diff --git a/test/unit/unittest.sh b/test/unit/unittest.sh
index f1cbce102..9609b24f0 100755
--- a/test/unit/unittest.sh
+++ b/test/unit/unittest.sh
@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@ if [ "$cov_avail" = "yes" ] && ! [[ "$CC_TYPE" == *"clang"* ]]; then
 	$LCOV -q -r $UT_COVERAGE/ut_cov_unit.info "$rootdir/app/*" -o $UT_COVERAGE/ut_cov_unit.info
 	$LCOV -q -r $UT_COVERAGE/ut_cov_unit.info "$rootdir/dpdk/*" -o $UT_COVERAGE/ut_cov_unit.info
 	$LCOV -q -r $UT_COVERAGE/ut_cov_unit.info "$rootdir/examples/*" -o $UT_COVERAGE/ut_cov_unit.info
-	$LCOV -q -r $UT_COVERAGE/ut_cov_unit.info "$rootdir/include/*" -o $UT_COVERAGE/ut_cov_unit.info
 	$LCOV -q -r $UT_COVERAGE/ut_cov_unit.info "$rootdir/lib/vhost/rte_vhost/*" -o $UT_COVERAGE/ut_cov_unit.info
 	$LCOV -q -r $UT_COVERAGE/ut_cov_unit.info "$rootdir/test/*" -o $UT_COVERAGE/ut_cov_unit.info
 	rm -f $UT_COVERAGE/ut_cov_base.info $UT_COVERAGE/ut_cov_test.info