diff --git a/test/pagy/backend_test.rb b/test/pagy/backend_test.rb
index 6e95fd83d..4f45b9827 100644
--- a/test/pagy/backend_test.rb
+++ b/test/pagy/backend_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require_relative '../test_helper'
 
-SingleCov.covered!
+SingleCov.covered! unless ENV['SKIP_SINGLECOV']
 
 describe Pagy::Backend do
 
diff --git a/test/pagy/countless_test.rb b/test/pagy/countless_test.rb
index bb3137b84..bff3a29cd 100644
--- a/test/pagy/countless_test.rb
+++ b/test/pagy/countless_test.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../test_helper'
 require 'pagy/extras/countless'
 
-SingleCov.covered!
+SingleCov.covered! unless ENV['SKIP_SINGLECOV']
 
 describe Pagy::Countless do
 
diff --git a/test/pagy/extras/array_test.rb b/test/pagy/extras/array_test.rb
index 3b32ebd15..5ac525802 100644
--- a/test/pagy/extras/array_test.rb
+++ b/test/pagy/extras/array_test.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../../test_helper'
 require 'pagy/extras/array'
 
-SingleCov.covered!
+SingleCov.covered! unless ENV['SKIP_SINGLECOV']
 
 describe Pagy::Backend do
 
diff --git a/test/pagy/extras/bootstrap_test.rb b/test/pagy/extras/bootstrap_test.rb
index c46929b51..a2fb91fce 100644
--- a/test/pagy/extras/bootstrap_test.rb
+++ b/test/pagy/extras/bootstrap_test.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../../test_helper'
 require 'pagy/extras/bootstrap'
 
-SingleCov.covered!(uncovered: 1) # undefined TRIM for compact helper, tested in trim_test
+SingleCov.covered!(uncovered: 1) unless ENV['SKIP_SINGLECOV'] # undefined TRIM for compact helper, tested in trim_test
 
 describe Pagy::Frontend do
 
diff --git a/test/pagy/extras/bulma_test.rb b/test/pagy/extras/bulma_test.rb
index b99df7d07..f9e30e6b5 100644
--- a/test/pagy/extras/bulma_test.rb
+++ b/test/pagy/extras/bulma_test.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../../test_helper'
 require 'pagy/extras/bulma'
 
-SingleCov.covered!(uncovered: 1) # undefined TRIM for compact helper, tested in trim_test
+SingleCov.covered!(uncovered: 1) unless ENV['SKIP_SINGLECOV'] # undefined TRIM for compact helper, tested in trim_test
 
 describe Pagy::Frontend do
 
diff --git a/test/pagy/extras/countless_test.rb b/test/pagy/extras/countless_test.rb
index d3f4ef7fa..d653621db 100644
--- a/test/pagy/extras/countless_test.rb
+++ b/test/pagy/extras/countless_test.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../../test_helper'
 require 'pagy/extras/countless'
 
-SingleCov.covered!
+SingleCov.covered! unless ENV['SKIP_SINGLECOV']
 
 describe Pagy::Backend do
 
diff --git a/test/pagy/extras/elasticsearch_rails_test.rb b/test/pagy/extras/elasticsearch_rails_test.rb
index 4b7638a1b..4acb00ea7 100644
--- a/test/pagy/extras/elasticsearch_rails_test.rb
+++ b/test/pagy/extras/elasticsearch_rails_test.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../../test_helper'
 require 'pagy/extras/elasticsearch_rails'
 
-SingleCov.covered!
+SingleCov.covered! unless ENV['SKIP_SINGLECOV']
 
 describe Pagy::Backend do
 
diff --git a/test/pagy/extras/foundation_test.rb b/test/pagy/extras/foundation_test.rb
index a045a6d0f..75b5a864b 100644
--- a/test/pagy/extras/foundation_test.rb
+++ b/test/pagy/extras/foundation_test.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../../test_helper'
 require 'pagy/extras/foundation'
 
-SingleCov.covered!(uncovered: 1) # undefined TRIM for compact helper, tested in trim_test
+SingleCov.covered!(uncovered: 1) unless ENV['SKIP_SINGLECOV'] # undefined TRIM for compact helper, tested in trim_test
 
 describe Pagy::Frontend do
 
diff --git a/test/pagy/extras/i18n_test.rb b/test/pagy/extras/i18n_test.rb
index a60f19898..77f71a887 100644
--- a/test/pagy/extras/i18n_test.rb
+++ b/test/pagy/extras/i18n_test.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 require 'i18n'
 require 'pagy/extras/i18n'
 
-SingleCov.covered!
+SingleCov.covered! unless ENV['SKIP_SINGLECOV']
 
 describe Pagy::Frontend do
 
diff --git a/test/pagy/extras/items_test.rb b/test/pagy/extras/items_test.rb
index 1a51342d3..f39292d4e 100644
--- a/test/pagy/extras/items_test.rb
+++ b/test/pagy/extras/items_test.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 require 'pagy/extras/countless'
 require 'pagy/extras/items'
 
-SingleCov.covered!(uncovered: 1)
+SingleCov.covered! unless ENV['SKIP_SINGLECOV']
 
 describe Pagy::Backend do
 
diff --git a/test/pagy/extras/materialize_test.rb b/test/pagy/extras/materialize_test.rb
index d51805524..9a51fc365 100644
--- a/test/pagy/extras/materialize_test.rb
+++ b/test/pagy/extras/materialize_test.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../../test_helper'
 require 'pagy/extras/materialize'
 
-SingleCov.covered!(uncovered: 1) # undefined TRIM for compact helper, tested in trim_test
+SingleCov.covered!(uncovered: 1) unless ENV['SKIP_SINGLECOV'] # undefined TRIM for compact helper, tested in trim_test
 
 describe Pagy::Frontend do
 
diff --git a/test/pagy/extras/overflow_test.rb b/test/pagy/extras/overflow_test.rb
index 34c28c9a3..32a311efc 100644
--- a/test/pagy/extras/overflow_test.rb
+++ b/test/pagy/extras/overflow_test.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../../test_helper'
 require 'pagy/extras/overflow'
 
-SingleCov.covered!(uncovered: 1)   # the condition for countless
+SingleCov.covered! unless ENV['SKIP_SINGLECOV']
 
 describe Pagy do
 
diff --git a/test/pagy/extras/plain_test.rb b/test/pagy/extras/plain_test.rb
index 1d48f472e..d737c6ab5 100644
--- a/test/pagy/extras/plain_test.rb
+++ b/test/pagy/extras/plain_test.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../../test_helper'
 require 'pagy/extras/plain'
 
-SingleCov.covered!(uncovered: 1) # undefined TRIM for compact helper, tested in trim_test
+SingleCov.covered!(uncovered: 1) unless ENV['SKIP_SINGLECOV'] # undefined TRIM for compact helper, tested in trim_test
 
 describe Pagy::Frontend do
 
diff --git a/test/pagy/extras/searchkick_test.rb b/test/pagy/extras/searchkick_test.rb
index d48c2676a..78bc76ccd 100644
--- a/test/pagy/extras/searchkick_test.rb
+++ b/test/pagy/extras/searchkick_test.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../../test_helper'
 require 'pagy/extras/searchkick'
 
-SingleCov.covered!
+SingleCov.covered! unless ENV['SKIP_SINGLECOV']
 
 describe Pagy::Backend do
 
diff --git a/test/pagy/extras/semantic_test.rb b/test/pagy/extras/semantic_test.rb
index 154466d8f..5e16184bc 100644
--- a/test/pagy/extras/semantic_test.rb
+++ b/test/pagy/extras/semantic_test.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../../test_helper'
 require 'pagy/extras/semantic'
 
-SingleCov.covered!(uncovered: 1)
+SingleCov.covered!(uncovered: 1) unless ENV['SKIP_SINGLECOV']
 
 describe Pagy::Frontend do
 
diff --git a/test/pagy/extras/support_test.rb b/test/pagy/extras/support_test.rb
index 3a7c1eb04..84a869870 100644
--- a/test/pagy/extras/support_test.rb
+++ b/test/pagy/extras/support_test.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 require 'pagy/extras/support'
 require 'pagy/countless'
 
-SingleCov.covered!
+SingleCov.covered! unless ENV['SKIP_SINGLECOV']
 
 describe Pagy::Frontend do
 
diff --git a/test/pagy/extras/trim_test.rb b/test/pagy/extras/trim_test.rb
index 69f2a8af4..418367b3e 100644
--- a/test/pagy/extras/trim_test.rb
+++ b/test/pagy/extras/trim_test.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # require 'pagy/extras/semantic'
 require 'pagy/extras/trim'
 
-SingleCov.covered!
+SingleCov.covered! unless ENV['SKIP_SINGLECOV']
 
 describe Pagy::Frontend do
 
diff --git a/test/pagy/frontend_test.rb b/test/pagy/frontend_test.rb
index dfbd931cf..6a401e32c 100644
--- a/test/pagy/frontend_test.rb
+++ b/test/pagy/frontend_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require_relative '../test_helper'
 
-SingleCov.covered!
+SingleCov.covered! unless ENV['SKIP_SINGLECOV']
 
 describe Pagy::Frontend do
 
diff --git a/test/pagy_test.rb b/test/pagy_test.rb
index 67f2a131c..6b3ede381 100644
--- a/test/pagy_test.rb
+++ b/test/pagy_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require_relative 'test_helper'
 
-SingleCov.covered!
+SingleCov.covered! unless ENV['SKIP_SINGLECOV']
 
 describe Pagy do
 
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 09e0fdac0..9aff7c98b 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 require 'bundler/setup'
 
-require 'single_cov'
-SingleCov.setup :minitest
+unless ENV['SKIP_SINGLECOV']
+  require 'single_cov'
+  SingleCov.setup(:minitest, branches: false)
+end
 
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path("../../lib", __FILE__)
 require 'pagy'