diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
index a3e08c1f49..bc24d78e89 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ class CurlApacheMirrorDownloadStrategy < CurlDownloadStrategy
     end
     wr.close
 
+    rd.readline if ARGV.verbose? # Remove Homebrew output
     buf << rd.read until rd.eof?
     rd.close
     Process.wait(pid)