diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fa0c6fd3d..1a6df4fd6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ webbrowser = "0.8.10"
 urlencoding = "2.1.2"
 cool_asserts = "2.0.3"
 paste = "1.0"
-coverage-helper = "0.2.0"
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "bench_main"
diff --git a/src/hugr/validate/test.rs b/src/hugr/validate/test.rs
index 0823a7b15..a4a4dd1a2 100644
--- a/src/hugr/validate/test.rs
+++ b/src/hugr/validate/test.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use cool_asserts::assert_matches;
-use coverage_helper::test;
 
 use super::*;
 use crate::builder::test::closed_dfg_root_hugr;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index eb8a354a9..80a7b8edd 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 // Unstable check, may cause false positives.
 // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/5112
 #![warn(clippy::debug_assert_with_mut_call)]
-// https://crates.io/crates/coverage-helper to allow selectively ignoring tests
-// in coverage.
-#![cfg_attr(coverage_nightly, feature(coverage_attribute))]
 
 pub mod algorithm;
 pub mod builder;