diff --git a/babel.coverage.js b/babel.coverage.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a752a9e52..0000000000
--- a/babel.coverage.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-// This is a Babel config that webpack.coverage.js uses in order to instrument
-// code with coverage instrumentation.
-const babelConfig = {
-    plugins: [['babel-plugin-istanbul', {
-        extension: ['.js', '.vue']
-    }]]
-};
-
-module.exports = babelConfig;
diff --git a/webpack.coverage.js b/webpack.coverage.js
index cef2c5fe98..9980e14aec 100644
--- a/webpack.coverage.js
+++ b/webpack.coverage.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // instrumentation using babel-plugin-istanbul (see babel.coverage.js)
 
 const config = require('./webpack.dev');
-const path = require('path');
 const vueLoaderRule = config.module.rules.find(r => r.use === 'vue-loader');
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
 const CI = process.env.CI === 'true';
@@ -34,8 +33,11 @@ config.module.rules.push({
     use: {
         loader: 'babel-loader',
         options: {
+            retainLines: true,
             // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
-            configFile: path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'babel.coverage.js')
+            plugins: [['babel-plugin-istanbul', {
+                extension: ['.js', '.vue']
+            }]]
         }
     }
 });