diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index e8cb59fca7..94dd4f8015 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -208,53 +208,6 @@ endif()
 
 option(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE "Verbose makefile" OFF)
 
-option(ENABLE_TESTING "Enable testing" OFF)
-if(ENABLE_TESTING AND BUILD_EXE)
-  enable_testing()
-  option(LAMMPS_TESTING_SOURCE_DIR "Location of lammps-testing source directory" "")
-  option(LAMMPS_TESTING_GIT_TAG    "Git tag of lammps-testing" "master")
-  mark_as_advanced(LAMMPS_TESTING_SOURCE_DIR LAMMPS_TESTING_GIT_TAG)
-
-  if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "3.10.3" AND NOT LAMMPS_TESTING_SOURCE_DIR)
-    include(FetchContent)
-
-    FetchContent_Declare(lammps-testing
-      GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/lammps/lammps-testing.git
-      GIT_TAG ${LAMMPS_TESTING_GIT_TAG}
-    )
-
-    FetchContent_GetProperties(lammps-testing)
-    if(NOT lammps-testing_POPULATED)
-      message(STATUS "Downloading tests...")
-      FetchContent_Populate(lammps-testing)
-    endif()
-
-    set(LAMMPS_TESTING_SOURCE_DIR ${lammps-testing_SOURCE_DIR})
-  elseif(NOT LAMMPS_TESTING_SOURCE_DIR)
-    message(WARNING "Full test-suite requires CMake >= 3.11 or copy of\n"
-                    "https://github.com/lammps/lammps-testing in LAMMPS_TESTING_SOURCE_DIR")
-  endif()
-
-  if(EXISTS ${LAMMPS_TESTING_SOURCE_DIR})
-    message(STATUS "Running test discovery...")
-
-    file(GLOB_RECURSE TEST_SCRIPTS ${LAMMPS_TESTING_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/core/*/in.*)
-    foreach(script_path ${TEST_SCRIPTS})
-      get_filename_component(TEST_NAME ${script_path} EXT)
-      get_filename_component(SCRIPT_NAME ${script_path} NAME)
-      get_filename_component(PARENT_DIR ${script_path} DIRECTORY)
-      string(SUBSTRING ${TEST_NAME} 1 -1 TEST_NAME)
-      string(REPLACE "-" "_" TEST_NAME ${TEST_NAME})
-      string(REPLACE "+" "_" TEST_NAME ${TEST_NAME})
-      set(TEST_NAME "test_core_${TEST_NAME}_serial")
-      add_test(${TEST_NAME} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${LAMMPS_BINARY} -in ${SCRIPT_NAME})
-      set_tests_properties(${TEST_NAME} PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PARENT_DIR})
-    endforeach()
-    list(LENGTH TEST_SCRIPTS NUM_TESTS)
-
-    message(STATUS "Found ${NUM_TESTS} tests.")
-  endif()
-endif()
 
 
 # "hard" dependencies between packages resulting
@@ -1558,6 +1511,7 @@ if((BUILD_LIB AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS) OR (PKG_PYTHON))
 endif()
 
 include(Testing)
+include(CodeCoverage)
 
 ###############################################################################
 # Print package summary
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/CodeCoverage.cmake b/cmake/Modules/CodeCoverage.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d018db43d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Modules/CodeCoverage.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+###############################################################################
+# Coverage
+#
+# Requires latest gcovr (for GCC 8.1 support):#
+# pip install git+https://github.com/gcovr/gcovr.git
+###############################################################################
+if(ENABLE_COVERAGE)
+    find_program(GCOVR_BINARY gcovr)
+    find_package_handle_standard_args(GCOVR DEFAULT_MSG GCOVR_BINARY)
+
+    if(GCOVR_FOUND)
+        get_filename_component(ABSOLUTE_LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR} ABSOLUTE)
+
+        add_custom_target(
+            gen_coverage_xml
+            COMMAND ${GCOVR_BINARY} -s -x -r ${ABSOLUTE_LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR} --object-directory=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} -o coverage.xml
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+            COMMENT "Generating XML Coverage Report..."
+        )
+
+        add_custom_target(
+            gen_coverage_html
+            COMMAND ${GCOVR_BINARY} -s  --html --html-details -r ${ABSOLUTE_LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR} --object-directory=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} -o coverage.html
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+            COMMENT "Generating HTML Coverage Report..."
+        )
+    endif()
+endif()
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Testing.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Testing.cmake
index 4bba4c59b7..cac1dd851e 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Testing.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Testing.cmake
@@ -1,28 +1,50 @@
 ###############################################################################
 # Testing
-#
-# Requires latest gcovr (for GCC 8.1 support):#
-# pip install git+https://github.com/gcovr/gcovr.git
 ###############################################################################
-if(ENABLE_COVERAGE)
-    find_program(GCOVR_BINARY gcovr)
-    find_package_handle_standard_args(GCOVR DEFAULT_MSG GCOVR_BINARY)
+option(ENABLE_TESTING "Enable testing" OFF)
+if(ENABLE_TESTING AND BUILD_EXE)
+  enable_testing()
+  option(LAMMPS_TESTING_SOURCE_DIR "Location of lammps-testing source directory" "")
+  option(LAMMPS_TESTING_GIT_TAG    "Git tag of lammps-testing" "master")
+  mark_as_advanced(LAMMPS_TESTING_SOURCE_DIR LAMMPS_TESTING_GIT_TAG)
 
-    if(GCOVR_FOUND)
-        get_filename_component(ABSOLUTE_LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR} ABSOLUTE)
+  if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "3.10.3" AND NOT LAMMPS_TESTING_SOURCE_DIR)
+    include(FetchContent)
 
-        add_custom_target(
-            gen_coverage_xml
-            COMMAND ${GCOVR_BINARY} -s -x -r ${ABSOLUTE_LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR} --object-directory=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} -o coverage.xml
-            WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
-            COMMENT "Generating XML Coverage Report..."
-        )
+    FetchContent_Declare(lammps-testing
+      GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/lammps/lammps-testing.git
+      GIT_TAG ${LAMMPS_TESTING_GIT_TAG}
+    )
 
-        add_custom_target(
-            gen_coverage_html
-            COMMAND ${GCOVR_BINARY} -s  --html --html-details -r ${ABSOLUTE_LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR} --object-directory=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} -o coverage.html
-            WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
-            COMMENT "Generating HTML Coverage Report..."
-        )
+    FetchContent_GetProperties(lammps-testing)
+    if(NOT lammps-testing_POPULATED)
+      message(STATUS "Downloading tests...")
+      FetchContent_Populate(lammps-testing)
     endif()
+
+    set(LAMMPS_TESTING_SOURCE_DIR ${lammps-testing_SOURCE_DIR})
+  elseif(NOT LAMMPS_TESTING_SOURCE_DIR)
+    message(WARNING "Full test-suite requires CMake >= 3.11 or copy of\n"
+                    "https://github.com/lammps/lammps-testing in LAMMPS_TESTING_SOURCE_DIR")
+  endif()
+
+  if(EXISTS ${LAMMPS_TESTING_SOURCE_DIR})
+    message(STATUS "Running test discovery...")
+
+    file(GLOB_RECURSE TEST_SCRIPTS ${LAMMPS_TESTING_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/core/*/in.*)
+    foreach(script_path ${TEST_SCRIPTS})
+      get_filename_component(TEST_NAME ${script_path} EXT)
+      get_filename_component(SCRIPT_NAME ${script_path} NAME)
+      get_filename_component(PARENT_DIR ${script_path} DIRECTORY)
+      string(SUBSTRING ${TEST_NAME} 1 -1 TEST_NAME)
+      string(REPLACE "-" "_" TEST_NAME ${TEST_NAME})
+      string(REPLACE "+" "_" TEST_NAME ${TEST_NAME})
+      set(TEST_NAME "test_core_${TEST_NAME}_serial")
+      add_test(${TEST_NAME} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${LAMMPS_BINARY} -in ${SCRIPT_NAME})
+      set_tests_properties(${TEST_NAME} PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PARENT_DIR})
+    endforeach()
+    list(LENGTH TEST_SCRIPTS NUM_TESTS)
+
+    message(STATUS "Found ${NUM_TESTS} tests.")
+  endif()
 endif()