diff --git a/.codecov.yml b/.codecov.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 167f5636c..000000000
--- a/.codecov.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-coverage:
-  status:
-    project:
-      default:
-        target: 50%
-        threshold: null
-    patch: false
-    changes: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/go.coverage.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ca781feb..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/go.coverage.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-name: Go Coverage
-on: [pull_request]
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-    name: Coverage
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8  # v5.0.0
-
-      - name: Setup Go Version
-        run: echo "GO_VERSION=$(cat .go-version)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Install Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00  # v6.0.0
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-        id: go
-
-      - name: Build
-        run: go build -v ./...
-
-      - name: Test With Coverage
-        run: |
-          go install github.com/fatih/faillint@c56e3ec6dbfc933bbeb884fd31f2bcd41f712657 # v1.15.0
-          for d in request core coremain plugin test; do \
-             ( cd $d; go test -coverprofile=cover.out -covermode=atomic -race ./...; [ -f cover.out ] && cat cover.out >> ../coverage.txt ); \
-          done
-
-      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@5a1091511ad55cbe89839c7260b706298ca349f7  # v5.5.1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d6014304..0e2b7b7d3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 ![CodeQL](https://github.com/coredns/coredns/actions/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml/badge.svg)
 ![Go Tests](https://github.com/coredns/coredns/actions/workflows/go.test.yml/badge.svg)
 [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/coredns/coredns.svg?style=shield)](https://circleci.com/gh/coredns/coredns)
-[![Code Coverage](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/coredns/coredns/master.svg)](https://codecov.io/github/coredns/coredns?branch=master)
 [![Docker Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/coredns/coredns.svg)](https://hub.docker.com/r/coredns/coredns)
 [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/coredns/coredns)](https://goreportcard.com/report/coredns/coredns)
 [![CII Best Practices](https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/1250/badge)](https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/1250)