diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de52c9f3..ed07ac60 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 [![Supermarket](http://img.shields.io/cookbook/v/os-hardening.svg)][1]
 [![Tests](https://github.com/dev-sec/chef-os-hardening/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)][2]
-[![Code Coverage](http://img.shields.io/coveralls/dev-sec/chef-os-hardening.svg)][3]
 
 ## Description
 
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 0e6b3dfd..e9bc8c63 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@
 
 require 'chefspec'
 require 'chefspec/berkshelf'
-require 'coveralls'
-
-# coverage report
-Coveralls.wear!
-at_exit { ChefSpec::Coverage.report! }
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|
   # OS and version for mocking of ohai data, needed by chefspec