diff --git a/.simplecov b/.simplecov
deleted file mode 100644
index b07de58..0000000
--- a/.simplecov
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-require "simplecov-console"
-SimpleCov.formatters = [
-  SimpleCov::Formatter::HTMLFormatter,
-  SimpleCov::Formatter::Console,
-]
-SimpleCov.start
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 8d0bfe5..9010f64 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ group :development do
   gem "rake"
   gem "rspec", "~> 3.4"
   gem "aruba", "~> 0.6"
-  gem "simplecov", "~> 0.9"
-  gem "simplecov-console", "~> 0.7.2"
   gem "chef", "~> 14.0" # avoids test failures on license acceptance
 end
 
diff --git a/features/support/env.rb b/features/support/env.rb
index 6763d14..b89fdfb 100644
--- a/features/support/env.rb
+++ b/features/support/env.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-if ENV["COVERAGE"]
-  require "simplecov"
-end
-
 require "aruba/cucumber"
 
 # Travis runs tests in a limited environment which takes a long time to invoke
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 7c964cb..6aa0049 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require "simplecov" if ENV["COVERAGE"]
 require_relative "../lib/chef-vault"
 
 # This file was generated by the `rspec --init` command. Conventionally, all