diff --git a/.gitlab/coverity.yml b/.gitlab/coverity.yml
index b39285ec12..c4186aa3cd 100644
--- a/.gitlab/coverity.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/coverity.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ include:
     BRIDGE_COVERITY_CONNECT_USER_PASSWORD: $COVERITY_PASSPHRASE
     BRIDGE_GITLAB_USER_TOKEN: $GITLAB_API_KEY_EXTERNAL
     BRIDGE_COVERITY_LOCAL: true
+    BRIDGE_COVERITY_CLEAN_COMMAND: make clean
     # INCLUDE_DIAGNOSTICS: 'true'
   rules:
     - if: ($CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ $SCAN_BRANCHES && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE != 'merge_request_event')
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ include:
         BRIDGE_COVERITY_CONNECT_POLICY_VIEW: Outstanding Issues
     - if: ($CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME =~ $SCAN_BRANCHES && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event')
   before_script:
+    - export BRIDGE_COVERITY_BUILD_COMMAND="make -j $(nproc)"
     - apt-get -qq update && apt-get install -y curl file unzip
     - touch .build_failed
     - mkdir -p logs
diff --git a/coverity.yml b/coverity.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9841ff05c6..0000000000
--- a/coverity.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-capture:
-  build:
-  clean-command: make clean
-  build-command: make -j16