diff --git a/core/config.mk b/core/config.mk
index 727a5a80a..3148538a2 100644
--- a/core/config.mk
+++ b/core/config.mk
@@ -571,8 +571,6 @@ else
 JACK_DEFAULT_ARGS := $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/jack-default.args
 DEFAULT_JACK_EXTRA_ARGS := @$(JACK_DEFAULT_ARGS)
 endif
-# Turn off jack warnings by default.
-DEFAULT_JACK_EXTRA_ARGS += --verbose error
 
 PROGUARD := external/proguard/bin/proguard.sh
 JAVATAGS := build/tools/java-event-log-tags.py
diff --git a/core/jack-default.args b/core/jack-default.args
index 8d70a820d..bcc323584 100644
--- a/core/jack-default.args
+++ b/core/jack-default.args
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 -D sched.runner.thread.kind=fixed
 -D sched.runner.thread.fixed.count=4
 --sanity-checks off
--D jack.reporter.level.file=error=--,warning=-
\ No newline at end of file
+-D jack.reporter.level.file=error=--,warning=-
+--verbose error
\ No newline at end of file