diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e6ed6f28..a7906ba6 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ end
 group :development do
   gem 'puppet', *location_for(ENV['PUPPET_GEM_VERSION'])
 
-  gem 'codecov'
   gem 'simplecov'
   gem 'simplecov-console'
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1f2cfbeb..54467266 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ You can enable it, set the following environment variable:s
 
 ``SIMPLECOV=yes``
 
-Remember to add the simplecov-console and codecov gems to your `Gemfile`. If you run `spec:simplecov` on Travis-CI or any of the other supported CI services, reports gets automatically uploaded to https://codecov.io/ .
+Remember to add the simplecov-console gem to your `Gemfile`. If you run `spec:simplecov` on Travis-CI or any of the other supported CI services, reports get generated which can then be uploading to codecov.io with the supported codecov [uploader](https://docs.codecov.com/docs/codecov-uploader).
 
 Some Notes for Windows Users
 ============================
diff --git a/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/module_spec_helper.rb b/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/module_spec_helper.rb
index 412c0a9e..f3d5972d 100644
--- a/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/module_spec_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/module_spec_helper.rb
@@ -24,13 +24,12 @@ def verify_contents(subject, title, expected_lines)
   begin
     require 'simplecov'
     require 'simplecov-console'
-    require 'codecov'
 
     SimpleCov.formatters = [
       SimpleCov::Formatter::HTMLFormatter,
-      SimpleCov::Formatter::Console,
-      SimpleCov::Formatter::Codecov
+      SimpleCov::Formatter::Console
     ]
+
     SimpleCov.start do
       track_files 'lib/**/*.rb'
       add_filter '/spec'
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ def verify_contents(subject, title, expected_lines)
       end
     end
   rescue LoadError
-    raise 'Add the simplecov, simplecov-console, codecov gems to Gemfile to enable this task'
+    raise 'Add the simplecov and simplecov-console gems to Gemfile to enable this task'
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 7d6844ed..8d458c5f 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@
       SimpleCov::Formatter::Console
     ]
 
-    if ENV['CI'] == 'true'
-      require 'codecov'
-      SimpleCov.formatters << SimpleCov::Formatter::Codecov
-    end
-
     SimpleCov.start do
       track_files 'lib/**/*.rb'
 
@@ -27,7 +22,7 @@
       add_filter '/.vendor'
     end
   rescue LoadError
-    raise 'Add the simplecov, simplecov-console, codecov gems to Gemfile to enable this task'
+    raise 'Add the simplecov and simplecov-console gems to Gemfile to enable this task'
   end
 end