diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6d713c2c..3081cf19 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ message( "Running with NUM_PROC = ${NUM_PROC}")
 set(TPL_MIRROR_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tplMirror")
 set(build_list )
 
-set( CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE BOOL OFF "" )
-
 # Set up C flags
 string(REPLACE "-Wall" "" C_FLAGS_NO_WARNINGS ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS})
 string(REPLACE "-Wextra" "" C_FLAGS_NO_WARNINGS ${C_FLAGS_NO_WARNINGS})