diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 34b3fc99e..412310a3b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ poetry.lock
 
 # coverage
 .coverage
+.coverage.*
 /htmlcov/
 
 /.vagrant
diff --git a/tox.cover.py b/tox.cover.py
index dc2ce5226..6247c7745 100755
--- a/tox.cover.py
+++ b/tox.cover.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def cover(package):
         return
 
     subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, '-m', 'pytest',
-                           '--cov', pkg_dir, '--cov-append', '--cov-report=', pkg_dir])
+                           '--cov', pkg_dir, '--cov-report=', pkg_dir])
     try:
         subprocess.check_call([
             sys.executable, '-m', 'coverage', 'report', '--fail-under',
@@ -74,12 +74,6 @@ those packages are moved to a separate repo."""
 
     packages = args.packages or DEFAULT_PACKAGES
 
-    # --cov-append is on, make sure stats are correct
-    try:
-        os.remove('.coverage')
-    except OSError:
-        pass
-
     for package in packages:
         cover(package)