diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 9852ee1308..ecc43a46f9 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ SRC_URI[vardepsexclude] += "\
 
 FETCHCMD_svn = "/usr/bin/env svn --non-interactive --trust-server-cert"
 FETCHCMD_cvs = "/usr/bin/env cvs"
-FETCHCMD_wget = "/usr/bin/env wget -t 2 -T 30 -nv --passive-ftp --no-check-certificate"
+FETCHCMD_wget = "/usr/bin/env wget -t 2 -T 30 --passive-ftp --no-check-certificate"
 FETCHCMD_bzr = "/usr/bin/env bzr"
 FETCHCMD_hg = "/usr/bin/env hg"