diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/gitea_deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/gitea_deploy.yml
index 772717cee..453477798 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/gitea_deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/gitea_deploy.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y podman
+          sudo sed -i 's/^driver = .*/driver = "vfs"/' /etc/containers/storage.conf
 
       - name: Create volume if not exists
         run: |
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build container image
         run: |
-          export STORAGE_DRIVER=vfs
           podman build \
           --build-arg GITEA_VERSION=${{ env.GITEA_VERSION }} \
           -t gitea-custom:${{ github.sha }} .