diff --git a/etc/openstack_deploy/user_variables.yml b/etc/openstack_deploy/user_variables.yml
index fe7d3f51b2..1c2d43dbac 100644
--- a/etc/openstack_deploy/user_variables.yml
+++ b/etc/openstack_deploy/user_variables.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 ## Debug and Verbose options.
 debug: false
-verbose: false
 
 ## Common Ceilometer Overrides
 # ceilometer_db_type: mongodb
diff --git a/playbooks/inventory/group_vars/hosts.yml b/playbooks/inventory/group_vars/hosts.yml
index 83eb8d11bd..495ef699e5 100644
--- a/playbooks/inventory/group_vars/hosts.yml
+++ b/playbooks/inventory/group_vars/hosts.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 ## Verbosity Options
 debug: False
-verbose: True
 
 
 ## SSH connection wait time
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove_verbose_var-e88f65e0c7c440f4.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove_verbose_var-e88f65e0c7c440f4.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1088ac09c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove_verbose_var-e88f65e0c7c440f4.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - The variable ``verbose`` has been removed. Deployers should rely on the
+    ``debug`` var to enable higher levels of logging.