diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index ef2f2c6..cd94a99 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,3 @@
----
-kind: pipeline
-name: sanity check
-steps:
-  - name: docker-compose up & down
-    image: docker/compose:1.25.5
-    commands:
-      - docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.ci.yml up -d
-      - sleep 10
-      - docker-compose ps
-      - docker-compose down
-
 ---
 kind: pipeline
 name: deploy to swarm.autonomic.zone
@@ -32,5 +20,3 @@ steps:
 trigger:
   branch:
     - master
-depends_on:
-  - sanity check
diff --git a/docker-compose.ci.yml b/docker-compose.ci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8dd1bd9..0000000
--- a/docker-compose.ci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
----
-version: "3.7"
-
-services:
-  traefik:
-    container_name: traefik
-    ports:
-      - "8001:80"
-      - "8080:8080"
-    command:
-      - "--api=true"
-      - "--api.insecure=true"
-      - "--providers.docker=true"
-      - "--providers.docker.exposedbydefault=false"
-      - "--entrypoints.web.address=:8001"
-    volumes:
-      - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"
-    labels:
-      - "traefik.enable=true"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.traefik.rule=Host(`traefik.localhost`)"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.traefik.entrypoints=web"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.traefik.service=api@internal"