diff --git a/ddclient.in b/ddclient.in
index 916371f..99e4095 100755
--- a/ddclient.in
+++ b/ddclient.in
@@ -2392,7 +2392,6 @@ sub logmsg {
     }
 }
 sub _logmsg_fmt { return (@_ > 1) ? sprintf(shift, @_) : shift; }
-sub verbose { logmsg(email => 1, pfx => shift,      _logmsg_fmt(@_)) if opt('verbose'); }
 sub info    { logmsg(email => 1, pfx => 'INFO:',    _logmsg_fmt(@_)) if opt('verbose'); }
 sub debug   { logmsg(            pfx => 'DEBUG:',   _logmsg_fmt(@_)) if opt('debug'); }
 sub debug2  { logmsg(            pfx => 'DEBUG:',   _logmsg_fmt(@_)) if opt('debug') && opt('verbose'); }