diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/super.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/super.rb
index d8e9da9bcb..db2a1bf2df 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/super.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/super.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ module Superenv
     self['HOMEBREW_TEMP'] = HOMEBREW_TEMP
     self['HOMEBREW_SDKROOT'] = "#{MacOS.sdk_path}" if MacOS::Xcode.without_clt?
     self['HOMEBREW_DEVELOPER_DIR'] = determine_developer_dir # used by our xcrun shim
-    self['HOMEBREW_VERBOSE'] = "1" if ARGV.verbose?
     self['HOMEBREW_OPTFLAGS'] = determine_optflags
     self['CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH'] = determine_cmake_prefix_path
     self['CMAKE_FRAMEWORK_PATH'] = determine_cmake_frameworks_path