diff --git a/.drone.star b/.drone.star
index 4c58dcc338..23722cf1f6 100644
--- a/.drone.star
+++ b/.drone.star
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ def yarnInstallUITests():
         "name": "yarn-install",
         "image": OC_CI_NODEJS % DEFAULT_NODEJS_VERSION,
         "commands": [
-            "curl -SsfL -o /usr/local/bin/retry https://raw.githubusercontent.com/owncloud-ci/retry/master/retry && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/retry",
             ". /drone/src/.drone.env",
             "cd webTestRunner",
             "git checkout $WEB_COMMITID",
@@ -865,7 +864,6 @@ def settingsUITests(ctx, storage = "ocis", accounts_hash_difficulty = 4):
                     "MIDDLEWARE_HOST": "http://middleware:3000",
                 },
                 "commands": [
-                    "curl -SsfL -o /usr/local/bin/retry https://raw.githubusercontent.com/owncloud-ci/retry/master/retry && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/retry",
                     ". /drone/src/.drone.env",
                     # we need to have Web around for some general step definitions (eg. how to log in)
                     "git clone -b $WEB_BRANCH --single-branch --no-tags https://github.com/owncloud/web.git /srv/app/web",