diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/superenv.rb b/Library/Homebrew/superenv.rb
index 127b847041..9e249e0c87 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/superenv.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/superenv.rb
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ class << ENV
     ENV['CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH'] = determine_cmake_include_path
     ENV['CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH'] = determine_cmake_library_path
     ENV['ACLOCAL_PATH'] = determine_aclocal_path
-    ENV['VERBOSE'] = '1' if ARGV.verbose?
   end
 
   def check