diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 9a223bc7b7ee..3d8edf507e65 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ def build_extension(self, ext):
             "-DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON", "-DLLVM_ENABLE_WERROR=ON",
             "-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=" + extdir, "-DTRITON_BUILD_TUTORIALS=OFF",
             "-DTRITON_BUILD_PYTHON_MODULE=ON", "-DPython3_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=" + sys.executable,
-            "-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=ON", "-DPython3_INCLUDE_DIR=" + python_include_dir,
+            "-DPython3_INCLUDE_DIR=" + python_include_dir,
             "-DTRITON_CODEGEN_BACKENDS=" + ';'.join([b.name for b in backends if not b.is_external]),
             "-DTRITON_PLUGIN_DIRS=" + ';'.join([b.src_dir for b in backends if b.is_external])
         ]