diff --git a/share/spack/qa/run-build-tests b/share/spack/qa/run-build-tests
index b5d5aed28f8dfb81c08e9d1949ea928570d88a28..7539a913131cc78a6718299b441e53c31fef3ce5 100755
--- a/share/spack/qa/run-build-tests
+++ b/share/spack/qa/run-build-tests
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ fi
 spack config get compilers
 
 # Run some build smoke tests, potentially with code coverage
-${coverage_run} bin/spack install -v ${SPEC}
+${coverage_run} bin/spack install ${SPEC}
 ${coverage_combine}