diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 22ef72f80d..f0e2974a2a 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -11,24 +11,15 @@ steps:
   image: gcc
   commands:
   - apt-get update
-  - apt-get install -y cmake build-essential
+  - apt-get install -y cmake build-essential python3.8 python3-pip
+  - pip3 install psutil
+  - pip3 install guppy3
+  - pip3 install src/connector/python/linux/python3/
   - mkdir debug
   - cd debug
   - cmake .. 
   - make 
-  when:
-    branch:
-    - develop
-    - master
-
-- name: smoke_test
-  image: python:3.8
-  commands:
-  - pip3 install psutil
-  - pip3 install guppy3
-  - pip3 install src/connector/python/linux/python3/
-  - mkdir -p /drone/src/sim/tsim
-  - cd tests
+  - cd ../tests
   - ./test-all.sh smoke
   when:
     branch:
@@ -36,6 +27,7 @@ steps:
     - master
 
 
+
 - name: crash_gen
   image: python:3.8
   commands: