diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
deleted file mode 100644
index b3f4c4f6..00000000
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# .coveragerc to control coverage.py
-[run]
-source = pympipool
-omit = pympipool/_version.py
-concurrency = multiprocessing
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittest-flux.yml b/.github/workflows/unittest-flux.yml
index fc94b3a3..9f736236 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unittest-flux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittest-flux.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
         pip install versioneer[toml]==0.29
         pip install . --no-deps --no-build-isolation
         cd tests
-        coverage run --omit pympipool/_version.py -m unittest discover .
+        coverage run --omit="pympipool/_version.py,test_*" -m unittest discover .
       env:
         OMPI_MCA_plm: 'isolated'
         OMPI_MCA_rmaps_base_oversubscribe: 'yes'
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       timeout-minutes: 5
       run: >
         flux start
-        coverage run --omit pympipool/_version.py -m unittest tests/test_flux.py;
-        coverage combine
+        coverage run --omit="pympipool/_version.py,tests/*" -m unittest tests/test_flux.py;
       env:
         OMPI_MCA_plm: 'isolated'
         OMPI_MCA_rmaps_base_oversubscribe: 'yes'