diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 175d14fb6d6..335912483f4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1003,7 +1003,6 @@ Optional Features:
   --enable-fast-install=PKGS  optimize for fast installation default=yes
   --disable-libtool-lock  avoid locking (might break parallel builds)
   --enable-purify         Compile with purify (default is NO)
-  --enable-verbose        Enable verbose compilation messages (default is NO)
   --enable-profiling      Compile with profiling information (default is NO)
   --enable-optimized      Compile with optimizations enabled (default is NO)
   --enable-spec           Compile SPEC benchmarks (default is NO)
@@ -4297,7 +4296,7 @@ test "x$enable_libtool_lock" != xno && enable_libtool_lock=yes
 case $host in
 *-*-irix6*)
   # Find out which ABI we are using.
-  echo '#line 4300 "configure"' > conftest.$ac_ext
+  echo '#line 4299 "configure"' > conftest.$ac_ext
   if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
@@ -4847,7 +4846,7 @@ chmod -w .
 save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -o out/conftest2.$ac_objext"
 compiler_c_o=no
-if { (eval echo configure:4850: \"$ac_compile\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_compile) 2>out/conftest.err; } && test -s out/conftest2.$ac_objext; then
+if { (eval echo configure:4849: \"$ac_compile\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_compile) 2>out/conftest.err; } && test -s out/conftest2.$ac_objext; then
   # The compiler can only warn and ignore the option if not recognized
   # So say no if there are warnings
   if test -s out/conftest.err; then
@@ -6678,7 +6677,7 @@ else
     lt_dlunknown=0; lt_dlno_uscore=1; lt_dlneed_uscore=2
   lt_status=$lt_dlunknown
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 6681 "configure"
+#line 6680 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #if HAVE_DLFCN_H
@@ -6776,7 +6775,7 @@ else
     lt_dlunknown=0; lt_dlno_uscore=1; lt_dlneed_uscore=2
   lt_status=$lt_dlunknown
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 6779 "configure"
+#line 6778 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #if HAVE_DLFCN_H
@@ -11447,15 +11446,6 @@ if test "${enable_purify+set}" = set; then
 else
   ENABLE_PURIFY=
 
-fi;
-# Check whether --enable-verbose or --disable-verbose was given.
-if test "${enable_verbose+set}" = set; then
-  enableval="$enable_verbose"
-  ENABLE_VERBOSE=VERBOSE=1
-
-else
-  ENABLE_VERBOSE=
-
 fi;
 # Check whether --enable-profiling or --disable-profiling was given.
 if test "${enable_profiling+set}" = set; then
@@ -12172,7 +12162,6 @@ s,@ALLOCA@,$ALLOCA,;t t
 s,@LIBOBJS@,$LIBOBJS,;t t
 s,@MMAP_FILE@,$MMAP_FILE,;t t
 s,@ENABLE_PURIFY@,$ENABLE_PURIFY,;t t
-s,@ENABLE_VERBOSE@,$ENABLE_VERBOSE,;t t
 s,@ENABLE_PROFILING@,$ENABLE_PROFILING,;t t
 s,@ENABLE_OPTIMIZED@,$ENABLE_OPTIMIZED,;t t
 s,@USE_SPEC@,$USE_SPEC,;t t
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 74ff7f12eff..609b66fa3fd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ dnl **************************************************************************
 dnl * Enable various compile-time options
 dnl **************************************************************************
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(purify,AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-purify],[Compile with purify (default is NO)]), AC_SUBST(ENABLE_PURIFY,[[ENABLE_PURIFY=1]]), AC_SUBST(ENABLE_PURIFY,[[]]))
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(verbose,AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-verbose],[Enable verbose compilation messages (default is NO)]), AC_SUBST(ENABLE_VERBOSE,[[VERBOSE=1]]), AC_SUBST(ENABLE_VERBOSE,[[]]))
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(profiling,AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-profiling],[Compile with profiling information (default is NO)]), AC_SUBST(ENABLE_PROFILING,[[ENABLE_PROFILING=1]]), AC_SUBST(ENABLE_PROFILING,[[]]))
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(optimized,AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-optimized],[Compile with optimizations enabled (default is NO)]), AC_SUBST(ENABLE_OPTIMIZED,[[ENABLE_OPTIMIZED=1]]), AC_SUBST(ENABLE_OPTIMIZED,[[]]))
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(spec,AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-spec],[Compile SPEC benchmarks (default is NO)]), AC_SUBST(USE_SPEC,[[USE_SPEC=1]]), AC_SUBST(USE_SPEC,[[]]))