diff --git a/.drone.star b/.drone.star
index 64ffe33d81..c7d02feb13 100644
--- a/.drone.star
+++ b/.drone.star
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ def settingsUITests(ctx, storage = 'owncloud', accounts_hash_difficulty = 4):
         },
         'commands': [
           'git clone -b master --depth=1 https://github.com/owncloud/testing.git /srv/app/testing',
-          'git clone -b %s --single-branch --no-tags https://github.com/owncloud/web.git /srv/app/web' % (webBranch),
+          'git clone -b $WEB_BRANCH --single-branch --no-tags https://github.com/owncloud/web.git /srv/app/web',
           'cp -r /srv/app/web/tests/acceptance/filesForUpload/* /uploads',
           'cd /srv/app/web',
           'git checkout $WEB_COMMITID',