diff --git a/benchmarks/setup.py b/benchmarks/setup.py
index 8924c96ef9..6492f6e4f0 100644
--- a/benchmarks/setup.py
+++ b/benchmarks/setup.py
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ def build_extension(self):
             f"-DUSE_IPEX={int(self.use_ipex)}",
             "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=" + self.extdir,
             "-DPython3_ROOT_DIR:FILEPATH=" + sys.exec_prefix,
-            "-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=TRUE",
             "-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=icx",
             "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icpx",
             "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=" + self.build_type,