diff --git a/cmd/revid-cli/main.go b/cmd/revid-cli/main.go
index 11f410b7..60dd4246 100644
--- a/cmd/revid-cli/main.go
+++ b/cmd/revid-cli/main.go
@@ -156,8 +156,6 @@ func handleFlags() revid.Config {
 		cfg.LogLevel = logger.Error
 	case "Fatal":
 		cfg.LogLevel = logger.Fatal
-	case "":
-		cfg.LogLevel = defaultLogVerbosity
 	default:
 		log.Log(logger.Error, pkg+"bad verbosity argument")
 	}