diff --git a/cmake/fypp-sources.cmake b/cmake/fypp-sources.cmake
index fa351c3e59..f3f476feee 100644
--- a/cmake/fypp-sources.cmake
+++ b/cmake/fypp-sources.cmake
@@ -20,25 +20,10 @@ else()
   message(STATUS "FYPP preprocessor found.")
 endif()
 
-if((CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
-   AND (CMAKE_GENERATOR STREQUAL "Ninja")
-   AND (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.16))
+# https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues/18188
+if((CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU") AND (CMAKE_VERSION
+                                                   VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.16))
   set(fypp_flags --line-numbering --line-marker-format=gfortran5)
-elseif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES COVERAGE)
-  message(
-    WARNING
-      "Coverage build requested but your environment does not support Line Control directives in Fypp"
-  )
-  message(
-    WARNING
-      "You need CMake 3.16+, Ninja (CMake-patched) and gfortran 5+ for this to work!"
-  )
-  # otherwise the referenced lines in the Coverage report point to either the
-  # original (unexpanded files) or to the Fypped sources which may then not be
-  # picked up by the postprocessing tools. CMake 3.16+ and Ninja are needed
-  # since older CMake (or CMake with make) are unable to parse Line Control
-  # directives within line-continued USE stmts, see
-  # https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues/18188
 endif()
 
 function(ADD_FYPP_SOURCES OUTVAR)