diff --git a/src/vt/configs/debug/debug_masterconfig.h b/src/vt/configs/debug/debug_masterconfig.h
index fe6cd1d75e..0e121f50e6 100644
--- a/src/vt/configs/debug/debug_masterconfig.h
+++ b/src/vt/configs/debug/debug_masterconfig.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ using VTPrintConfig = Configuration<
     CtxEnum::unknown
   ),
   static_cast<ModeEnum>(
-#if !vt_feature_cmake_ci_build
+#if !vt_feature_cmake_ci_build || vt_feature_cmake_debug_verbose
     ModeEnum::terse   |
     ModeEnum::normal  |
 #if vt_feature_cmake_debug_verbose
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_parallel_harness.h b/tests/unit/test_parallel_harness.h
index 4a88ac3739..5e3971bc09 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_parallel_harness.h
+++ b/tests/unit/test_parallel_harness.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ struct TestParallelHarnessAny : TestHarnessAny<TestBase> {
     addArgs(traceon);
 #endif
 
-#if vt_feature_cmake_debug_verbose and !vt_feature_cmake_ci_build
+#if vt_feature_cmake_debug_verbose
     static char verbose_on[]{"--vt_debug_level=verbose"};
     addArgs(verbose_on);
 #endif