diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c312f2bb69..1c666039ad 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 # Global variables (will be set in every job):
 variables:
   WARN_AS_ERROR: "1"
+  MAKEFLAGS: "-s"
   REALM_BACKTRACE: "1"
   REALM_SYNTHETIC_CORE_MAP: "" # Disable Realm thread pinning.
-  TEST_REGENT: "1"
 
 # Local variables (included on a case-by-case basis in each job):
 .gcc48: &gcc48
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8aa4569a3c..d2fab25f98 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ compiler:
 env:
   global:
   - WARN_AS_ERROR=1
+  - MAKEFLAGS="-s"
   - REALM_SYNTHETIC_CORE_MAP=""
   matrix:
   - CC_FLAGS="-std=c++98" DEBUG=0
diff --git a/language/travis.py b/language/travis.py
index 4c06bfbe91..aae571c061 100755
--- a/language/travis.py
+++ b/language/travis.py
@@ -57,8 +57,5 @@ def test(root_dir, debug, spy, env):
         'LG_RT_DIR': runtime_dir,
         'LUAJIT_URL': 'http://legion.stanford.edu/~eslaught/mirror/LuaJIT-2.0.4.tar.gz',
     })
-    # reduce output spewage by default
-    if 'MAKEFLAGS' not in env:
-        env['MAKEFLAGS'] = 's'
 
     test(root_dir, env['DEBUG'], 'TEST_SPY' in env and env['TEST_SPY'] == '1', env)
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index 520dcafc0b..805ce435bc 100755
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def run_cxx(tests, flags, launcher, root_dir, env, thread_count):
     for test_file, test_flags in tests:
         test_path = os.path.join(root_dir, test_file)
         test_dir = os.path.dirname(test_path)
-        cmd(['make', '-s', '-C', test_dir, '-j', str(thread_count)], env=env)
+        cmd(['make', '-C', test_dir, '-j', str(thread_count)], env=env)
         cmd(launcher + [test_path] + flags + test_flags, env=env, cwd=test_dir)
 
 def run_test_tutorial(launcher, root_dir, tmp_dir, env, thread_count):
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ def run_test_fuzzer(launcher, root_dir, tmp_dir, env, thread_count):
 
 def run_test_realm(launcher, root_dir, tmp_dir, env, thread_count):
     test_dir = os.path.join(root_dir, 'test/realm')
-    cmd(['make', '-s', '-C', test_dir, 'DEBUG=0', 'SHARED_LOWLEVEL=0', 'USE_CUDA=0', 'USE_GASNET=0', 'clean'], env=env)
-    cmd(['make', '-s', '-C', test_dir, 'DEBUG=0', 'SHARED_LOWLEVEL=0', 'USE_CUDA=0', 'USE_GASNET=0', 'run_all'], env=env)
+    cmd(['make', '-C', test_dir, 'DEBUG=0', 'SHARED_LOWLEVEL=0', 'USE_CUDA=0', 'USE_GASNET=0', 'clean'], env=env)
+    cmd(['make', '-C', test_dir, 'DEBUG=0', 'SHARED_LOWLEVEL=0', 'USE_CUDA=0', 'USE_GASNET=0', 'run_all'], env=env)
 
     perf_dir = os.path.join(root_dir, 'test/performance/realm')
-    cmd(['make', '-s', '-C', perf_dir, 'DEBUG=0', 'SHARED_LOWLEVEL=0', 'clean_all'], env=env)
-    cmd(['make', '-s', '-C', perf_dir, 'DEBUG=0', 'SHARED_LOWLEVEL=0', 'run_all'], env=env)
+    cmd(['make', '-C', perf_dir, 'DEBUG=0', 'SHARED_LOWLEVEL=0', 'clean_all'], env=env)
+    cmd(['make', '-C', perf_dir, 'DEBUG=0', 'SHARED_LOWLEVEL=0', 'run_all'], env=env)
 
 def run_test_external(launcher, root_dir, tmp_dir, env, thread_count):
     flags = ['-logfile', 'out_%.log']
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def run_test_private(launcher, root_dir, tmp_dir, env, thread_count):
     miniaero_dir = os.path.join(tmp_dir, 'miniaero-spmd')
     cmd(['git', 'clone', '-b', 'spmd_flattened_superblocks',
          'git@github.com:magnatelee/miniaero-spmd.git', miniaero_dir])
-    cmd(['make', '-s', '-C', miniaero_dir, '-j', str(thread_count)], env=env,
+    cmd(['make', '-C', miniaero_dir, '-j', str(thread_count)], env=env,
         cwd=miniaero_dir)
     for test in ['3D_Sod', '3D_Sod_2nd_Order', 'FlatPlate', 'Ramp']:
         test_dir = os.path.join(miniaero_dir, 'tests', test)
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def build_cmake(root_dir, tmp_dir, env, thread_count,
 def clean_cxx(tests, root_dir, env, thread_count):
     for test_file, test_flags in tests:
         test_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.join(root_dir, test_file))
-        cmd(['make', '-s', '-C', test_dir, 'clean'], env=env)
+        cmd(['make', '-C', test_dir, 'clean'], env=env)
 
 def build_make_clean(root_dir, env, thread_count, test_tutorial, test_examples):
     if test_tutorial: