diff --git a/docs/reference/rockcraft.yaml.rst b/docs/reference/rockcraft.yaml.rst
index 9a7fe0ddb..fa0156927 100644
--- a/docs/reference/rockcraft.yaml.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/rockcraft.yaml.rst
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ others are optional.
 **Required**: No
 
 The optional name of the Pebble service to serve as the OCI entrypoint. If set,
-this makes Rockcraft extend ``["/bin/pebble", "enter", "--verbose"]`` with
+this makes Rockcraft extend ``["/bin/pebble", "enter"]`` with
 ``["--args", "<serviceName>"]``. The command of the Pebble service must
 contain an optional argument that will become the OCI CMD.
 
diff --git a/rockcraft/pebble.py b/rockcraft/pebble.py
index 0e1080696..788762583 100644
--- a/rockcraft/pebble.py
+++ b/rockcraft/pebble.py
@@ -260,12 +260,7 @@ def get_entrypoint(build_base: str) -> list[str]:
             # Previously pebble existed in /bin/pebble
             pebble_path = Pebble.PEBBLE_BINARY_PATH_PREVIOUS
 
-        entrypoint = [f"/{pebble_path}", "enter"]
-
-        if is_legacy:
-            entrypoint += ["--verbose"]
-
-        return entrypoint
+        return [f"/{pebble_path}", "enter"]
 
     @staticmethod
     def _is_focal_or_jammy(build_base: str) -> bool:
diff --git a/tests/spread/foreign/big/task.yaml b/tests/spread/foreign/big/task.yaml
index 660046d8d..5171d0f9b 100644
--- a/tests/spread/foreign/big/task.yaml
+++ b/tests/spread/foreign/big/task.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ execute: |
   docker images
 
   # Check the rock's output
-  docker run --rm big:latest | MATCH "/tmp"
+  docker run --rm big:latest --verbose | MATCH "/tmp"
   
   ############################################################################################
   # test ownership: "newfiles" and "a.txt" are owned by uid 9999, "b.txt" is owned by uid 3333
diff --git a/tests/spread/rockcraft/bare-base/task.yaml b/tests/spread/rockcraft/bare-base/task.yaml
index 9957b0c54..76238af21 100644
--- a/tests/spread/rockcraft/bare-base/task.yaml
+++ b/tests/spread/rockcraft/bare-base/task.yaml
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ execute: |
   sudo rockcraft.skopeo --insecure-policy copy oci-archive:bare-base-test_latest_amd64.rock docker-daemon:bare-base-test:latest
   rm bare-base-test_latest_amd64.rock
   docker images bare-base-test:latest
-  id=$(docker run --rm -d bare-base-test)
+  id=$(docker run --rm -d bare-base-test --verbose)
   grep_docker_log "$id" "ship it!"
   docker exec "$id" pebble services | grep hello
   docker exec "$id" pebble ls /usr/bin/hello
-  test "$(docker inspect "$id" -f '{{json .Config.Entrypoint}}')" = '["/bin/pebble","enter","--verbose"]'
+  test "$(docker inspect "$id" -f '{{json .Config.Entrypoint}}')" = '["/bin/pebble","enter"]'
   
   docker rm -f "$id"
diff --git a/tests/spread/rockcraft/entrypoint-service/task.yaml b/tests/spread/rockcraft/entrypoint-service/task.yaml
index 3e26e11e3..d86273557 100644
--- a/tests/spread/rockcraft/entrypoint-service/task.yaml
+++ b/tests/spread/rockcraft/entrypoint-service/task.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 summary: container entrypoint-service test
 
 execute: |
+  set -ex
   run_rockcraft pack
 
   test -f entrypoint-service-test_latest_amd64.rock
@@ -10,11 +11,12 @@ execute: |
   rm entrypoint-service-test_latest*.rock  
   docker images entrypoint-service-test:latest
   id=$(docker run -d entrypoint-service-test)
-  test "$(docker inspect "$id" -f '{{json .Config.Entrypoint}}')" = '["/bin/pebble","enter","--verbose","--args","test-service"]'
+  test "$(docker inspect "$id" -f '{{json .Config.Entrypoint}}')" = '["/bin/pebble","enter","--args","test-service"]'
   test "$(docker inspect "$id" -f '{{json .Config.Cmd}}')" = '["foo"]'
-  grep_docker_log "$id" "foo"
+  docker logs "$id" 2>&1 | grep "foo"
   docker rm -f "$id"
-  id=$(docker run -d entrypoint-service-test bar)
-  test "$(docker inspect "$id" -f '{{json .Config.Cmd}}')" = '["bar"]'
-  grep_docker_log "$id" "bar"
+  id=$(sh -c 'docker run -d entrypoint-service-test bar \; --verbose')
+  test "$(docker inspect "$id" -f '{{json .Config.Entrypoint}}')" = '["/bin/pebble","enter","--args","test-service"]'
+  test "$(docker inspect "$id" -f '{{json .Config.Cmd}}')" = '["bar",";","--verbose"]'
+  docker logs "$id" 2>&1 | grep '\[test-service\] bar'
   docker rm -f "$id"
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_oci.py b/tests/unit/test_oci.py
index 72e0429cf..a9139bf0e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_oci.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_oci.py
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ def test_set_default_user(self, mock_run):
                 None,
                 "ubuntu@22.04",
                 Pebble.PEBBLE_BINARY_PATH_PREVIOUS,
-                ["--config.entrypoint", "--verbose"],
+                [],
                 [],
             ),
             (
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ def test_set_default_user(self, mock_run):
                 "test-service",
                 "ubuntu@22.04",
                 Pebble.PEBBLE_BINARY_PATH_PREVIOUS,
-                ["--config.entrypoint", "--verbose"],
+                [],
                 [
                     "--config.entrypoint",
                     "--args",