diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yaml b/.github/workflows/linux.yaml
index f3eb1c464..fbbd17d77 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yaml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Coverage
       if: ${{ !contains(matrix.os, 'redhat') }}
       run: |
-        mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/bin"
+        mkdir -p $HOME/.local/bin
         if [ "${{ matrix.compiler }}" = 'clang' ]
         then
           printf '#!/bin/sh\nllvm-cov gcov "$@"\n' > $HOME/.local/bin/cov.sh
@@ -102,9 +102,8 @@ jobs:
           printf '#!/bin/sh\ngcov "$@"\n' > $HOME/.local/bin/cov.sh
         fi
         chmod +x $HOME/.local/bin/cov.sh
-        export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
         cd build
-        find .. -name '*.gcda' -o -name '*.gcno' | xargs cov.sh --branch-probabilities --preserve-paths --relative-only
+        find .. -name '*.gcda' -o -name '*.gcno' | grep -v tests | xargs $HOME/.local/bin/cov.sh --branch-probabilities --preserve-paths --relative-only
         curl --remote-name-all \
           https://keybase.io/codecovsecurity/pgp_keys.asc \
           https://uploader.codecov.io/latest/linux/codecov \