diff --git a/defaults/codecov.yml b/defaults/codecov.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 69cb760..0000000
--- a/defaults/codecov.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-comment: false
diff --git a/src/plugins/codecov.jl b/src/plugins/codecov.jl
index 6d94c3f..ae54f52 100644
--- a/src/plugins/codecov.jl
+++ b/src/plugins/codecov.jl
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 """
-    CodeCov(; config_file::Union{AbstractString, Void}="") -> CodeCov
+    CodeCov(; config_file::Union{AbstractString, Void}=nothing) -> CodeCov
 
-Add `CodeCov` to a template's plugins to add a `.codecov.yml` configuration file to
-generated repositories, and an appropriate badge to the README. Also updates the
+Add `CodeCov` to a template's plugins to optionally add a `.codecov.yml` configuration file
+to generated repositories, and an appropriate badge to the README. Also updates the
 `.gitignore` accordingly.
 
 # Keyword Arguments:
-* `config_file::Union{AbstractString, Void}=""`: Path to a custom `.codecov.yml`.
-  If `nothing` is supplied, no file will be generated.
+* `config_file::Union{AbstractString, Void}=nothing`: Path to a custom `.codecov.yml`.
+  If left unset, no file will be generated.
 """
 @auto_hash_equals struct CodeCov <: GenericPlugin
     gitignore::Vector{AbstractString}
@@ -16,11 +16,9 @@ generated repositories, and an appropriate badge to the README. Also updates the
     badges::Vector{Badge}
     view::Dict{String, Any}
 
-    function CodeCov(; config_file::Union{AbstractString, Void}="")
+    function CodeCov(; config_file::Union{AbstractString, Void}=nothing)
         if config_file != nothing
-            config_file = if isempty(config_file)
-                config_file = joinpath(DEFAULTS_DIR, "codecov.yml")
-            elseif isfile(config_file)
+            config_file = if isfile(config_file)
                 abspath(config_file)
             else
                 throw(ArgumentError("File $(abspath(config_file)) does not exist"))
@@ -41,3 +39,5 @@ generated repositories, and an appropriate badge to the README. Also updates the
         )
     end
 end
+
+interactive(plugin_type::Type{CodeCov}) = interactive(plugin_type; file=nothing)
diff --git a/src/plugins/coveralls.jl b/src/plugins/coveralls.jl
index c69d104..0ebb087 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coveralls.jl
+++ b/src/plugins/coveralls.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-    Coveralls(; config_file::Union{AbstractString, Void}="") -> Coveralls
+    Coveralls(; config_file::Union{AbstractString, Void}=nothing) -> Coveralls
 
 Add `Coveralls` to a template's plugins to optionally add a `.coveralls.yml` configuration
 file to generated repositories, and an appropriate badge to the README. Also updates the
diff --git a/test/interactive/plugins.jl b/test/interactive/plugins.jl
index 5185f43..ddf3efa 100644
--- a/test/interactive/plugins.jl
+++ b/test/interactive/plugins.jl
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ end
 @testset "CodeCov" begin
     write(STDIN.buffer, "\n")
     p = interactive(CodeCov)
-    @test get(p.src, "") == joinpath(DEFAULTS_DIR, "codecov.yml")
+    @test isnull(p.src)
     write(STDIN.buffer, "$test_file\n")
     p = interactive(CodeCov)
     @test get(p.src, "") == test_file
diff --git a/test/plugins/codecov.jl b/test/plugins/codecov.jl
index 5d167ae..e4db4bf 100644
--- a/test/plugins/codecov.jl
+++ b/test/plugins/codecov.jl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pkg_dir = joinpath(temp_dir, test_pkg)
     @testset "Plugin creation" begin
         p = CodeCov()
         @test p.gitignore == ["*.jl.cov", "*.jl.*.cov", "*.jl.mem"]
-        @test get(p.src, "") == joinpath(PkgTemplates.DEFAULTS_DIR, "codecov.yml")
+        @test isnull(p.src)
         @test p.dest == ".codecov.yml"
         @test p.badges == [
             Badge(
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ pkg_dir = joinpath(temp_dir, test_pkg)
 
     @testset "File generation" begin
         p = CodeCov()
-        @test gen_plugin(p, t, temp_dir, test_pkg) == [".codecov.yml"]
-        @test isfile(joinpath(pkg_dir, ".codecov.yml"))
-        rm(joinpath(pkg_dir, ".codecov.yml"))
+        @test isempty(gen_plugin(p, t, temp_dir, test_pkg))
+        @test !isfile(joinpath(pkg_dir, ".codecov.yml"))
         p = CodeCov(; config_file=nothing)
         @test isempty(gen_plugin(p, t, temp_dir, test_pkg))
         @test !isfile(joinpath(pkg_dir, ".codecov.yml"))
diff --git a/test/tests.jl b/test/tests.jl
index 8063578..f4cb542 100644
--- a/test/tests.jl
+++ b/test/tests.jl
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@ end
     @test !isfile(Pkg.dir(test_pkg, "LICENSE"))
     @test isfile(Pkg.dir(test_pkg, ".travis.yml"))
     @test isfile(Pkg.dir(test_pkg, ".appveyor.yml"))
-    @test isfile(Pkg.dir(test_pkg, ".codecov.yml"))
     @test isdir(Pkg.dir(test_pkg, "docs"))
     @test isfile(Pkg.dir(test_pkg, "docs", "make.jl"))
     @test isdir(Pkg.dir(test_pkg, "docs", "src"))