diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 39c61767993dd529d320182786326ba939bf2125..274e0669baecf88fb7e7568809ca1553a5a0902f 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 SUBDIRS = libtap src tests samples doc man patches
 
-code_coverage_quiet = $(code_coverage_quiet_$(V))
-code_coverage_quiet_ = $(code_coverage_quiet_$(AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY))
-code_coverage_quiet_0 = --quiet
+code_coverage_quiet = --quiet
 
 check-code-coverage:
 if CODE_COVERAGE_ENABLED