diff --git a/watcher/tests/conf_fixture.py b/watcher/tests/conf_fixture.py
index 97c3293e7..3e197b9f0 100644
--- a/watcher/tests/conf_fixture.py
+++ b/watcher/tests/conf_fixture.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ class ConfFixture(fixtures.Fixture):
 
         self.conf.set_default('connection', "sqlite://", group='database')
         self.conf.set_default('sqlite_synchronous', False, group='database')
-        self.conf.set_default('verbose', True)
         config.parse_args([], default_config_files=[])
         self.addCleanup(self.conf.reset)