diff --git a/.github/codecov.yml b/.github/codecov.yml
index da4de3a08..6d4932680 100644
--- a/.github/codecov.yml
+++ b/.github/codecov.yml
@@ -22,5 +22,4 @@ comment:
   behavior: once		# update if exists; post new; skip if deleted
   require_changes: yes		# only post when coverage changes
 
-ignore:
-  - "tests/**/*"		# Don't need Tests to cover themselves
+# ignore: Please place any ignores in config/ax_code_coverage.m4 instead
diff --git a/config/ax_code_coverage.m4 b/config/ax_code_coverage.m4
index 5cdfe1456..0d89974d9 100644
--- a/config/ax_code_coverage.m4
+++ b/config/ax_code_coverage.m4
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AX_CODE_COVERAGE],[
 ']
 		[CODE_COVERAGE_RULES_CAPTURE='
 	$(code_coverage_v_lcov_cap)$(LCOV) $(code_coverage_quiet) $(addprefix --directory ,$(CODE_COVERAGE_DIRECTORY)) --capture --output-file "$(CODE_COVERAGE_OUTPUT_FILE).tmp" --test-name "$(call code_coverage_sanitize,$(PACKAGE_NAME)-$(PACKAGE_VERSION))" --no-checksum --compat-libtool $(CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_SHOPTS) $(CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_OPTIONS)
-	$(code_coverage_v_lcov_ign)$(LCOV) $(code_coverage_quiet) $(addprefix --directory ,$(CODE_COVERAGE_DIRECTORY)) --remove "$(CODE_COVERAGE_OUTPUT_FILE).tmp" "/tmp/*" $(CODE_COVERAGE_IGNORE_PATTERN) --output-file "$(CODE_COVERAGE_OUTPUT_FILE)" $(CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_SHOPTS) $(CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_RMOPTS)
+	$(code_coverage_v_lcov_ign)$(LCOV) $(code_coverage_quiet) $(addprefix --directory ,$(CODE_COVERAGE_DIRECTORY)) --remove "$(CODE_COVERAGE_OUTPUT_FILE).tmp" $(CODE_COVERAGE_IGNORE_PATTERN) --output-file "$(CODE_COVERAGE_OUTPUT_FILE)" $(CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_SHOPTS) $(CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_RMOPTS)
 	-@rm -f $(CODE_COVERAGE_OUTPUT_FILE).tmp
 	$(code_coverage_v_genhtml)LANG=C $(GENHTML) $(code_coverage_quiet) $(addprefix --prefix ,$(CODE_COVERAGE_DIRECTORY)) --output-directory "$(CODE_COVERAGE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)" --title "$(PACKAGE_NAME)-$(PACKAGE_VERSION) Code Coverage" --legend --show-details "$(CODE_COVERAGE_OUTPUT_FILE)" $(CODE_COVERAGE_GENHTML_OPTIONS)
 	@echo "file://$(abs_builddir)/$(CODE_COVERAGE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)/index.html"
@@ -219,7 +219,10 @@ CODE_COVERAGE_GENHTML_OPTIONS_DEFAULT ?=\
 $(if $(CODE_COVERAGE_BRANCH_COVERAGE),\
 --rc genhtml_branch_coverage=$(CODE_COVERAGE_BRANCH_COVERAGE))
 CODE_COVERAGE_GENHTML_OPTIONS ?= $(CODE_COVERAGE_GENHTML_OPTIONS_DEFAULT)
-CODE_COVERAGE_IGNORE_PATTERN ?=
+
+# Add any folders you want to ignore here
+# Ignore tmp and tests themselves
+CODE_COVERAGE_IGNORE_PATTERN ?= "/tmp/*" "*/tests/*"  
 
 GITIGNOREFILES ?=
 GITIGNOREFILES += $(CODE_COVERAGE_OUTPUT_FILE) $(CODE_COVERAGE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)