diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/tasks.rb b/railties/lib/rails/tasks.rb
index 142af2d79246f8fc13d1b571011b17183f00c852..af5f2707b15d51208ae5502933a43c4e39811a60 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/tasks.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/tasks.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-$VERBOSE = nil
-
 # Load Rails Rakefile extensions
 %w(
   annotations