diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 15db5f0..4597a0d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ test-data-conda-dot-conda-packages:
 test:
 	pytest \
 		--cov pydistcheck \
-		--cov-fail-under=98 \
 		./tests
 
 .PHONY: test-local
@@ -99,7 +98,6 @@ test-local:
 	PYTHONPATH=src \
 	pytest \
 		--cov=src/pydistcheck \
-		--cov-fail-under=98 \
 		--cov-report="term" \
 		--cov-report="html:htmlcov" \
 		./tests
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f29bcb8..2ca7b76 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ requires = [
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
+[tool.coverage.report]
+fail_under = 98.00
+exclude_also = [
+    # skip type-checking blocks when calculating code coverage
+    "if TYPE_CHECKING:"
+]
+
 [tool.isort]
 line_length = 88
 profile = "black"