diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index a903d98972..19e5860f6a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -49,9 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: unit_test
           command: |
-            pkgs="$((go list -mod vendor ./... || true) | grep -vE '/(host-image|hostimage)\>' | circleci tests split)"
-            go test -v -mod vendor -ldflags '-w' $pkgs
-            pkgs="$pkgs" ./scripts/coverage.sh --codecov
+            ./scripts/coverage.sh --codecov
       - save_cache:
           key: onecloud-test-cache-{{ checksum "go.mod" }}-{{ checksum "Makefile" }}
           paths:
diff --git a/scripts/coverage.sh b/scripts/coverage.sh
index 766014aa82..b108ecbe7e 100755
--- a/scripts/coverage.sh
+++ b/scripts/coverage.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ covermode=${COVERMODE:-atomic}
 coverdir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/coverage.XXXXXXXXXX)
 profile="${coverdir}/profile.out"
 if [ -z "$pkgs" ]; then
-	pkgs="$(go list ./... | egrep -v 'host-image|hostimage')"
+	pkgs="$(go list -mod vendor ./... | grep -vE 'host-image|hostimage')"
 fi
 
 echo "mode: $covermode" >"$profile"
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ case "${1-}" in
         go tool cover -html "$profile"
         ;;
     --codecov)
-        push_to_codecov
+        if ! push_to_codecov; then
+		echo "ignored: push to codecov failed" >&2
+	fi
         ;;
 esac