diff --git a/tools/lib/provision.py b/tools/lib/provision.py
index a6770147ba..151d9d98fd 100755
--- a/tools/lib/provision.py
+++ b/tools/lib/provision.py
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ LOG_DIR_PATH = os.path.join(VAR_DIR_PATH, 'log')
 UPLOAD_DIR_PATH = os.path.join(VAR_DIR_PATH, 'uploads')
 TEST_UPLOAD_DIR_PATH = os.path.join(VAR_DIR_PATH, 'test_uploads')
 COVERAGE_DIR_PATH = os.path.join(VAR_DIR_PATH, 'coverage')
-LINECOVERAGE_DIR_PATH = os.path.join(VAR_DIR_PATH, 'linecoverage-report')
 NODE_TEST_COVERAGE_DIR_PATH = os.path.join(VAR_DIR_PATH, 'node-coverage')
 
 is_travis = 'TRAVIS' in os.environ
@@ -281,8 +280,6 @@ def main(options):
     run(["mkdir", "-p", TEST_UPLOAD_DIR_PATH])
     # create coverage directory`var/coverage`
     run(["mkdir", "-p", COVERAGE_DIR_PATH])
-    # create linecoverage directory`var/linecoverage-report`
-    run(["mkdir", "-p", LINECOVERAGE_DIR_PATH])
     # create linecoverage directory`var/node-coverage`
     run(["mkdir", "-p", NODE_TEST_COVERAGE_DIR_PATH])
 
diff --git a/tools/run-mypy b/tools/run-mypy
index 737c5d4cab..2e9445fcb3 100755
--- a/tools/run-mypy
+++ b/tools/run-mypy
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ parser.add_argument('-a', '--all', action='store_true',
                     help="check all files, bypassing the default exclude list")
 parser.add_argument('--force', action="store_true",
                     help="run tests despite possible provisioning problems")
-parser.add_argument('--linecoverage-report', action='store_true',
-                    help="emit a coverage report under var/")
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
 if not args.force:
@@ -77,9 +75,6 @@ if not python_files and not pyi_files:
     sys.exit(0)
 
 extra_args = []
-if args.linecoverage_report:
-    extra_args.append("--linecoverage-report")
-    extra_args.append("var/linecoverage-report")
 if args.quick:
     extra_args.append("--quick")
 
@@ -89,12 +84,4 @@ if args.daemon:
 else:
     rc = subprocess.call([mypy_command] + mypy_args)
 
-if args.linecoverage_report:
-    # Move the coverage report to where codecov will look for it.
-    try:
-        os.rename('var/linecoverage-report/coverage.txt', 'var/.coverage')
-    except OSError:
-        # maybe mypy crashed; exit with its error code
-        pass
-
 sys.exit(rc)
diff --git a/tools/travis/backend b/tools/travis/backend
index 6cd0eeaca0..ab2ffb5245 100755
--- a/tools/travis/backend
+++ b/tools/travis/backend
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ set -x
 # We run mypy after the backend tests so we get output from the
 # backend tests, which tend to uncover more serious problems, first.
 ./tools/run-mypy --version
-./tools/run-mypy --linecoverage-report
+./tools/run-mypy
 
 ./tools/test-migrations
 ./tools/optimize-svg