diff --git a/.drone.star b/.drone.star
index ec401f864fd..ca4d4d9adb3 100644
--- a/.drone.star
+++ b/.drone.star
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ config = {
     'webdav':'',
   },
   'apiTests': {
-    'coreBranch': 'master',
-    'coreCommit': '35c53c096f40dd15ae15940c589965379e921857',
+    'coreBranch': 'skeletonStrategySwitch',
+    'coreCommit': '',
     'numberOfParts': 6
   },
   'uiTests': {
@@ -342,8 +342,9 @@ def localApiTests(ctx, coreBranch = 'master', coreCommit = '', storage = 'ownclo
         'environment' : {
           'TEST_SERVER_URL': 'https://ocis-server:9200',
           'OCIS_REVA_DATA_ROOT': '%s' % ('/srv/app/tmp/ocis/owncloud/' if storage == 'owncloud' else ''),
-          'DELETE_USER_DATA_CMD': '%s' % ('rm -rf /srv/app/tmp/ocis/owncloud/data/*' if storage == 'owncloud' else 'rm -rf /srv/app/tmp/ocis/storage/users/nodes/root/*'),
+          'DELETE_USER_DATA_CMD': '%s' % ('' if storage == 'owncloud' else 'rm -rf /srv/app/tmp/ocis/storage/users/nodes/root/*'),
           'SKELETON_DIR': '/srv/app/tmp/testing/data/apiSkeleton',
+          'OCIS_SKELETON_STRATEGY': %s' % ('copy' if storage == 'owncloud' else 'upload'),
           'TEST_OCIS':'true',
           'BEHAT_FILTER_TAGS': '~@skipOnOcis-%s-Storage' % ('OC' if storage == 'owncloud' else 'OCIS'),
           'PATH_TO_CORE': '/srv/app/testrunner'
@@ -395,8 +396,9 @@ def coreApiTests(ctx, coreBranch = 'master', coreCommit = '', part_number = 1, n
         'environment' : {
           'TEST_SERVER_URL': 'https://ocis-server:9200',
           'OCIS_REVA_DATA_ROOT': '%s' % ('/srv/app/tmp/ocis/owncloud/' if storage == 'owncloud' else ''),
-          'DELETE_USER_DATA_CMD': '%s' % ('rm -rf /srv/app/tmp/ocis/owncloud/*' if storage == 'owncloud' else 'rm -rf /srv/app/tmp/ocis/storage/users/nodes/root/*'),
+          'DELETE_USER_DATA_CMD': '%s' % ('' if storage == 'owncloud' else 'rm -rf /srv/app/tmp/ocis/storage/users/nodes/root/*'),
           'SKELETON_DIR': '/srv/app/tmp/testing/data/apiSkeleton',
+          'OCIS_SKELETON_STRATEGY': %s' % ('copy' if storage == 'owncloud' else 'upload'),
           'TEST_OCIS':'true',
           'BEHAT_FILTER_TAGS': '~@notToImplementOnOCIS&&~@toImplementOnOCIS&&~comments-app-required&&~@federation-app-required&&~@notifications-app-required&&~systemtags-app-required&&~@local_storage&&~@skipOnOcis-%s-Storage' % ('OC' if storage == 'owncloud' else 'OCIS'),
           'DIVIDE_INTO_NUM_PARTS': number_of_parts,