diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ff509e39..f739634e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ check-fast:
 coverage:
 	rm -fr build_coverage
 	mkdir build_coverage
-	cd build_coverage ; CXX=$(COMPILER_DIR)/g++ cmake .. -GNinja -DJSON_Coverage=ON -DJSON_MultipleHeaders=ON
+	cd build_coverage ; CXX=g++-8 cmake .. -GNinja -DJSON_Coverage=ON -DJSON_MultipleHeaders=ON
 	cd build_coverage ; ninja
 	cd build_coverage ; ctest -E '.*_default' -j10
 	cd build_coverage ; ninja lcov_html
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 74df7522..63ba35cd 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,17 +27,17 @@ endif()
 
 if(JSON_Coverage)
     message(STATUS "Building test suite with coverage information")
-    if(NOT "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU")
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "JSON_Coverage requires GCC.")
-    endif()
+    #if(NOT "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU")
+    #    message(FATAL_ERROR "JSON_Coverage requires GCC.")
+    #endif()
 
     # enable profiling
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "--coverage -g -O0 -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage")
 
     # from https://github.com/RWTH-HPC/CMake-codecov/blob/master/cmake/FindGcov.cmake
-    get_filename_component(COMPILER_PATH "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}" PATH)
-    string(REGEX MATCH "^[0-9]+" GCC_VERSION "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}")
-    find_program(GCOV_BIN NAMES gcov-${GCC_VERSION} gcov HINTS ${COMPILER_PATH})
+    #get_filename_component(COMPILER_PATH "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}" PATH)
+    #string(REGEX MATCH "^[0-9]+" GCC_VERSION "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}")
+    #find_program(GCOV_BIN NAMES gcov-${GCC_VERSION} gcov HINTS ${COMPILER_PATH})
 
     # collect all source files from the chosen include dir
     file(GLOB_RECURSE SOURCE_FILES ${NLOHMANN_JSON_INCLUDE_BUILD_DIR}*.hpp)
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ if(JSON_Coverage)
     # add target to collect coverage information and generate HTML file
     # (filter script from https://stackoverflow.com/a/43726240/266378)
     add_custom_target(lcov_html
-        COMMAND lcov --directory . --capture --output-file json.info --gcov-tool ${GCOV_BIN} --rc lcov_branch_coverage=1
+        COMMAND lcov --directory . --capture --output-file json.info --rc lcov_branch_coverage=1
         COMMAND lcov -e json.info ${SOURCE_FILES} --output-file json.info.filtered --rc lcov_branch_coverage=1
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/test/thirdparty/imapdl/filterbr.py json.info.filtered > json.info.filtered.noexcept
         COMMAND genhtml --title "JSON for Modern C++" --legend --demangle-cpp --output-directory html --show-details --branch-coverage json.info.filtered.noexcept