diff --git a/src/Makefile.global.in b/src/Makefile.global.in
index 4acf7d2f06..17436f2b13 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.global.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.global.in
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ PROVE = @PROVE@
 # There are common routines in src/test/perl, and some test suites have
 # extra perl modules in their own directory.
 PG_PROVE_FLAGS = -I $(top_srcdir)/src/test/perl/ -I $(srcdir)
-PROVE_FLAGS = --verbose
+PROVE_FLAGS =
 
 # prepend to path if already set, else just set it
 define add_to_path