diff --git a/test/integration/start_stop_delete_test.go b/test/integration/start_stop_delete_test.go
index 0b4a483ab2..b6764ea967 100644
--- a/test/integration/start_stop_delete_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/start_stop_delete_test.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func TestStartStop(t *testing.T) {
 					waitFlag = "--wait=apiserver,system_pods,default_sa"
 				}
 
-				startArgs := append([]string{"start", "-p", profile, "--memory=2200", "--alsologtostderr", "-v=3", waitFlag}, tc.args...)
+				startArgs := append([]string{"start", "-p", profile, "--memory=2200", "--alsologtostderr", waitFlag}, tc.args...)
 				startArgs = append(startArgs, StartArgs()...)
 				startArgs = append(startArgs, fmt.Sprintf("--kubernetes-version=%s", tc.version))