diff --git a/.c8rc.json b/.c8rc.json
index 600995c4f0..700ba627ec 100644
--- a/.c8rc.json
+++ b/.c8rc.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "reporter": ["html", "lcov"],
-  "exclude": ["test/*", "*.mjs", "**/*.mjs"]
+  "reporter": ["lcov"],
+  "exclude": ["test/*", "*.mjs", "**/*.mjs"],
+  "clean": true
 }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/versioned-coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/versioned-coverage.yml
index 444d5643fe..b707aa2402 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/versioned-coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/versioned-coverage.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         VERSIONED_MODE: --major 
         JOBS: 4 # 2 per CPU seems to be the sweet spot in GHA (July 2022)
+        SKIP_C8: true 
 
   versioned:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/bin/run-versioned-tests.sh b/bin/run-versioned-tests.sh
index 654e4c6d99..799d594f2a 100755
--- a/bin/run-versioned-tests.sh
+++ b/bin/run-versioned-tests.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ set -x
 VERSIONED_MODE="${VERSIONED_MODE:---minor}"
 SAMPLES="${SAMPLES:-10}"
 export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=4096"
+SKIP_C8="${SKIP_C8:-false}"
 
 # Determine context manager for sanity sake
 if [[ $NEW_RELIC_FEATURE_FLAG_ASYNC_LOCAL_CONTEXT == 1 ]];
@@ -33,15 +34,23 @@ else
   )
 fi
 
-# C8 runs out of heap when running against
-# patch/minor flag.  We will just skip it
-# and figure out another way to get coverage
-# when running on main branch. 
-if [[ $VERSIONED_MODE == '--major' ]];
+# No coverage as env var is true
+# set C8 to ""
+if [[ "${SKIP_C8}" = "true" ]];
 then
-  C8="c8 -o ./coverage/versioned"
-else 
   C8=""
+else
+  # C8 runs out of heap when running against
+  # patch/minor flag.  We will just skip it
+  # and figure out another way to get coverage
+  # when running on main branch. 
+  if [[ $VERSIONED_MODE == '--major' ]];
+  then
+    # lcovonly only generates lcov report which will cut down on amount of time generating reports
+    C8="c8 -o ./coverage/versioned -r lcovonly"
+  else 
+    C8=""
+  fi
 fi
 
 export AGENT_PATH=`pwd`
@@ -50,6 +59,7 @@ export AGENT_PATH=`pwd`
 echo "JOBS = ${JOBS}"
 echo "NPM7 = ${NPM7}"
 echo "CONTEXT MANAGER = ${CTX_MGR}"
+echo "C8 = ${C8}"
 
 # if $JOBS is not empy
 if [ ! -z "$JOBS" ];