diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.sh b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.sh
index e1f7a4be1e..7e7e3016e8 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ ADDITIONAL_DEPS=(
     expect
     fdisk
     jekyll
-    lcov
     libfdisk-dev
     libfido2-dev
     libp11-kit-dev
@@ -48,17 +47,9 @@ for phase in "${PHASES[@]}"; do
                 # The docs build is slow and is not affected by compiler/flags, so do it just once
                 MESON_ARGS+=(-Dman=true)
             fi
-            if [[ "$phase" = "RUN_GCC" ]]; then
-                MESON_ARGS+=(-Db_coverage=true)
-                # See FIXME below
-                (set +x; while :; do echo -ne "\n[WATCHDOG] $(date)\n"; sleep 30; done) &
-            fi
             meson --werror -Dtests=unsafe -Dslow-tests=true -Dfuzz-tests=true "${MESON_ARGS[@]}" build
             ninja -C build -v
             meson test -C build --print-errorlogs
-            if [[ "$phase" = "RUN_GCC" ]]; then
-                ninja -C build coverage
-            fi
             ;;
         RUN_ASAN_UBSAN|RUN_GCC_ASAN_UBSAN|RUN_CLANG_ASAN_UBSAN)
             MESON_ARGS=(--optimization=1)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index e697e6485d..0b8c1782ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -29,9 +29,3 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build & test (${{ matrix.run_phase }})
         run: sudo -E .github/workflows/unit_tests.sh RUN_${{ matrix.run_phase }}
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' || matrix.run_phase == 'GCC'
-      - name: Coveralls
-        if: matrix.run_phase == 'GCC' && github.repository == 'systemd/systemd'
-        uses: coverallsapp/github-action@master
-        with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          path-to-lcov: ./build/meson-logs/coverage.info