diff --git a/letsencrypt/cli.py b/letsencrypt/cli.py
index 2651edfa8..ef8700796 100644
--- a/letsencrypt/cli.py
+++ b/letsencrypt/cli.py
@@ -1106,4 +1106,3 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     if err_string:
         logger.warn("Exiting with message %s", err_string)
     sys.exit(err_string)  # pragma: no cover
-v