diff --git a/Help/release/dev/SublimeText-no-VERBOSE.rst b/Help/release/dev/SublimeText-no-VERBOSE.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70dfa2b8c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/SublimeText-no-VERBOSE.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+SublimeText-no-VERBOSE
+----------------------
+
+* The :generator:`Sublime Text 2` generator no longer runs the native
+  build command (e.g. ``ninja`` or ``make``) with verbose build output
+  enabled.
diff --git a/Source/cmExtraSublimeTextGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmExtraSublimeTextGenerator.cxx
index dfefefe975..36ba520c6f 100644
--- a/Source/cmExtraSublimeTextGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExtraSublimeTextGenerator.cxx
@@ -323,16 +323,12 @@ std::string cmExtraSublimeTextGenerator::BuildMakeCommand(
     std::string makefileName = cmSystemTools::ConvertToOutputPath(makefile);
     command += ", \"/NOLOGO\", \"/f\", \"";
     command += makefileName + "\"";
-    command += ", \"VERBOSE=1\", \"";
-    command += target;
-    command += "\"";
+    command += ", \"" + target + "\"";
   } else if (generator == "Ninja") {
     std::string makefileName = cmSystemTools::ConvertToOutputPath(makefile);
     command += ", \"-f\", \"";
     command += makefileName + "\"";
-    command += ", \"-v\", \"";
-    command += target;
-    command += "\"";
+    command += ", \"" + target + "\"";
   } else {
     std::string makefileName;
     if (generator == "MinGW Makefiles") {
@@ -344,9 +340,7 @@ std::string cmExtraSublimeTextGenerator::BuildMakeCommand(
     }
     command += ", \"-f\", \"";
     command += makefileName + "\"";
-    command += ", \"VERBOSE=1\", \"";
-    command += target;
-    command += "\"";
+    command += ", \"" + target + "\"";
   }
   return command;
 }