6 files changed, 13 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/compiler/__init__.py b/Lib/packaging/compiler/__init__.py
index e267e9f..d8e02ce 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/compiler/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/compiler/__init__.py
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ def show_compilers():
     pretty_printer.print_help("List of available compilers:")
 
 
-def new_compiler(plat=None, compiler=None, verbose=0, dry_run=False,
-                 force=False):
+def new_compiler(plat=None, compiler=None, dry_run=False, force=False):
     """Generate an instance of some CCompiler subclass for the supplied
     platform/compiler combination.  'plat' defaults to 'os.name'
     (eg. 'posix', 'nt'), and 'compiler' defaults to the default compiler
@@ -183,11 +182,7 @@ def new_compiler(plat=None, compiler=None, verbose=0, dry_run=False,
         cls = resolve_name(cls)
         _COMPILERS[compiler] = cls
 
-
-    # XXX The None is necessary to preserve backwards compatibility
-    # with classes that expect verbose to be the first positional
-    # argument.
-    return cls(None, dry_run, force)
+    return cls(dry_run, force)
 
 
 def gen_preprocess_options(macros, include_dirs):
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/compiler/bcppcompiler.py b/Lib/packaging/compiler/bcppcompiler.py
index a4aa2fa..06c758c 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/compiler/bcppcompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/compiler/bcppcompiler.py
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ class BCPPCompiler(CCompiler) :
     exe_extension = '.exe'
 
 
-    def __init__(self, verbose=0, dry_run=False, force=False):
-        super(BCPPCompiler, self).__init__(verbose, dry_run, force)
+    def __init__(self, dry_run=False, force=False):
+        super(BCPPCompiler, self).__init__(dry_run, force)
 
         # These executables are assumed to all be in the path.
         # Borland doesn't seem to use any special registry settings to
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/compiler/ccompiler.py b/Lib/packaging/compiler/ccompiler.py
index 02e22d2..98c4b68 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/compiler/ccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/compiler/ccompiler.py
@@ -79,10 +79,9 @@ class CCompiler:
                    }
     language_order = ["c++", "objc", "c"]
 
-    def __init__(self, verbose=0, dry_run=False, force=False):
+    def __init__(self, dry_run=False, force=False):
         self.dry_run = dry_run
         self.force = force
-        self.verbose = verbose
 
         # 'output_dir': a common output directory for object, library,
         # shared object, and shared library files
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/compiler/cygwinccompiler.py b/Lib/packaging/compiler/cygwinccompiler.py
index d793abd..3eec067 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/compiler/cygwinccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/compiler/cygwinccompiler.py
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ class CygwinCCompiler(UnixCCompiler):
     shared_lib_format = "%s%s"
     exe_extension = ".exe"
 
-    def __init__(self, verbose=0, dry_run=False, force=False):
-        super(CygwinCCompiler, self).__init__(verbose, dry_run, force)
+    def __init__(self, dry_run=False, force=False):
+        super(CygwinCCompiler, self).__init__(dry_run, force)
 
         status, details = check_config_h()
         logger.debug("Python's GCC status: %s (details: %s)", status, details)
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ class Mingw32CCompiler(CygwinCCompiler):
     name = 'mingw32'
     description = 'MinGW32 compiler'
 
-    def __init__(self, verbose=0, dry_run=False, force=False):
-        super(Mingw32CCompiler, self).__init__(verbose, dry_run, force)
+    def __init__(self, dry_run=False, force=False):
+        super(Mingw32CCompiler, self).__init__(dry_run, force)
 
         # ld_version >= "2.13" support -shared so use it instead of
         # -mdll -static
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/compiler/msvc9compiler.py b/Lib/packaging/compiler/msvc9compiler.py
index 539df73..029aa77 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/compiler/msvc9compiler.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/compiler/msvc9compiler.py
@@ -309,8 +309,8 @@ class MSVCCompiler(CCompiler) :
     static_lib_format = shared_lib_format = '%s%s'
     exe_extension = '.exe'
 
-    def __init__(self, verbose=0, dry_run=False, force=False):
-        super(MSVCCompiler, self).__init__(verbose, dry_run, force)
+    def __init__(self, dry_run=False, force=False):
+        super(MSVCCompiler, self).__init__(dry_run, force)
         self.__version = VERSION
         self.__root = r"Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio"
         # self.__macros = MACROS
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/compiler/msvccompiler.py b/Lib/packaging/compiler/msvccompiler.py
index 740bc30..39a10b2 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/compiler/msvccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/compiler/msvccompiler.py
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ class MSVCCompiler(CCompiler):
     static_lib_format = shared_lib_format = '%s%s'
     exe_extension = '.exe'
 
-    def __init__(self, verbose=0, dry_run=False, force=False):
-        super(MSVCCompiler, self).__init__(verbose, dry_run, force)
+    def __init__(self, dry_run=False, force=False):
+        super(MSVCCompiler, self).__init__(dry_run, force)
         self.__version = get_build_version()
         self.__arch = get_build_architecture()
         if self.__arch == "Intel":