diff --git a/Hledger/Cli/Options.hs b/Hledger/Cli/Options.hs
index 3d0295ae0..d3aa752b8 100644
--- a/Hledger/Cli/Options.hs
+++ b/Hledger/Cli/Options.hs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ options = [
 #endif
  ,Option "h"  ["help"] (NoArg  Help)                  "show this help"
  ,Option "V" ["version"]      (NoArg  Version)       "show version information"
- ,Option "v" ["verbose"]      (NoArg  Verbose)       "show verbose test output"
+ ,Option "v" ["verbose"]      (NoArg  Verbose)       "show more verbose output"
  ,Option ""    ["binary-filename"] (NoArg BinaryFilename) "show the download filename for this hledger build"
  ,Option ""    ["debug"]        (NoArg  Debug)         "show extra debug output; implies verbose"
  ,Option ""    ["debug-vty"]  (NoArg  DebugVty)     "run vty command with no vty output, showing console"
diff --git a/Hledger/Cli/Tests.hs b/Hledger/Cli/Tests.hs
index 64feae94a..9e7836cc8 100644
--- a/Hledger/Cli/Tests.hs
+++ b/Hledger/Cli/Tests.hs
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ $ hledger -f sample.ledger balance o
 module Hledger.Cli.Tests
 where
 import qualified Data.Map as Map
-import Test.HUnit.Tools (runVerboseTests)
 import System.Exit (exitFailure, exitWith, ExitCode(ExitSuccess)) -- base 3 compatible
 import System.Time (ClockTime(TOD))
 
@@ -45,13 +44,11 @@ import Hledger.Cli.Utils
 -- | Run unit tests.
 runtests :: [Opt] -> [String] -> IO ()
 runtests _ args = do
-  (counts,_) <- runner ts
+  (counts,_) <- liftM (flip (,) 0) $ runTestTT ts
   if errors counts > 0 || (failures counts > 0)
    then exitFailure
    else exitWith ExitSuccess
     where
-      runner | Verbose `elem` opts = runVerboseTests
-             | otherwise = liftM (flip (,) 0) . runTestTT
       ts = TestList $ filter matchname $ tflatten tests  -- show flat test names
       -- ts = tfilter matchname $ TestList tests -- show hierarchical test names
       matchname = matchpats args . tname
diff --git a/MANUAL.markdown b/MANUAL.markdown
index 48d82d1ed..687ae6557 100644
--- a/MANUAL.markdown
+++ b/MANUAL.markdown
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ Here is the command-line help:
               --port               web: serve on tcp port N (default 5000)
      -h       --help               show this help
      -V       --version            show version information
-     -v       --verbose            show verbose test output
+     -v       --verbose            show more verbose output
               --binary-filename    show the download filename for this hledger build
               --debug              show extra debug output; implies verbose
               --debug-vty          run vty command with no vty output, showing console
diff --git a/hledger.cabal b/hledger.cabal
index 7d1e4544f..d5f9e9774 100644
--- a/hledger.cabal
+++ b/hledger.cabal
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ executable hledger
                  ,process
                  ,regexpr >= 0.5.1
                  ,safe >= 0.2
-                 ,testpack >= 1 && < 2
                  ,time
                  ,utf8-string >= 0.3
 
@@ -162,7 +161,6 @@ library
                  ,process
                  ,regexpr >= 0.5.1
                  ,safe >= 0.2
-                 ,testpack >= 1 && < 2
                  ,time
                  ,utf8-string >= 0.3