diff --git a/modules/simpletest/simpletest.pages.inc b/modules/simpletest/simpletest.pages.inc
index 7af4d0b3f3c4e50067143b79116dd009e9f7903f..b1875c26490cf3ceb92f242a5d909e1f1eadade6 100644
--- a/modules/simpletest/simpletest.pages.inc
+++ b/modules/simpletest/simpletest.pages.inc
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ function simpletest_settings_form(&$form_state) {
     '#type' => 'checkbox',
     '#title' => t('Provide verbose information when running tests'),
     '#description' => t('The verbose data will be printed along with the standard assertions. Useful for debugging.'),
-    '#default_value' => variable_get('simpletest_verbose', TRUE),
+    '#default_value' => variable_get('simpletest_verbose', FALSE),
   );
 
   $form['httpauth'] = array(