diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 5d502a7503a..2347ee1902e 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -1167,3 +1167,6 @@ exclude_lines =
     # Don't complain if tests don't hit defensive assertion code:
     raise AssertionError
     raise NotImplementedError
+
+    # TYPE_CHECKING block is never executed during pytest run
+    if TYPE_CHECKING: