diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 96d87c896..de876e252 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ group :test do
 
   gem 'rake', require: false
 
-  gem 'codecov', require: false
   gem 'rspec', '~> 3.0', require: false
   gem 'rubocop', '~> 1.50.0', require: false
   gem 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.16', require: false
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index a77a24f23..1ebc8271a 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@
       SimpleCov::Formatter::Console
     ]
 
-    if ENV['CI'] == 'true'
-      require 'codecov'
-      SimpleCov.formatters << SimpleCov::Formatter::Codecov
-    end
-
     SimpleCov.start do
       add_filter %r{^/spec/}
       add_filter %r{^/vendor/}
@@ -23,7 +18,7 @@
       add_filter 'lib/rspec-puppet/version.rb'
     end
   rescue LoadError
-    raise 'Add the simplecov, simplecov-console, codecov gems to Gemfile to enable this task'
+    raise 'Add the simplecov & simplecov-console gems to Gemfile to enable this task'
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper_unit.rb b/spec/spec_helper_unit.rb
index 9a1ba3b80..88513884a 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper_unit.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper_unit.rb
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@
       SimpleCov::Formatter::Console
     ]
 
-    if ENV['CI'] == 'true'
-      require 'codecov'
-      SimpleCov.formatters << SimpleCov::Formatter::Codecov
-    end
-
     SimpleCov.start do
       add_filter %r{^/spec/}
       add_filter %r{^/vendor/}
@@ -23,7 +18,7 @@
       add_filter 'lib/rspec-puppet/version.rb'
     end
   rescue LoadError
-    raise 'Add the simplecov, simplecov-console, codecov gems to Gemfile to enable this task'
+    raise 'Add the simplecov & simplecov-console gems to Gemfile to enable this task'
   end
 end