diff --git a/tools/ci.py b/tools/ci.py
index 0791fabe90b..3bb8ef4d72d 100644
--- a/tools/ci.py
+++ b/tools/ci.py
@@ -493,7 +493,8 @@ def define_testrun(ctx: Context, event_name: str, changed_files: pathlib.Path):
 
     if "test:coverage" in labels:
         ctx.info("Writing 'testrun' to the github outputs file")
-        testrun = TestRun(type="full", skip_code_coverage=False)
+        # skip running code coverage for now, was False
+        testrun = TestRun(type="full", skip_code_coverage=True)
         with open(github_output, "a", encoding="utf-8") as wfh:
             wfh.write(f"testrun={json.dumps(testrun)}\n")
         with open(github_step_summary, "a", encoding="utf-8") as wfh:
@@ -504,7 +505,8 @@ def define_testrun(ctx: Context, event_name: str, changed_files: pathlib.Path):
     elif event_name != "pull_request":
         # In this case, a full test run is in order
         ctx.info("Writing 'testrun' to the github outputs file")
-        testrun = TestRun(type="full", skip_code_coverage=False)
+        # skip running code coverage for now, was False
+        testrun = TestRun(type="full", skip_code_coverage=True)
         with open(github_output, "a", encoding="utf-8") as wfh:
             wfh.write(f"testrun={json.dumps(testrun)}\n")
 
diff --git a/tools/vm.py b/tools/vm.py
index ad9cf9ced14..b520a9dc265 100644
--- a/tools/vm.py
+++ b/tools/vm.py
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ def test(
     print_tests_selection: bool = False,
     print_system_info: bool = False,
     print_system_info_only: bool = False,
-    skip_code_coverage: bool = True,
+    skip_code_coverage: bool = False,
     envvars: list[str] = None,
     fips: bool = False,
 ):
@@ -331,10 +331,14 @@ def test(
         env["PRINT_TEST_SELECTION"] = "1"
     else:
         env["PRINT_TEST_SELECTION"] = "0"
-    if skip_code_coverage:
-        env["SKIP_CODE_COVERAGE"] = "1"
-    else:
-        env["SKIP_CODE_COVERAGE"] = "0"
+
+    # skip running code coverage for now
+    ## if skip_code_coverage:
+    ##     env["SKIP_CODE_COVERAGE"] = "1"
+    ## else:
+    ##     env["SKIP_CODE_COVERAGE"] = "0"
+    env["SKIP_CODE_COVERAGE"] = "1"
+
     if print_system_info:
         env["PRINT_SYSTEM_INFO"] = "1"
     else: