diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ac119a4904..7afbacd0be 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required ( VERSION 3.5.0 )
 
-## Verbose output.
-set ( CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE TRUE CACHE BOOL "Verbose Output" FORCE )
-
 ## Set module name and project name.
 set ( ROCTRACER_NAME "roctracer" )
 set ( ROCTRACER_TARGET "${ROCTRACER_NAME}64" )
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index dd8656ae62..4f2ab13146 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 cmake_minimum_required ( VERSION 3.5.0 )
-set ( CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE TRUE CACHE BOOL "Verbose Output" FORCE )
 
 if ( NOT DEFINED ROOT_DIR )
   MESSAGE ( FATAL_ERROR "ROOT_DIR is not defined" )
diff --git a/test/hsa/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/hsa/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 4e24e8a422..bfe3728e73 100644
--- a/test/hsa/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/hsa/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 cmake_minimum_required ( VERSION 2.8.12 )
-set ( CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE TRUE CACHE BOOL "Verbose Output" FORCE )
 
 set ( EXE_NAME "ctrl" )