diff --git a/lib/multi.c b/lib/multi.c
index 41774337f..631887bfc 100644
--- a/lib/multi.c
+++ b/lib/multi.c
@@ -474,8 +474,6 @@ CURLMcode curl_multi_add_handle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
     data->set.server_response_timeout;
   data->state.conn_cache->closure_handle->set.no_signal =
     data->set.no_signal;
-  data->state.conn_cache->closure_handle->set.verbose =
-    data->set.verbose;
 
   update_timer(multi);
   return CURLM_OK;
diff --git a/tests/data/test1506 b/tests/data/test1506
index 7377dd6e0..815fef923 100644
--- a/tests/data/test1506
+++ b/tests/data/test1506
@@ -88,13 +88,9 @@ Accept: */*
 * Connection #2 to host server3.example.com left intact
 * Closing connection 0
 * Connection #3 to host server4.example.com left intact
-* Closing connection
-* Closing connection
-* Closing connection
 </file>
 <stripfile>
 $_ = '' if (($_ !~ /left intact/) && ($_ !~ /Closing connection/))
-s/^(\* Closing connection) [123](?=\r?\n)/$1/
 </stripfile>
 </verify>
 </testcase>