diff --git a/content/fetchers/curl.c b/content/fetchers/curl.c
index e40d18a3e..f33dfde50 100644
--- a/content/fetchers/curl.c
+++ b/content/fetchers/curl.c
@@ -194,11 +194,8 @@ void fetch_curl_register(void)
 	    SETOPT(CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 0);
 	}
 	SETOPT(CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, fetch_error_buffer);
-	if (nsoption_bool(suppress_curl_debug)) {
+	if (nsoption_bool(suppress_curl_debug))
 		SETOPT(CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION, fetch_curl_ignore_debug);
-	} else {
-		SETOPT(CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
-	}
 	SETOPT(CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, fetch_curl_data);
 	SETOPT(CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, fetch_curl_header);
 	SETOPT(CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, fetch_curl_progress);