diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d9cdfe9c..000000000
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-[run]
-branch = True
-disable_warnings = module-not-measured, no-ctracer
-source = src/borg
-omit =
-    */borg/__init__.py
-    */borg/__main__.py
-    */borg/_version.py
-    */borg/fuse.py
-    */borg/support/*
-    */borg/testsuite/*
-    */borg/hash_sizes.py
-
-[report]
-exclude_lines =
-    pragma: no cover
-    pragma: freebsd only
-    pragma: unknown platform only
-    def __repr__
-    raise AssertionError
-    raise NotImplementedError
-    if 0:
-    if __name__ == .__main__.:
-ignore_errors = True
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 43a61a0b6..136ebfe6d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ env_list = ["py{310,311,312,313,314}-{none,fuse2,fuse3}", "docs", "ruff", "mypy"
 [tool.tox.env_run_base]
 package = "editable-legacy"  # without this it does not find setup_docs when running under fakeroot
 deps = ["-rrequirements.d/development.txt"]
-commands = [["pytest", "-v", "-n", "{env:XDISTN:1}", "-rs", "--cov=borg", "--cov-config=.coveragerc", "--benchmark-skip", "--pyargs", "{posargs:borg.testsuite}"]]
+commands = [["pytest", "-v", "-n", "{env:XDISTN:1}", "-rs", "--cov=borg", "--cov-config=pyproject.toml", "--benchmark-skip", "--pyargs", "{posargs:borg.testsuite}"]]
 pass_env = ["*"]  # fakeroot -u needs some env vars
 
 [tool.tox.env_pkg_base]
@@ -208,3 +208,30 @@ skips = [
 skip_install = true
 deps = ["bandit[toml]"]
 commands = [["bandit", "-r", "src/borg", "-c", "pyproject.toml"]]
+
+[tool.coverage.run]
+branch = true
+disable_warnings = ["module-not-measured", "no-ctracer"]
+source = "src/borg"
+omit = [
+    "*/borg/__init__.py",
+    "*/borg/__main__.py",
+    "*/borg/_version.py",
+    "*/borg/fuse.py",
+    "*/borg/support/*",
+    "*/borg/testsuite/*",
+    "*/borg/hash_sizes.py",
+]
+
+[tool.coverage.report]
+exclude_lines = [
+    "pragma: no cover",
+    "pragma: freebsd only",
+    "pragma: unknown platform only",
+    "def __repr__",
+    "raise AssertionError",
+    "raise NotImplementedError",
+    "if 0:",
+    "if __name__ == .__main__.:",
+]
+ignore_errors = true