diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5f516f29323..82a6894cf94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: pip3 install --user -r pytest/requirements.txt
       - run: cargo llvm-cov show-env --export-prefix >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
       - run: echo "LLVM_PROFILE_FILE=$(pwd)/target/llvm-cov-target/nearcore-%p-%16m.profraw" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+      - run: cargo llvm-cov clean --workspace
       - run: python3 scripts/state/update_res.py check
       - run: cargo llvm-cov report --codecov --output-path pytest-genesischk.json
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@eaaf4bedf32dbdc6b720b63067d99c4d77d6047d