diff --git a/.codecov.yml b/.codecov.yml
index fc024ca597..cc6a5e6a2b 100644
--- a/.codecov.yml
+++ b/.codecov.yml
@@ -65,12 +65,3 @@ comment:
   require_changes: false
   behavior: default  # update if exists else create new
   after_n_builds: 23
-
-# TODO: figure out how to get codecov to pick up the test results on these backends
-#  The actual coverage for each is 90%+
-ignore:  # see: https://docs.codecov.io/docs/ignoring-paths
-  - "pytorch_lightning/accelerators/ddp_*.py"
-  - "pytorch_lightning/accelerators/ddp2_*.py"
-  - "pytorch_lightning/accelerators/dp_*.py"
-  - "pytorch_lightning/accelerators/gpu_*.py"
-  - "pytorch_lightning/accelerators/tpu_*.py"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8d8bafefa5..ad6d2ef9ba 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ exclude_lines =
     warnings
     pass
     rank_zero_warn
+# TODO: figure out how to get codecov to pick up the test results on these backends
+#  The actual coverage for each is 90%+
+omit =
+    pytorch_lightning/accelerators/ddp_*.py
+    pytorch_lightning/accelerators/ddp2_*.py
+    pytorch_lightning/accelerators/dp_*.py
+    pytorch_lightning/accelerators/tpu_*.py
 
 [flake8]
 # TODO: this should be 88 or 100 according PEP8