diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 8a1461f..f80a718 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -14,126 +14,49 @@ trigger:
     - push
 
 steps:
-  - name: compute cache key
-    image: docker.io/library/elixir:1.18.3-otp-27
-    commands:
-      - mix_lock_hash=$(sha256sum mix.lock | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
-      - echo "$DRONE_REPO_OWNER/$DRONE_REPO_NAME/$mix_lock_hash" >> .cache_key
-      # Print cache key for debugging
-      - cat .cache_key
-
-  - name: restore-cache
-    image: drillster/drone-volume-cache
-    settings:
-      restore: true
-      mount:
-        - ./deps
-        - ./.hex-cache
-      ttl: 30
-    volumes:
-      - name: cache
-        path: /cache
-
   - name: setup
     image: docker.io/library/elixir:1.18.3-otp-27
-    depends_on:
-      - restore-cache
-    environment:
-      HEX_HOME: ./.hex-cache
-      MIX_HOME: ./.hex-cache
     commands:
-      # Install hex and rebar (uses cached .hex-cache if available)
       - mix local.hex --force
       - mix local.rebar --force
-      # Fetch dependencies
       - mix deps.get
 
-  - name: wait_for_postgres
-    image: docker.io/library/postgres:17.6
-    commands:
-      # Wait for postgres to become available (POSIX-compatible)
-      - |
-        i=0
-        while [ $i -lt 20 ]; do
-          if pg_isready -h postgres -U postgres; then
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          i=$((i + 1))
-          sleep 2
-        done
-        echo "Postgres did not become available, aborting."
-        exit 1
-
-  - name: compile
+  - name: build
     image: docker.io/library/elixir:1.18.3-otp-27
     depends_on:
       - setup
-    environment:
-      HEX_HOME: ./.hex-cache
-      MIX_HOME: ./.hex-cache
     commands:
-      # Compile for dev (with warnings as errors) and test environments
+      - mix local.hex --force
+      - mix local.rebar --force
       - mix compile --warnings-as-errors
-      - MIX_ENV=test mix compile --warnings-as-errors
 
   - name: lint
     image: docker.io/library/elixir:1.18.3-otp-27
     depends_on:
-      - compile
-    environment:
-      HEX_HOME: ./.hex-cache
-      MIX_HOME: ./.hex-cache
+      - build
     commands:
-      # Check formatting
+      - mix local.hex --force
+      - mix local.rebar --force
       - mix format --check-formatted
-      # Security checks
       - mix sobelow --config
-      # Check dependencies for known vulnerabilities
       - mix deps.audit
-      # Check for dependencies that are not maintained anymore
       - mix hex.audit
-      # Provide hints for improving code quality
       - mix credo
-      # Check that translations are up to date
       - mix gettext.extract --check-up-to-date
 
   - name: test
     image: docker.io/library/elixir:1.18.3-otp-27
     depends_on:
-      - compile
-      - wait_for_postgres
+      - setup
     environment:
       MIX_ENV: test
       TEST_POSTGRES_HOST: postgres
       TEST_POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
-      HEX_HOME: ./.hex-cache
-      MIX_HOME: ./.hex-cache
     commands:
-      # Run tests with increased parallelism
+      - mix local.hex --force
+      - mix local.rebar --force
       - mix test --max-cases 16
 
-  - name: rebuild-cache
-    image: drillster/drone-volume-cache
-    depends_on:
-      - lint
-      - test
-    settings:
-      rebuild: true
-      mount:
-        - ./deps
-        - ./.hex-cache
-    volumes:
-      - name: cache
-        path: /cache
-    when:
-      status:
-        - success
-
-volumes:
-  - name: cache
-    host:
-      path: /tmp/drone_cache
-
 ---
 kind: pipeline
 type: docker