diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 6116537f90..8ce9dd233b 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ define CLEAN_COVERAGE_REPORT
 	lcov -r coverage/broker.info "*/test/unittests/*" -o coverage/broker.info
 	lcov -r coverage/broker.info "*/src/lib/logMsg/*" -o coverage/broker.info
 	lcov -r coverage/broker.info "*/src/lib/parseArgs/*" -o coverage/broker.info
-	# app/ contains application itself, not libraries which make sense to measure unit_test coverage
-	lcov -r coverage/broker.info "*/src/app/*" -o coverage/broker.info
 endef
 
 all: prepare_release release
@@ -273,6 +271,8 @@ coverage_unit_test: build_unit_test_coverage
 	lcov --directory BUILD_UNITTEST --capture -b BUILD_UNITTEST --output-file coverage/broker.test.info 
 	lcov --add-tracefile coverage/broker.init.info --add-tracefile coverage/broker.test.info --output-file coverage/broker.info
 	$(CLEAN_COVERAGE_REPORT)
+	# app/ contains application itself, not libraries which make sense to measure unit_test coverage
+	lcov -r coverage/broker.info "*/src/app/*" -o coverage/broker.info
 	genhtml -o coverage coverage/broker.info
 
 coverage_functional_test: install_coverage