diff --git a/k8s/infra/forgejo-runner/templates/deployment.yaml b/k8s/infra/forgejo-runner/templates/deployment.yaml
index 2ef614f..5d8c44c 100644
--- a/k8s/infra/forgejo-runner/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/k8s/infra/forgejo-runner/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -64,11 +64,7 @@ spec:
           workingDir: /data
           env:
             - name: DOCKER_HOST
-              value: tcp://localhost:2376
-            - name: DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY
-              value: "1"
-            - name: DOCKER_CERT_PATH
-              value: /docker-certs/client
+              value: unix:///run/docker.sock
           volumeMounts:
             - name: runner-data
               mountPath: /data
@@ -91,7 +87,7 @@ spec:
             privileged: true    # required for DinD; cicd namespace is labelled privileged
           env:
             - name: DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR
-              value: /docker-certs
+              value: ""
           volumeMounts:
             - name: docker-certs
               mountPath: /docker-certs