diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
deleted file mode 100644
index ce671db3..00000000
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# .coveragerc to control coverage.py
-[run]
-source = pylammpsmpi
-omit = pylammpsmpi/_version.py
-concurrency = multiprocessing
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 610a5ddf..d77817b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         pip install versioneer[toml]==0.29
         pip install . --no-deps --no-build-isolation
-        coverage run --omit pylammpsmpi/_version.py -m unittest discover tests
-        coverage combine
+        coverage run  --omit="pylammpsmpi/_version.py,tests/*" -m unittest discover tests
     - name: Coveralls
       uses: coverallsapp/github-action@v2