- a/api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
+++ b/api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ export LEMMY_CAPTCHA__ENABLED=false
 export RUST_BACKTRACE=1
 export RUST_LOG=debug
 
-ls -la target/debug/lemmy_server
-
 echo "start alpha"
 LEMMY_HOSTNAME=lemmy-alpha:8541 \
   LEMMY_PORT=8541 \