diff --git a/tools/gpgconf-comp.c b/tools/gpgconf-comp.c
index ad3e8d729..fa1a7dc61 100644
--- a/tools/gpgconf-comp.c
+++ b/tools/gpgconf-comp.c
@@ -1914,8 +1914,9 @@ retrieve_options_from_program (gc_component_id_t component, int only_installed)
   pargs.flags = (ARGPARSE_FLAG_KEEP
                  | ARGPARSE_FLAG_SYS
                  | ARGPARSE_FLAG_USER
-                 | ARGPARSE_FLAG_WITHATTR
-                 | ARGPARSE_FLAG_VERBOSE);
+                 | ARGPARSE_FLAG_WITHATTR);
+  if (opt.verbose)
+    pargs.flags |= ARGPARSE_FLAG_VERBOSE;
 
   while (gnupg_argparser (&pargs, opt_table, config_name))
     {