diff --git a/pavelib/tests.py b/pavelib/tests.py
index c56f247dce..ffcf7668fe 100644
--- a/pavelib/tests.py
+++ b/pavelib/tests.py
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ def coverage(options):
     sh("coverage xml --rcfile={}".format(rcfile))
     # Generate the coverage.py HTML report
     sh("coverage html --rcfile={}".format(rcfile))
-    call_task('diff_coverage', options=options.coverage)
+    diff_coverage()  # pylint: disable=no-value-for-parameter
 
 
 @task
@@ -275,12 +275,12 @@ def coverage(options):
 @cmdopts([
     ("compare-branch=", "b", "Branch to compare against, defaults to origin/master"),
     ("compare_branch=", None, "deprecated in favor of compare-branch"),
-])
+], share_with=['coverage'])
 def diff_coverage(options):
     """
     Build the diff coverage reports
     """
-    compare_branch = options.diff_coverage.get('compare_branch', 'origin/master')
+    compare_branch = options.get('compare_branch', 'origin/master')
 
     # Find all coverage XML files (both Python and JavaScript)
     xml_reports = []
diff --git a/pavelib/utils/test/suites/suite.py b/pavelib/utils/test/suites/suite.py
index f11bb62498..dfe34a97c7 100644
--- a/pavelib/utils/test/suites/suite.py
+++ b/pavelib/utils/test/suites/suite.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ class TestSuite(object):
         self.failed_suites = []
         self.verbosity = int(kwargs.get('verbosity', 1))
         self.skip_clean = kwargs.get('skip_clean', False)
-        self.pdb = kwargs.get('pdb', False)
         self.passthrough_options = kwargs.get('passthrough_options', [])
 
     def __enter__(self):