diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f42db6..0000000
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-[run]
-omit =
-	# leading `*/` for pytest-dev/pytest-cov#456
-	*/.tox/*
-disable_warnings =
-	couldnt-parse
-
-[report]
-show_missing = True
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 5f9a174..be62d86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -54,44 +54,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run
         run: tox
 
-  diffcov:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.x
-      - name: Install tox
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install tox
-      - name: Evaluate coverage
-        run: tox
-        env:
-          TOXENV: diffcov
-
-  docs:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      TOXENV: docs
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-      - name: Install tox
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install tox
-      - name: Run
-        run: tox
-
   check:  # This job does nothing and is only used for the branch protection
     if: always()
 
     needs:
     - test
-    - docs
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e4ac445..dce287b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -9,25 +9,6 @@ usedevelop = True
 extras =
 	testing
 
-[testenv:diffcov]
-description = run tests and check that diff from main is covered
-deps =
-	diff-cover
-commands =
-	pytest {posargs} --cov-report xml
-	diff-cover coverage.xml --compare-branch=origin/main --html-report diffcov.html
-	diff-cover coverage.xml --compare-branch=origin/main --fail-under=100
-
-[testenv:docs]
-description = build the documentation
-extras =
-	docs
-	testing
-changedir = docs
-commands =
-	python -m sphinx -W --keep-going . {toxinidir}/build/html
-	python -m sphinxlint
-
 [testenv:finalize]
 description = assemble changelog and tag a release
 skip_install = True