diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 56e915c..a8043ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ Gemfile.lock
 *.gem
 .bundle
 .config
-coverage
 InstalledFiles
 lib/bundler/man
 pkg
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 21ac255..889fc58 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ group :test do
   gem "fakefs"
   gem "rake", ">= 11.0"
   gem "rspec", "~> 3.2"
-  gem "simplecov", "~> 0.22"
 end
 
 group :docs do
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 1cd5977..e7c44c8 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -15,14 +15,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-require "simplecov"
-
-SimpleCov.start do
-  add_filter "/spec/"
-  add_group "Provisioner", "lib/kitchen/provisioner"
-  enable_coverage :branch
-end
-
 require "rspec"
 require "kitchen"