diff --git a/hack/make.sh b/hack/make.sh
index 3622f60d64..b50ed03dfa 100755
--- a/hack/make.sh
+++ b/hack/make.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ DEFAULT_BUNDLES=(
 	test-integration-cli
 	test-docker-py
 
-	cover
 	cross
 	tgz
 )
diff --git a/hack/make/.integration-test-helpers b/hack/make/.integration-test-helpers
index bca1b81a22..af7cfed5a8 100644
--- a/hack/make/.integration-test-helpers
+++ b/hack/make/.integration-test-helpers
@@ -23,22 +23,15 @@ go_test_dir() {
 	testcover=()
 	testcoverprofile=()
 	testbinary="$DEST/test.main"
-	if [ "$HAVE_GO_TEST_COVER" ]; then
-		# if our current go install has -cover, we want to use it :)
-		mkdir -p "$DEST/coverprofiles"
-		coverprofile="docker${dir#.}"
-		coverprofile="$ABS_DEST/coverprofiles/${coverprofile//\//-}"
-		testcover=( -test.cover )
-		testcoverprofile=( -test.coverprofile "$coverprofile" $coverpkg )
-	fi
 	(
+		mkdir -p "$DEST/coverprofiles"
 		echo '+ go test' $TESTFLAGS "${DOCKER_PKG}${dir#.}"
 		cd "$dir"
 		export DEST="$ABS_DEST" # in a subshell this is safe -- our integration-cli tests need DEST, and "cd" screws it up
-		go test -c -o "$testbinary" ${testcover[@]} -ldflags "$LDFLAGS" "${BUILDFLAGS[@]}"
+		go test -c -o "$testbinary" -ldflags "$LDFLAGS" "${BUILDFLAGS[@]}"
 		i=0
 		while ((++i)); do
-			test_env "$testbinary" ${testcoverprofile[@]} $TESTFLAGS
+			test_env "$testbinary" $TESTFLAGS
 			if [ $i -gt "$TEST_REPEAT" ]; then
 				break
 			fi