diff --git a/.github/scripts/remote-do-rtl-build.sh b/.github/scripts/remote-do-rtl-build.sh
index 9cbc8531..7a988840 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/remote-do-rtl-build.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/remote-do-rtl-build.sh
@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ do
     export COURSIER_CACHE=$REMOTE_COURSIER_CACHE
     export JVM_MEMORY=10G
     export JAVA_TMP_DIR=$REMOTE_JAVA_TMP_DIR
-    make -j$REMOTE_MAKE_NPROC -C $REMOTE_MAKE_DIR FIRRTL_LOGLEVEL=info ${mapping[$key]}
+    make -j$REMOTE_MAKE_NPROC -C $REMOTE_MAKE_DIR ${mapping[$key]}
 done
diff --git a/variables.mk b/variables.mk
index 2511c23a..58cc85c4 100644
--- a/variables.mk
+++ b/variables.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ HELP_COMPILATION_VARIABLES = \
 "   SBT_OPTS          = set additional sbt command line options (these take the form -Dsbt.<option>=<setting>) " \
 "                       See https://www.scala-sbt.org/1.x/docs/Command-Line-Reference.html\#Command+Line+Options" \
 "   SBT               = if overridden, used to invoke sbt (default is to invoke sbt by sbt-launch.jar)" \
-"   FIRRTL_LOGLEVEL   = if overridden, set firrtl log level (default is error)"
 
 HELP_PROJECT_VARIABLES = \
 "   SUB_PROJECT            = use the specific subproject default variables [$(SUB_PROJECT)]" \
@@ -258,8 +257,6 @@ define run_sbt_assembly
 	cd $(base_dir) && $(SBT) ";project $(1); set assembly / assemblyOutputPath := file(\"$(2)\"); assembly" && touch $(2)
 endef
 
-FIRRTL_LOGLEVEL ?= error
-
 #########################################################################################
 # output directory for tests
 #########################################################################################