diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
deleted file mode 100644
index c0239a3cd..000000000
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[run]
-omit = install.py
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 826d66f55..0035f724a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -100,3 +100,22 @@ docstring-quotes = "double"
 
 [tool.ruff.format]
 quote-style = "single"
+
+[tool.coverage.run]
+omit = [
+    # ignore install scripts
+    "src/install.py",
+    "src/install/*",
+    # ignore alembic migration scripts
+    "src/storage/migration/**",
+    # ignore files only run inside docker
+    "src/plugins/analysis/*/docker/**",
+]
+
+[tool.coverage.report]
+exclude_also = [
+    # exclude type checking blocks which are not executed during runtime
+    "if TYPE_CHECKING:",
+    # also don't complain about abstract methods (as they're also not run)
+    "@(abc\\.)?abstractmethod",
+]