diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 05711b02f..88ae16dea 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ deps =
     xdist: pytest-xdist>=2.1.0
     xdist: -e .
     {env:_PYTEST_TOX_EXTRA_DEP:}
-    pytest-cov
 
 [testenv:linting]
 skip_install = True