diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst
index f33e5a84234373d100d957d990e7a28ade2922f9..66ef219f69bcf05b61c08b11cb2794ad0192101c 100644
--- a/docs/devel/testing.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst
@@ -158,12 +158,11 @@ rarely used. See "QEMU iotests" section below for more information.
 GCC gcov support
 ----------------
 
-``gcov`` is a GCC tool to analyze the testing coverage by instrumenting the
-tested code. To use it, configure QEMU with ``--enable-gcov`` option and build.
-Then run ``make check`` as usual. There will be additional ``gcov`` output as
-the testing goes on, showing the test coverage percentage numbers per analyzed
-source file. More detailed reports can be obtained by running ``gcov`` command
-on the output files under ``$build_dir/tests/``, please read the ``gcov``
+``gcov`` is a GCC tool to analyze the testing coverage by
+instrumenting the tested code. To use it, configure QEMU with
+``--enable-gcov`` option and build. Then run ``make check`` as usual.
+Reports can be obtained by running ``gcov`` command on the output
+files under ``$build_dir/tests/``, please read the ``gcov``
 documentation for more information.
 
 QEMU iotests
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 0c0f9509f57c1b771b12e80288c7d56ae80f2138..a49282704e5ba8fe6cd441dd41d95b2165a0dd33 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -897,26 +897,16 @@ GCOV_OPTIONS = -n $(if $(V),-f,)
 
 .PHONY: $(patsubst %, check-qtest-%, $(QTEST_TARGETS))
 $(patsubst %, check-qtest-%, $(QTEST_TARGETS)): check-qtest-%: subdir-%-softmmu $(check-qtest-y)
-	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@rm -f *.gcda */*.gcda */*/*.gcda */*/*/*.gcda,)
 	$(call quiet-command,QTEST_QEMU_BINARY=$*-softmmu/qemu-system-$* \
 		QTEST_QEMU_IMG=qemu-img$(EXESUF) \
 		MALLOC_PERTURB_=$${MALLOC_PERTURB_:-$$(( $${RANDOM:-0} % 255 + 1))} \
 		gtester $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -m=$(SPEED) $(check-qtest-$*-y) $(check-qtest-generic-y),"GTESTER","$@")
-	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@for f in $(gcov-files-$*-y) $(gcov-files-generic-y); do \
-	  echo Gcov report for $$f:;\
-	  $(GCOV) $(GCOV_OPTIONS) $$f -o `dirname $$f`; \
-	done,)
 
 .PHONY: $(patsubst %, check-%, $(check-unit-y) $(check-speed-y))
 $(patsubst %, check-%, $(check-unit-y) $(check-speed-y)): check-%: %
-	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@rm -f *.gcda */*.gcda */*/*.gcda */*/*/*.gcda,)
 	$(call quiet-command, \
 		MALLOC_PERTURB_=$${MALLOC_PERTURB_:-$$(( $${RANDOM:-0} % 255 + 1))} \
 		gtester $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -m=$(SPEED) $*,"GTESTER","$*")
-	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@for f in $(gcov-files-$(subst tests/,,$*)-y) $(gcov-files-generic-y); do \
-	  echo Gcov report for $$f:;\
-	  $(GCOV) $(GCOV_OPTIONS) $$f -o `dirname $$f`; \
-	done,)
 
 # gtester tests with XML output