diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 662e7b7..daf928f 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-coverage>=3.6 # Apache-2.0
 openstacksdk>=0.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 tempest>=10 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 41f280c..69419ee 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ deps = -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
 commands = {posargs}
 
 [testenv:cover]
+deps =
+    {[testenv]deps}
+    coverage>=3.6 # Apache-2.0
 setenv =
   {[testenv]setenv}
   PYTHON=coverage run --source aodhclient --parallel-mode