diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 6f655c6..ec6ea0f 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -37,11 +37,12 @@ steps:
       build_number: ${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER}
       build_version: ${DRONE_BUILD_VERSION}
       binaries: .
-      usingProperties: true
-      sonar.branch.name: ${DRONE_BRANCH} # for branch analysis
-      sonar.pullrequest.key: ${DRONE_PULL_REQUEST} # for pull request analysis and decoration
-      sonar.pullrequest.branch: ${DRONE_SOURCE_BRANCH} # for pull request analysis and decoration
-      sonar.pullrequest.base:  ${DRONE_TARGET_BRANCH} # for pull request analysis and decoration
+      pr_key: ${DRONE_PULL_REQUEST} # for pull request analysis and decoration
+      pr_branch: ${DRONE_SOURCE_BRANCH} # for pull request analysis and decoration
+      pr_base:  ${DRONE_TARGET_BRANCH} # for pull request analysis and decoration
+      sonar_pr_key: ${DRONE_PULL_REQUEST} # for pull request analysis and decoration
+      sonar_pr_branch: ${DRONE_SOURCE_BRANCH} # for pull request analysis and decoration
+      sonar_pr_base: ${DRONE_TARGET_BRANCH} # for pull request analysis and decoration
 
 #kind: pipeline
 #type: exec
diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 12ffd46..0000000
--- a/sonar-project.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-sonar.branch.name: ${DRONE_BRANCH} 
-sonar.pullrequest.key: ${DRONE_PULL_REQUEST} 
-sonar.pullrequest.branch: ${DRONE_SOURCE_BRANCH} 
-sonar.pullrequest.base:  ${DRONE_TARGET_BRANCH} 
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