diff --git a/.github/workflows/php-test.yml b/.github/workflows/php-test.yml
index e431bcb3b..f676280c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/php-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/php-test.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
         with:
           php-version: ${{ matrix.php }}
-          coverage: ${{ matrix.coverage == 'true' && 'xdebug' || 'none' }}
+          coverage: ${{ matrix.coverage && 'xdebug' || 'none' }}
 
       - name: Setup Node.js (.nvmrc)
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
@@ -87,19 +87,19 @@ jobs:
         run: npm run wp-env start
 
       - name: Run tests
-        if: ${{ matrix.coverage != 'true' }}
+        if: ${{ ! matrix.coverage }}
         run: |
           npm run test-php
           npm run test-php-multisite
 
       - name: Run tests with coverage
-        if: ${{ matrix.coverage == 'true' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.coverage  }}
         run: |
           npm run test-php-coverage
           npm run test-php-multisite-coverage
 
       - name: Upload code coverage report
-        if: ${{ matrix.coverage == 'true' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.coverage }}
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@eaaf4bedf32dbdc6b720b63067d99c4d77d6047d
         with:
           file: build/logs/*.xml