diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a43d4e7f..5802531a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
 
 # how the Docker+R images work: https://hub.docker.com/r/rocker/r-ver/
 
-variables:
-  WARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS: 0
-
 R 3:
     image: rocker/r-ver:3 # test on R v3.*.*
+    variables:
+    - WARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS: 0
     script:
     - apt-get update
     # install dependencies for package
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index b1df44f9..46d86064 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ on_failure:
   - appveyor PushArtifact failure.zip
 
 on_success:
-  - Rscript -e 'covr::codecov(coverage = covr::package_coverage(), token = "50ffa0aa-fee0-4f8b-a11d-8c7edc6d32ca")'
+  - Rscript -e "library(covr); codecov(token = '50ffa0aa-fee0-4f8b-a11d-8c7edc6d32ca')"
 
 artifacts:
   - path: '*.Rcheck\**\*.log'