diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 5ee25b6e19..91b2e058b0 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-coverage>=4.4.1 # Apache-2.0
 fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 oslo.messaging[kafka]>=8.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=3.8.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index daba92fcb8..fd73b8fcca 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ commands =
 allowlist_externals = bash
 
 [testenv:cover]
+deps =
+    {[testenv]deps}
+    coverage>=4.4.1 # Apache-2.0
 setenv =
     PYTHON=coverage run --source ceilometer --parallel-mode
 commands =