diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittest-flux.yml b/.github/workflows/unittest-flux.yml
index 9f736236..34aa3212 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unittest-flux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittest-flux.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       timeout-minutes: 5
       run: >
         flux start
-        coverage run --omit="pympipool/_version.py,tests/*" -m unittest tests/test_flux.py;
+        python -m unittest tests/test_flux.py;
       env:
         OMPI_MCA_plm: 'isolated'
         OMPI_MCA_rmaps_base_oversubscribe: 'yes'