diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 724eda4..49aa4f4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -125,10 +125,6 @@ branch = true
 parallel = false
 omit = ["tests/**"]
 
-[tool.coverage.report]
-skip_empty = true
-fail_under = 74
-
 [tool.pyright]
 #strict = ["craft_cli"] # NOTE: disabled pending fix of the many errors (see gh issue #147)
 pythonVersion = "3.8"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 49ae55b..560a1a6 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ base = testenv, test
 description = Run integration tests with pytest
 labels =
     py38, py310, py311: tests, integration-tests
-commands = pytest {tty:--color=yes} --junit-xml=results/test-results-{env_name}.xml tests/integration {posargs}
+commands =
+    # NOTE: we use `coverage` directly here instead of pytest-cov because the loading of the
+    # pytest plugin provided by craft-cli means that some code gets imported *before*
+    # pytest-cov gets started, and those lines are marked as misses.
+    coverage run --source craft_cli -m  pytest {tty:--color=yes} --junit-xml=results/test-results-{env_name}.xml tests/integration {posargs}
+    coverage xml -o results/coverage-{env_name}.xml
 
 [lint]  # Standard linting configuration
 package = editable