diff --git a/.simplecov b/.simplecov
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed6f826b48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.simplecov
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/env ruby
+
+SimpleCov.start 'rails' do
+  minimum_coverage 54
+
+  add_filter '/bin/'
+  add_filter '/config/'
+  add_filter '/jobs/application_job.rb'
+  add_filter '/schemas/'
+  add_filter '/lib/generators'
+  add_filter '/spec/'
+  add_filter '/vendor/'
+  add_filter '/public'
+  add_filter '/swagger'
+  add_filter '/script'
+  add_filter '/log'
+  add_filter '/db'
+end
diff --git a/spec/coverage_helper.rb b/spec/coverage_helper.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index fe51f01771..0000000000
--- a/spec/coverage_helper.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-if ENV["COVERAGE"]
-  require 'simplecov'
-
-  SimpleCov.minimum_coverage 54
-  SimpleCov.start 'rails' do
-    add_filter '/bin/'
-    add_filter '/config/'
-    add_filter '/jobs/application_job.rb'
-    add_filter '/schemas/'
-    add_filter '/lib/generators'
-    add_filter '/spec/'
-    add_filter '/vendor/'
-    add_filter '/public'
-    add_filter '/swagger'
-    add_filter '/script'
-    add_filter '/log'
-    add_filter '/db'
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index c418078f19..ab8a9802e4 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-if ENV["COVERAGE"]
-  require 'simplecov'
-  SimpleCov.start 'rails'
-end
+require 'simplecov' if ENV["COVERAGE"]
 
 require 'rubygems'
 
@@ -24,7 +21,6 @@ require 'rspec/rails'
 require 'capybara'
 require 'database_cleaner'
 require 'rspec/retry'
-require 'coverage_helper'
 require 'paper_trail/frameworks/rspec'
 
 require 'webdrivers'