diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 36315a3..2084783 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ steps:
   # skip key checking as this runner has never seen the host before
   - echo "Host *\n\tStrictHostKeyChecking no\n\n" > ~/.ssh/config
   # run operations on the remote host
-  - ssh -v "$${USER}@$${HOST}" "[[ ! -d ~/gemini/content ]] || rm -r ~/gemini/content"
+  - ssh "$${USER}@$${HOST}" "[[ ! -d ~/gemini/content ]] || rm -r ~/gemini/content"
   - rsync -rP content "$${USER}@$${HOST}:gemini"