diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a5d234..0000000
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-[run]
-source =
-    diffpy.fourigui
-[report]
-omit =
-    */python?.?/*
-    */site-packages/nose/*
-    # ignore _version.py and versioneer.py
-    .*version.*
-    *_version.py
-
-exclude_lines =
-    if __name__ == '__main__':