diff --git a/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/xcode_emulation.py b/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/xcode_emulation.py
index 9481423228ab47..f43c864e5fdb56 100644
--- a/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/xcode_emulation.py
+++ b/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/xcode_emulation.py
@@ -949,6 +949,8 @@ def GetLibtoolflags(self, configname):
     libtoolflags = []
 
     for libtoolflag in self._Settings().get('OTHER_LDFLAGS', []):
+      if libtoolflag == "--coverage":
+        continue
       libtoolflags.append(libtoolflag)
     # TODO(thakis): ARCHS?