diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 088844788ce..b2e37105c73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -125,13 +125,20 @@ jobs:
           cargo install cargo-llvm-cov
           export RUSTFLAGS="-Coverflow-checks=off"
           cargo llvm-cov --features rest-client,rpc-client,tokio,serde --codecov --hide-instantiations --output-path=target/codecov.json
+          curl --verbose -O https://cli.codecov.io/latest/linux/codecov
+          chmod +x codecov
           # Could you use this to fake the coverage report for your PR? Sure.
           # Will anyone be impressed by your amazing coverage? No
           # Maybe if codecov wasn't broken we wouldn't need to do this...
-          bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash) -f target/codecov.json -t "f421b687-4dc2-4387-ac3d-dc3b2528af57"
+          ./codecov --verbose upload-process --disable-search --fail-on-error -f target/codecov.json -t "f421b687-4dc2-4387-ac3d-dc3b2528af57" -F 'tests'
+          cargo clean
       - name: Run fuzz coverage generation
         run: |
-          ./ci/ci-fuzz.sh
+          ./contrib/generate_fuzz_coverage.sh --output-dir `pwd` --output-codecov-json
+          # Could you use this to fake the coverage report for your PR? Sure.
+          # Will anyone be impressed by your amazing coverage? No
+          # Maybe if codecov wasn't broken we wouldn't need to do this...
+          ./codecov --verbose upload-process --disable-search --fail-on-error -f fuzz-codecov.json -t "f421b687-4dc2-4387-ac3d-dc3b2528af57" -F 'fuzzing'
 
   benchmark:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/ci/ci-fuzz.sh b/ci/ci-fuzz.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d75b1d84636..00000000000
--- a/ci/ci-fuzz.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -eox pipefail
-
-echo -e "\n\nGenerating fuzz coverage report"
-# In CI, store coverage in target directory for consistency with other artifacts
-COVERAGE_DIR="target/coverage-report"
-echo "Installing cargo-llvm-cov..."
-# Install cargo-llvm-cov if not already installed
-cargo install cargo-llvm-cov --locked
-
-echo "Cleaning up to save disk space..."
-rm -rf target/*
-echo "Disk cleanup completed"
-
-
-echo "Running fuzz coverage generation..."
-./contrib/generate_fuzz_coverage.sh --output-dir "$COVERAGE_DIR"
-echo "Coverage generation completed. Checking results..."
-
-# Upload fuzz coverage to codecov if the file exists (CI only)
-if [ -f "target/fuzz-codecov.json" ]; then
-    echo "Uploading fuzz coverage to codecov..."
-    bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash) -f "target/fuzz-codecov.json" -F fuzz -t "f421b687-4dc2-4387-ac3d-dc3b2528af57"
-fi
diff --git a/contrib/generate_fuzz_coverage.sh b/contrib/generate_fuzz_coverage.sh
index 55b9dd489a9..e7bf12ea20a 100755
--- a/contrib/generate_fuzz_coverage.sh
+++ b/contrib/generate_fuzz_coverage.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-set -e
-set -x
+set -ex
 
 # Parse command line arguments
 OUTPUT_DIR="coverage-report"
+OUTPUT_CODECOV_JSON=0
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case $1 in
         --output-dir)
             OUTPUT_DIR="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
+		--output-codecov-json)
+			OUTPUT_CODECOV_JSON=1
+			shift 1
+			;;
         *)
             echo "Unknown option: $1"
             echo "Usage: $0 [--output-dir OUTPUT_DIRECTORY]"
@@ -54,34 +58,12 @@ mkdir -p "$OUTPUT_DIR"
 export RUSTFLAGS="--cfg=fuzzing --cfg=secp256k1_fuzz --cfg=hashes_fuzz"
 
 # dont run this command when running in CI
-if [ "$CI" != "true" ] && [ "$GITHUB_ACTIONS" != "true" ]; then
+if [ "$OUTPUT_CODECOV_JSON" = "0" ]; then
     cargo llvm-cov --html --ignore-filename-regex "fuzz/" --output-dir "$OUTPUT_DIR"
-
-    # Check if coverage report was generated successfully
-    # The report is generated in $OUTPUT_DIR/html/index.html when using --html --output-dir
-    if [ ! -f "$OUTPUT_DIR/html/index.html" ]; then
-        echo "Error: Failed to generate coverage report at $OUTPUT_DIR/html/index.html"
-        echo "Contents of $OUTPUT_DIR:"
-        ls -la "$OUTPUT_DIR" || echo "Directory $OUTPUT_DIR does not exist"
-        if [ -d "$OUTPUT_DIR/html" ]; then
-            echo "Contents of $OUTPUT_DIR/html:"
-            ls -la "$OUTPUT_DIR/html"
-        fi
-        exit 1
-    fi
     echo "Coverage report generated in $OUTPUT_DIR/html/index.html"
-fi
-
-# Generate codecov JSON format if running in CI environment
-if [ "$CI" = "true" ] || [ "$GITHUB_ACTIONS" = "true" ]; then
-    echo "CI environment detected, generating codecov JSON format..."
+else
     cargo llvm-cov --codecov --ignore-filename-regex "fuzz/" --output-path "$OUTPUT_DIR/fuzz-codecov.json"
-    
-    if [ -f "$OUTPUT_DIR/fuzz-codecov.json" ] && [[ "$OUTPUT_DIR" == *"target/"* ]]; then
-        TARGET_DIR="../target"
-        cp "$OUTPUT_DIR/fuzz-codecov.json" "$TARGET_DIR/fuzz-codecov.json"
-        echo "Fuzz codecov report copied to $TARGET_DIR/fuzz-codecov.json"
-    fi
+    echo "Fuzz codecov report available at $OUTPUT_DIR/fuzz-codecov.json"
 fi