diff --git a/src/db/test/callbackTest.c b/src/db/test/callbackTest.c
index 2f41fc930..13269a380 100644
--- a/src/db/test/callbackTest.c
+++ b/src/db/test/callbackTest.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ void callbackTest(void)
 
     taskwdInit();
     errlogInit(4096);
-    errVerbose=1;
     callbackInit();
     for(i=0; i<ncallbacks ; i++) {
         nowait[i] = calloc(1,sizeof(myPvt));