diff --git a/tools/toolchains/__init__.py b/tools/toolchains/__init__.py
index 7cd8293825..2bc88cfc52 100644
--- a/tools/toolchains/__init__.py
+++ b/tools/toolchains/__init__.py
@@ -227,13 +227,13 @@ class Resources:
         for objname, filenames in dupe_dict.items():
             if len(filenames) > 1:
                 count+=1
-                toolchain.tool_error(
+                toolchain.notify.tool_error(
                     "Object file %s.o is not unique! It could be made from: %s"\
                     % (objname, " ".join(filenames)))
         for headername, locations in dupe_headers.items():
             if len(locations) > 1:
                 count+=1
-                toolchain.tool_error(
+                toolchain.notify.tool_error(
                     "Header file %s is not unique! It could be: %s" %\
                     (headername, " ".join(locations)))
         return count
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ class mbedToolchain:
 
         if _rc != 0:
             for line in _stderr.splitlines():
-                self.tool_error(line)
+                self.notify.tool_error(line)
             raise ToolException(_stderr)
 
     def progress(self, action, file, build_update=False):
diff --git a/tools/toolchains/gcc.py b/tools/toolchains/gcc.py
index 4c0eca2c82..87e3fd219c 100644
--- a/tools/toolchains/gcc.py
+++ b/tools/toolchains/gcc.py
@@ -28,11 +28,9 @@ class GCC(mbedToolchain):
     STD_LIB_NAME = "lib%s.a"
     DIAGNOSTIC_PATTERN = re.compile('((?P<file>[^:]+):(?P<line>\d+):)(?P<col>\d+):? (?P<severity>warning|[eE]rror|fatal error): (?P<message>.+)')
 
-    def __init__(self, target,  notify=None, macros=None,
-                 silent=False, extra_verbose=False, build_profile=None,
+    def __init__(self, target,  notify=None, macros=None, build_profile=None,
                  build_dir=None):
-        mbedToolchain.__init__(self, target, notify, macros, silent,
-                               extra_verbose=extra_verbose,
+        mbedToolchain.__init__(self, target, notify, macros,
                                build_profile=build_profile, build_dir=build_dir)
 
         tool_path=TOOLCHAIN_PATHS['GCC_ARM']
@@ -119,7 +117,7 @@ class GCC(mbedToolchain):
             match = self.DIAGNOSTIC_PATTERN.search(line)
             if match is not None:
                 if msg is not None:
-                    self.cc_info(msg)
+                    self.notify.cc_info(msg)
                     msg = None
                 msg = {
                     'severity': match.group('severity').lower(),
@@ -133,7 +131,7 @@ class GCC(mbedToolchain):
                 }
 
         if msg is not None:
-            self.cc_info(msg)
+            self.notify.cc_info(msg)
 
     def get_dep_option(self, object):
         base, _ = splitext(object)
@@ -200,7 +198,7 @@ class GCC(mbedToolchain):
             preproc_output = join(dirname(output), ".link_script.ld")
             cmd = (self.preproc + [mem_map] + self.ld[1:] +
                    [ "-o", preproc_output])
-            self.cc_verbose("Preproc: %s" % ' '.join(cmd))
+            self.notify.cc_verbose("Preproc: %s" % ' '.join(cmd))
             self.default_cmd(cmd)
             mem_map = preproc_output
 
@@ -230,10 +228,10 @@ class GCC(mbedToolchain):
             cmd = [cmd_linker, "@%s" % link_files]
 
         # Exec command
-        self.cc_verbose("Link: %s" % ' '.join(cmd))
+        self.notify.cc_verbose("Link: %s" % ' '.join(cmd))
         self.default_cmd(cmd)
         if self.target.core == "Cortex-M23" or self.target.core == "Cortex-M33":
-            self.info("Secure Library Object %s" %secure_file)
+            self.notify.info("Secure Library Object %s" %secure_file)
 
     @hook_tool
     def archive(self, objects, lib_path):
@@ -256,7 +254,7 @@ class GCC(mbedToolchain):
         cmd = self.hook.get_cmdline_binary(cmd)
 
         # Exec command
-        self.cc_verbose("FromELF: %s" % ' '.join(cmd))
+        self.notify.cc_verbose("FromELF: %s" % ' '.join(cmd))
         self.default_cmd(cmd)
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/tools/toolchains/iar.py b/tools/toolchains/iar.py
index 4ecad4a01c..99791bd89e 100644
--- a/tools/toolchains/iar.py
+++ b/tools/toolchains/iar.py
@@ -36,12 +36,9 @@ class IAR(mbedToolchain):
         Returns False otherwise."""
         return mbedToolchain.generic_check_executable("IAR", 'iccarm', 2, "bin")
 
-    def __init__(self, target, notify=None, macros=None,
-                 silent=False, extra_verbose=False, build_profile=None,
+    def __init__(self, target, notify=None, macros=None, build_profile=None,
                  build_dir=None):
-        mbedToolchain.__init__(self, target, notify, macros, silent,
-                               build_dir=build_dir,
-                               extra_verbose=extra_verbose,
+        mbedToolchain.__init__(self, target, notify, macros, build_dir=build_dir,
                                build_profile=build_profile)
         if target.core == "Cortex-M7F" or target.core == "Cortex-M7FD":
             cpuchoice = "Cortex-M7"
@@ -104,7 +101,7 @@ class IAR(mbedToolchain):
             match = IAR.DIAGNOSTIC_PATTERN.match(line)
             if match is not None:
                 if msg is not None:
-                    self.cc_info(msg)
+                    self.notify.cc_info(msg)
                     msg = None
                 msg = {
                     'severity': match.group('severity').lower(),
@@ -121,13 +118,13 @@ class IAR(mbedToolchain):
                 match = IAR.INDEX_PATTERN.match(line)
                 if match is not None:
                     msg['col'] = len(match.group('col'))
-                    self.cc_info(msg)
+                    self.notify.cc_info(msg)
                     msg = None
                 else:
                     msg['text'] += line+"\n"
 
         if msg is not None:
-            self.cc_info(msg)
+            self.notify.cc_info(msg)
 
     def get_dep_option(self, object):
         base, _ = splitext(object)
@@ -207,7 +204,7 @@ class IAR(mbedToolchain):
             cmd = [cmd_linker, '-f', link_files]
 
         # Exec command
-        self.cc_verbose("Link: %s" % ' '.join(cmd))
+        self.notify.cc_verbose("Link: %s" % ' '.join(cmd))
         self.default_cmd(cmd)
 
     @hook_tool
@@ -233,7 +230,7 @@ class IAR(mbedToolchain):
         cmd = self.hook.get_cmdline_binary(cmd)
 
         # Exec command
-        self.cc_verbose("FromELF: %s" % ' '.join(cmd))
+        self.notify.cc_verbose("FromELF: %s" % ' '.join(cmd))
         self.default_cmd(cmd)
 
     @staticmethod