diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index c01605d..17b5ca1 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -78,13 +78,7 @@ steps:
     # https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/discussions/15049
     commands:
       - unset GIT_COMMITTER_NAME GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL GIT_AUTHOR_NAME GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
-      - renovate-config-validator
-  - name: renovate - validate config
-    image: renovate/renovate:39.256
-    # https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/discussions/15049
-    commands:
-        - unset GIT_COMMITTER_NAME GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL GIT_AUTHOR_NAME GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
-        - renovate-config-validator
+      - RENOVATE_CONFIG_FILE="renovate_config.js" renovate-config-validator
 
   - name: renovate
     image: renovate/renovate:39.256