diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b31e4f2637..9783b79d25 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ build_esp_idf_tests_cmake:
       - build_examples_cmake/*/*/*/sdkconfig
       - build_examples_cmake/*/*/*/build/*.elf
       - build_examples_cmake/*/*/*/build/*.map
-      - build_examples_cmake/*/*/*/build/download.config
+      - build_examples_cmake/*/*/*/build/flasher_args.json
       - build_examples_cmake/*/*/*/build/bootloader/*.bin
       - $LOG_PATH
     expire_in: 2 days
diff --git a/tools/ci/build_examples_cmake.sh b/tools/ci/build_examples_cmake.sh
index b0039f9a92..5772a81d11 100755
--- a/tools/ci/build_examples_cmake.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/build_examples_cmake.sh
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ build_example () {
             rm -rf build &&
             ./build.sh >>${BUILDLOG} 2>&1
         fi &&
-        cp build/flash_project_args build/download.config || # backwards compatible download.config filename
         {
             RESULT=$?; FAILED_EXAMPLES+=" ${EXAMPLE_NAME}" ;
         }
diff --git a/tools/unit-test-app/idf_ext.py b/tools/unit-test-app/idf_ext.py
index f0f76a52c4..06b843f010 100644
--- a/tools/unit-test-app/idf_ext.py
+++ b/tools/unit-test-app/idf_ext.py
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ def add_action_extensions(base_functions, base_actions):
                     pass
                 shutil.copyfile(partition_table, os.path.join(dest, "partition_table", os.path.basename(partition_table)))
 
-            shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(src, "flash_project_args"), os.path.join(dest, "flash_project_args"))
+            shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(src, "flasher_args.json"), os.path.join(dest, "flasher_args.json"))
 
             binaries = glob.glob(os.path.join(src, "*.bin"))
             binaries = [os.path.basename(s) for s in binaries]