diff --git a/share/spack/qa/run-build-tests b/share/spack/qa/run-build-tests
index b5d5aed28f8..7539a913131 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}