diff --git a/.github/workflows/blui-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/blui-ci.yml
index 20919d2e..b54d9894 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/blui-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/blui-ci.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Upload to Codecov
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
       with:
+        token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
         directory: ./login-workflow/coverage/
         files: clover.xml
         flags: unittests
diff --git a/login-workflow/codecov.yml b/login-workflow/codecov.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index aa4f1a58..00000000
--- a/login-workflow/codecov.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# - "::login-workflow/"     # move root   e.g., "path/" => "after/path/" leaving this here for now, it might need turned on later
-coverage:
-  status:
-    project:
-      default:
-        target: 70%
-        threshold: 5%
-        informational: true
-    patch:
-      default:
-        target: 70%
-        threshold: 5%
-        informational: true
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