diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 58d207caf5..728dbbd40d 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -529,7 +529,6 @@ protected
 
       rd, wr = IO.pipe
       pid = fork do
-        ENV['VERBOSE'] = '1' # helps with many tool's logging outputs
         rd.close
         $stdout.reopen wr
         $stderr.reopen wr