diff --git a/.ci/scripts/test_old_deps.sh b/.ci/scripts/test_old_deps.sh
index a54aa86fb..54ec3c8b0 100755
--- a/.ci/scripts/test_old_deps.sh
+++ b/.ci/scripts/test_old_deps.sh
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ export LANG="C.UTF-8"
 # Prevent virtualenv from auto-updating pip to an incompatible version
 export VIRTUALENV_NO_DOWNLOAD=1
 
-exec tox -e py3-old,combine
+exec tox -e py3-old
diff --git a/changelog.d/11888.misc b/changelog.d/11888.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db1c9b8bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/11888.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Disable coverage calculation for olddeps build.