diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 5b7fdefd2a..c8d1cbbd6e 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ disable_warnings =
 [report]
 show_missing = True
 exclude_also =
-	# jaraco/skeleton#97
-	@overload
+	# Exclude common false positives per
+	# https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/excluding.html#advanced-exclusion
+	# Ref jaraco/skeleton#97 and jaraco/skeleton#135
+	class .*\bProtocol\):
 	if TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 390da0c634..a9fc6d8f29 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ Changelog = "https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/stable/history.html"
 test = [
 	# upstream
 	"pytest >= 6, != 8.1.*",
-	"pytest-checkdocs >= 2.4",
-	"pytest-cov",
-	"pytest-mypy",
-	"pytest-enabler >= 2.2",
-	"pytest-ruff >= 0.2.1; sys_platform != 'cygwin'",
 
 	# local
 	"virtualenv>=13.0.0",
@@ -81,6 +76,7 @@ test = [
 	# workaround for businho/pytest-ruff#28
 	'pytest-ruff < 0.4; platform_system == "Windows"',
 ]
+
 doc = [
 	# upstream
 	"sphinx >= 3.5",
@@ -121,6 +117,24 @@ core = [
 	"platformdirs >= 2.6.2",
 ]
 
+check = [
+	"pytest-checkdocs >= 2.4",
+	"pytest-ruff >= 0.2.1; sys_platform != 'cygwin'",
+]
+
+cover = [
+	"pytest-cov",
+]
+
+enabler = [
+	"pytest-enabler >= 2.2",
+]
+
+type = [
+	"pytest-mypy",
+]
+
+
 [project.entry-points."distutils.commands"]
 alias = "setuptools.command.alias:alias"
 bdist_egg = "setuptools.command.bdist_egg:bdist_egg"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 6fc71eb16a..cbade4ff46 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ commands =
 usedevelop = True
 extras =
 	test
+	check
+	cover
+	enabler
+	type
 	core
 pass_env =
 	SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS