diff --git a/ci/integration-tests.sh b/ci/integration-tests.sh
index d02861d9fb..5e3b6ee70e 100755
--- a/ci/integration-tests.sh
+++ b/ci/integration-tests.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ for test in {,*/}tests/*.rs; do
   (
     export RUST_LOG="$test"=trace,$RUST_LOG
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086 # Don't want to double quote $maybeFeatures
-    _ cargo test --all --verbose $maybeFeatures --test="$test" \
+    _ cargo test --all ${V:+--verbose} $maybeFeatures --test="$test" \
       -- --test-threads=1 --nocapture
   )
 done
diff --git a/ci/test-bench.sh b/ci/test-bench.sh
index f06c039323..cf33b5bbc3 100755
--- a/ci/test-bench.sh
+++ b/ci/test-bench.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ echo --- program/native/bpf_loader bench --features=bpf_c
 (
   set -x
   cd programs/native/bpf_loader
-  cargo +nightly bench --verbose --features="bpf_c" \
+  cargo +nightly bench ${V:+--verbose} --features="bpf_c" \
     -- -Z unstable-options --format=json --nocapture | tee -a ../../../"$BENCH_FILE"
 )
 
diff --git a/ci/test-stable.sh b/ci/test-stable.sh
index 8594cee5cd..7cbeca11c9 100755
--- a/ci/test-stable.sh
+++ b/ci/test-stable.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ export RUST_BACKTRACE=1
 export RUSTFLAGS="-D warnings"
 
 source scripts/ulimit-n.sh
-_ cargo build --all --verbose --features="$FEATURES"
-_ cargo test --all --verbose --features="$FEATURES" --lib -- --nocapture --test-threads=1
+_ cargo build --all ${V:+--verbose} --features="$FEATURES"
+_ cargo test --all ${V:+--verbose} --features="$FEATURES" --lib -- --nocapture --test-threads=1
 
 # Run native program tests (without $FEATURES)
 for program in programs/native/*; do