diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 5bc6322..1624678 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -1213,15 +1213,15 @@
 
 # $(1): output file
 define build-recoveryimage-target
-  @echo ----- Making recovery image ------
+  # Making recovery image
   $(hide) mkdir -p $(TARGET_RECOVERY_OUT)
   $(hide) mkdir -p $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/etc $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/sdcard $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/tmp
-  @echo Copying baseline ramdisk...
+  # Copying baseline ramdisk...
   # Use rsync because "cp -Rf" fails to overwrite broken symlinks on Mac.
   $(hide) rsync -a --exclude=etc --exclude=sdcard $(IGNORE_RECOVERY_SEPOLICY) $(IGNORE_CACHE_LINK) $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_OUT)
   # Copy adbd from system/bin to recovery/root/sbin
   $(hide) cp -f $(TARGET_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/adbd $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/sbin/adbd
-  @echo Modifying ramdisk contents...
+  # Modifying ramdisk contents...
   $(if $(BOARD_RECOVERY_KERNEL_MODULES), \
     $(call build-image-kernel-modules,$(BOARD_RECOVERY_KERNEL_MODULES),$(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT),,$(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,depmod_recovery)))
   # Removes $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/init*.rc EXCEPT init.recovery*.rc.
@@ -1273,7 +1273,6 @@
   $(if $(filter true,$(BOARD_USES_RECOVERY_AS_BOOT)), \
     $(hide) $(call assert-max-image-size,$(1),$(BOARD_BOOTIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE)), \
     $(hide) $(call assert-max-image-size,$(1),$(BOARD_RECOVERYIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE)))
-  @echo ----- Made recovery image: $(1) --------
 endef
 
 ADBD := $(TARGET_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/adbd
diff --git a/tools/generate-notice-files.py b/tools/generate-notice-files.py
index adbf7c2..b754174 100755
--- a/tools/generate-notice-files.py
+++ b/tools/generate-notice-files.py
@@ -253,15 +253,12 @@
 
     filesets = [sorted(files_with_same_hash[md5]) for md5 in sorted(files_with_same_hash.keys())]
 
-    print "Combining NOTICE files into text"
     combine_notice_files_text(filesets, input_dir, txt_output_file, file_title)
 
     if html_output_file is not None:
-        print "Combining NOTICE files into HTML"
         combine_notice_files_html(filesets, input_dir, html_output_file)
 
     if xml_output_file is not None:
-        print "Combining NOTICE files into XML"
         combine_notice_files_xml(files_with_same_hash, input_dir, xml_output_file)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/build_image.py b/tools/releasetools/build_image.py
index a388f8a..e11f5a6 100755
--- a/tools/releasetools/build_image.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/build_image.py
@@ -195,8 +195,9 @@
     else:
       hi = i
 
-  print("Adjusted partition size for verity, partition_size: {},"
-        " verity_size: {}".format(result, verity_size))
+  if OPTIONS.verbose:
+    print("Adjusted partition size for verity, partition_size: {},"
+          " verity_size: {}".format(result, verity_size))
   AdjustPartitionSizeForVerity.results[key] = (result, verity_size)
   return (result, verity_size)
 
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@
   return True
 
 def Append(target, file_to_append, error_message):
-  print "appending %s to %s" % (file_to_append, target)
+  # appending file_to_append to target
   with open(target, "a") as out_file:
     with open(file_to_append, "r") as input_file:
       for line in input_file:
@@ -535,9 +536,9 @@
 
   try:
     if fs_type.startswith("ext4"):
-      (ext4fs_output, exit_code) = RunCommand(build_command, True)
+      (ext4fs_output, exit_code) = RunCommand(build_command)
     else:
-      (_, exit_code) = RunCommand(build_command, True)
+      (_, exit_code) = RunCommand(build_command)
   finally:
     if in_dir != origin_in:
       # Clean up temporary directories and files.