diff --git a/gitlab/functions.sh b/gitlab/functions.sh
index ae32a16f409c86adb9ee8691297915d55e87f448..2ab6172b13382ac588b50be84c0cc8662db41de3 100644
--- a/gitlab/functions.sh
+++ b/gitlab/functions.sh
@@ -199,23 +199,15 @@ fi
 
 PREFIX=${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/${CONDA_PREFIX}
 
-# Add "-coverage" support
 if [ "${ARCH}" == "linux" ]; then
   # Temporary hack to get building done right with gcc-5 compilers
   if [ -z "${CFLAGS}" ]; then
-    CFLAGS="-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0 -coverage"
+    CFLAGS="-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0"
   else
-    CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0 -coverage"
+    CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0"
   fi
-  CXXFLAGS=${CFLAGS}
-else
-  if [ -z "${CFLAGS}" ]; then
-    CFLAGS="-coverage"
-  else
-    CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -coverage"
-  fi
-  CXXFLAGS=${CFLAGS}
 fi
+CXXFLAGS=${CFLAGS}
 
 PYVER=py$(echo ${PYTHON_VERSION} | tr -d '.')
 if [ -z "${BOB_PREFIX_PATH}" ]; then