diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 7f2ce24c..20bbeb51 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ steps:
 
   - name: Deploy F-Droid Repo
     commands:
-      - eval `ssh-agent -s`
-      - echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" | ssh-add -
       - podman unshare ./ci.py --deploy-fdroid-repo
     environment:
       SSH_PRIVATE_KEY:
diff --git a/ci.py b/ci.py
index fcea90f6..600035d2 100755
--- a/ci.py
+++ b/ci.py
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ def deploy_gitea_release():
                   "--asset", f"{HOST_MOUNTED_VOLUME}/{APP_NAME}-{APP_SEMVER}.tar.zstd"])
 
 def deploy_fdroid_repo():
-  subprocess.run(["scp", "-r", f"{HOST_HOME}/fdroid/repo/*",
+  subprocess.run(["eval $(ssh-agent -s)"], shell=True)
+  subprocess.run(["printf " + os.environ.get('SSH_PRIVATE_KEY') + " | ssh-add -"], shell=True)
+  subprocess.run(["scp", "-oStrictHostKeyChecking=no", "-oUserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null",
+                  "-r", f"{HOST_HOME}/fdroid/repo/*",
                   "deployer@selfprivacy.org:/var/www/fdroid.selfprivacy.org"])
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":