diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-unit.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-unit.yml
index 43ae648f2..e4e8ea349 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-unit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-unit.yml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run core tests
         run: |
-          bundle exec rspec --format documentation
+          bundle exec rake test:core
         
       - name: Run PubCloud engines tests
         run: |
@@ -93,16 +93,6 @@ jobs:
           ruby ci/check-version-matches.rb
           echo "::endgroup::"
 
-      - name: Run PubCloud engines tests
-        run: |
-          bundle exec rake test:engines
-
-      - name: Run version checks
-        run: |
-          echo "::group::Version verification checks"
-          ruby ci/check-version-matches.rb
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-         
       - name: Export coverage report
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: always()
diff --git a/.simplecov b/.simplecov
index 3757d9b5c..052bcb2d8 100644
--- a/.simplecov
+++ b/.simplecov
@@ -10,13 +10,12 @@ unless ENV['NO_COVERAGE']
       # omit registration sharing (removing systems using rmt-cli)
       add_filter('engines/registration_sharing/lib/registration_sharing.rb')
 
-      track_files('app/**/*.rb')
-      track_files('lib/**/*.rb')
-
-      add_filter('lib/rmt/config.rb')
       add_filter('lib/rmt/db.rb')
       add_filter('lib/rmt.rb')
-      add_filter('config/**/*(.rb|.yml)')
+      add_filter('config')
+
+      track_files('app/**/*.rb')
+      track_files('lib/**/*.rb')
     end
   end