diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/cmd/draid.c b/tests/zfs-tests/cmd/draid.c
index 6f4ecd5ef4..618cb9c4df 100644
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/cmd/draid.c
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/cmd/draid.c
@@ -1312,14 +1312,11 @@ static int
 draid_merge(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	char filename[MAXPATHLEN] = {0};
-	int c, error, total_merged = 0, verbose = 0;
+	int c, error, total_merged = 0;
 	nvlist_t *allcfgs;
 
-	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, ":v")) != -1) {
+	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, ":")) != -1) {
 		switch (c) {
-		case 'v':
-			verbose++;
-			break;
 		case ':':
 			(void) fprintf(stderr,
 			    "missing argument for '%c' option\n", optopt);