diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index d3f372093..b68fdefa4 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 [run]
 omit =
-    # this file comes from versioneer and we don’t test it
-    */_version.py
+    skopt/__init__.py
     # these are our tests, don't count them towards coverage
     skopt/tests/*