diff --git a/scripts/armhwinfo b/scripts/armhwinfo
index fbfab77e22..1caaf3ffcf 100644
--- a/scripts/armhwinfo
+++ b/scripts/armhwinfo
@@ -255,10 +255,6 @@ case $1 in
 		# check whether auto detection override exists and if true use this for machine.id
 		[ -f /root/.machine.id ] && cat /root/.machine.id >/var/run/machine.id
 		log_hardware_info
-
-		# crash detection, enable verbose logging and disable it at clean shutdown
-		[[ -f /boot/armbianEnv.txt ]] && sed -i "s/^verbosity=.*/verbosity=7/" /boot/armbianEnv.txt && sync &
-		touch /boot/.verbose
 		;;
 	query)
 		# armbianmonitor mode -- only interested in hardware info
@@ -267,11 +263,6 @@ case $1 in
 		export HARDWARE ARCH KERNELID MACHINE BOARD_NAME VERSION
 		;;
 	*stop*)
-		# set verbosity=1 only if set to 7 and /boot/.force-verbose doesn't exist.
-		if [ ! -f /boot/.force-verbose ]; then
-			[[ -f /boot/armbianEnv.txt ]] && sed -i "s/^verbosity=.*/verbosity=1/" /boot/armbianEnv.txt
-			rm /boot/.verbose
-		fi
 		case ${LINUXFAMILY} in
 			sun?i)
 			# redefine green led to blink until shutdown, try to switch OTG port to host