diff --git a/SAS/OTDB/test/t_getTreeGroup.run b/SAS/OTDB/test/t_getTreeGroup.run
index 2849374149a185e04f3b1257f48afaf324696f5f..686e12bf1f7ed3390ae4c252e101b4398fc9914a 100755
--- a/SAS/OTDB/test/t_getTreeGroup.run
+++ b/SAS/OTDB/test/t_getTreeGroup.run
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if type "coverage" > /dev/null; then
     #setup coverage config file
     printf "[report]\nexclude_lines = \n  if __name__ == .__main__.\n  def main\n" > .coveragerc
 
-    coverage run --branch python t_getTreeGroup.py postgres ${DBHOST} unittest_db
+    coverage run t_getTreeGroup.py postgres ${DBHOST} unittest_db
     RESULT=$?
     if [ $RESULT -eq 0 ]; then
         echo " *** Code coverage results *** "