diff --git a/test/asynchronous/unified_format.py b/test/asynchronous/unified_format.py
index 5e6e24e9c4..d3c1d14d57 100644
--- a/test/asynchronous/unified_format.py
+++ b/test/asynchronous/unified_format.py
@@ -642,6 +642,8 @@ def maybe_skip_test(self, spec):
                 self.skipTest("CSOT not implemented for with_transaction")
             if "transaction" in class_name or "transaction" in description:
                 self.skipTest("CSOT not implemented for transactions")
+            if "COVERAGE" in os.environ:
+                self.skipTest("CSOT tests are inconsistent with coverage")
 
         # Some tests need to be skipped based on the operations they try to run.
         for op in spec["operations"]:
diff --git a/test/unified_format.py b/test/unified_format.py
index 4892a91e52..acedd3a5ef 100644
--- a/test/unified_format.py
+++ b/test/unified_format.py
@@ -641,6 +641,8 @@ def maybe_skip_test(self, spec):
                 self.skipTest("CSOT not implemented for with_transaction")
             if "transaction" in class_name or "transaction" in description:
                 self.skipTest("CSOT not implemented for transactions")
+            if "COVERAGE" in os.environ:
+                self.skipTest("CSOT tests are inconsistent with coverage")
 
         # Some tests need to be skipped based on the operations they try to run.
         for op in spec["operations"]: