diff --git a/bin/kaleidoscope-builder b/bin/kaleidoscope-builder
index 6b67b178..e21f9afe 100755
--- a/bin/kaleidoscope-builder
+++ b/bin/kaleidoscope-builder
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ _find_sketch() {
 	exit 1
 }
 
-}
 
 
 cmd_flash() {
@@ -329,12 +328,6 @@ _read_conf_files
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC1090
 
-if [ -n "${VERBOSE}" ] && [[ "${VERBOSE}" -gt 0 ]]; then
-	ARDUINO_VERBOSE="--verbose"
-else
-	ARDUINO_VERBOSE=""
-fi
-
 if [[ -z "${ARCH}" && -n "${FQBN}" ]]; then
 	ARCH=$(echo "${FQBN}" | sed -n -e 's/^[^:]\+:\([^:]\+\).*/\1/p')
 fi
diff --git a/etc/sketch-arduino-cli.mk b/etc/sketch-arduino-cli.mk
index 857927fa..876500b6 100644
--- a/etc/sketch-arduino-cli.mk
+++ b/etc/sketch-arduino-cli.mk
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ else
 export ARDUINO_CLI ?= $(system_arduino_cli)
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(VERBOSE),)
+export ARDUINO_VERBOSE ?= --verbose
+else
+export ARDUINO_VERBOSE ?= 
+endif
+
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := compile
 
 all: