diff --git a/codecov.yaml b/codecov.yaml
index bc0b3604329..4d93c18f3ac 100644
--- a/codecov.yaml
+++ b/codecov.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ flag_management:
       carryforward: false
     - name: proxy-db-schema-migration
       carryforward: false
+    - name: circleci
+      carryforward: false
 
 component_management:
   individual_components:
diff --git a/codecov.yml b/codecov.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f8f638680b9..00000000000
--- a/codecov.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-coverage:
-  status:
-    patch:
-      default:
-        # only count freshly uploaded coverage, not sessions carried forward
-        # from older commits whose line numbers no longer match the head
-        flag_coverage_not_uploaded_behavior: exclude
-
-flags:
-  circleci:
-    # carried-forward CircleCI sessions come from older commits, so their line
-    # numbers are misaligned with the head and poison the patch status
-    carryforward: false
-    joined: false