diff --git a/.github/workflows/downstream_testing.yml b/.github/workflows/downstream_testing.yml
index 4e5ec535e..17902eeb1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/downstream_testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/downstream_testing.yml
@@ -78,3 +78,4 @@ jobs:
         DS_JOBS: ${{ matrix.jobs }}
         DS_MATRIX_EXCLUDE: ${{ matrix.matrix_exclude }}
         DOCKER_BUILDKIT: 1
+        COV_CMD: ""
diff --git a/testing/downstream_testing/action_schemas.json b/testing/downstream_testing/action_schemas.json
index 51904139c..96972fb40 100644
--- a/testing/downstream_testing/action_schemas.json
+++ b/testing/downstream_testing/action_schemas.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
             "sub":
                 {
                     "pattern": "(\\d|py\\d)\\.*(\\d+)",
-                    "replace": "py\\1\\2 COV_CMD=''"
+                    "replace": "py\\1\\2"
                 }
         },
         "python_version": "python-version"