diff --git a/codecov.yml b/codecov.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..107f6c7aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codecov.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+comment: off
+coverage:
+  status:
+    patch: false
+    project:
+      default:
+        target: 85%
+        threshold: 10%
diff --git a/scripts/jenkins-report.sh b/scripts/jenkins-report.sh
index a960712904..e1dd779505 100755
--- a/scripts/jenkins-report.sh
+++ b/scripts/jenkins-report.sh
@@ -23,12 +23,10 @@ source scripts/jenkins-common.sh
 # Get the diff coverage and html reports for unit tests
 paver coverage
 
-# Send the coverage data to codecov. Setting the 'COMMMIT' allows the data
-# to be sorted by a branch in the codecov UI. The branch is passed as a
-# param to the coverage job on Jenkins. The 'CODE_COV_TOKEN' should be
+# Send the coverage data to codecov. The 'CODE_COV_TOKEN' should be
 # available as an environment variable.
 pip install codecov==2.0.5
-codecov --token=$CODE_COV_TOKEN --commit=$COMMIT
+codecov --token=$CODE_COV_TOKEN
 
 # THIS BLOCK WILL BE REMOVED
 # Send the coverage data to coveralls. Setting 'TRAVIS_BRANCH' allows the