diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 01a59853c14928147954966b1181e7dca9bc9620..76ed6e06b5777b6b53d89528264a47e46f3d04b1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 variables:
   # note: GitLab cannot reference variables defined by users in the include ref:, we need to use a YAML anchor for this
   # see https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/yaml/includes/#use-variables-with-include for more information
-  IVAS_CODEC_CI_REF: &IVAS_CODEC_CI_REF deduplicate-renderer-tests
+  IVAS_CODEC_CI_REF: &IVAS_CODEC_CI_REF ci/test-remove-renderer-short
   # If you need to set some config variable only in a local branch, then add an overwrite here
   # One example is DISABLE_HRTF - this will be set on a branch which is about to be merged and will be removed in a subsequent second MR
   # this is more easily done directly here in the child repo
diff --git a/scripts/ivas_conformance/README.md b/scripts/ivas_conformance/README.md
index 884611e0a7728f741a502e0c3e41effd2a5ae9fa..e7f03aac731d7119aa9207d6e4a65dc9c5516cd9 100644
--- a/scripts/ivas_conformance/README.md
+++ b/scripts/ivas_conformance/README.md
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ CUT_OUTPUTS
   +- failedCmds.txt   : Log of all the shell commands that failed execution
   +- dec/             : Folder containing all decoder tests CUT outputs
   +- enc/             : Folder containing all encoder tests CUT outputs
-  +- renderer_short/  : Folder containing all renderer tests CUT outputs
+  +- renderer/        : Folder containing all renderer tests CUT outputs
   +- split_rendering/ : Folder containing all split rendering enc/dec tests
 ```
 
diff --git a/scripts/ivas_conformance/ivas_be_conf_test_gen.sh b/scripts/ivas_conformance/ivas_be_conf_test_gen.sh
index 6e7f2bb55c5e5a426afff58270e4c21b1f171be0..0e2f191bf3cb86cc3cce515164c46880178c1b19 100644
--- a/scripts/ivas_conformance/ivas_be_conf_test_gen.sh
+++ b/scripts/ivas_conformance/ivas_be_conf_test_gen.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rm -rf testvec
 mkdir testvec
 mkdir testvec/binauralRenderer_interface
 mkdir testvec/testv
-mkdir testvec/testv/renderer_short
+mkdir testvec/testv/renderer
 mkdir testvec/testv/split_rendering
 mkdir testvec/bin
 cp -r scripts/testv/* testvec/testv
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ cp -r scripts/switchPaths testvec
 cp -r scripts/trajectories testvec
 cp -r scripts/binauralRenderer_interface/binaural_renderers_hrtf_data testvec/binauralRenderer_interface
 cp -r tests/ref testvec/testv/ref
-cp -r tests/renderer/ref testvec/testv/renderer_short/ref
+cp -r tests/renderer/ref testvec/testv/renderer/ref
 cp -r tests/split_rendering/ref testvec/testv/split_rendering/ref
 cp -r tests/split_rendering/renderer_configs testvec/testv/split_rendering/renderer_configs
 cp -r tests/split_rendering/error_patterns testvec/testv/split_rendering/error_patterns
diff --git a/scripts/ivas_conformance/runConformance.py b/scripts/ivas_conformance/runConformance.py
index 3fe69b1805d2a9a3cd9f97704aa5bd716185c65c..56c79841290847211c9e68ab854e7ba8c6de9857 100644
--- a/scripts/ivas_conformance/runConformance.py
+++ b/scripts/ivas_conformance/runConformance.py
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ class MLDConformance:
                 "$CUT_PATH/ref/param_file/", f"{self.testvDir}/ref/param_file/"
             )
             command = command.replace(
-                "$CUT_PATH/renderer_short/ref/", f"{self.testvDir}/renderer_short/ref/"
+                "$CUT_PATH/renderer/ref/", f"{self.testvDir}/renderer/ref/"
             )
             command = command.replace(
                 "$CUT_PATH/split_rendering/ref",
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ class MLDConformance:
                 "$CUT_PATH/ref/param_file/dec/", f"{self.outputDir}/dec/"
             )
             command = command.replace(
-                "$CUT_PATH/renderer_short/ref/", f"{self.outputDir}/renderer_short/ref/"
+                "$CUT_PATH/renderer/ref/", f"{self.outputDir}/renderer/ref/"
             )
             command = command.replace(
                 "$CUT_PATH/split_rendering/cut/",
diff --git a/scripts/rend_header.txt b/scripts/rend_header.txt
index ce2e274c6698bccd11aef138606b7106fa7167fd..a83b0a17bc7009126d8fb221623eaccb282b0abb 100644
--- a/scripts/rend_header.txt
+++ b/scripts/rend_header.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ LOG_FILE=Readme_IVAS_rend_log.txt
 
 rm -rf tmp
 rm -rf $CUT_PATH
-mkdir -p $CUT_PATH/renderer_short/ref 
-mkdir -p $CUT_PATH/renderer_short/data
+mkdir -p $CUT_PATH/renderer/ref 
+mkdir -p $CUT_PATH/renderer/data