diff --git a/remote_access.sh b/remote_access.sh
index b363856983..5995622480 100644
--- a/remote_access.sh
+++ b/remote_access.sh
@@ -33,14 +33,7 @@ function remote_rsync_from() {
     --no-R --files-from=$1 root@${FLAGS_remote}:/ $2
 }
 
-function _verbose_remote_sh() {
-  REMOTE_OUT=$(ssh -vp ${FLAGS_ssh_port} $SSH_CONNECT_SETTINGS \
-    -o UserKnownHostsFile=$TMP_KNOWN_HOSTS -i $TMP_PRIVATE_KEY \
-    root@$FLAGS_remote "$@")
-  return ${PIPESTATUS[0]}
-}
-
-function _non_verbose_remote_sh() {
+function _remote_sh() {
   REMOTE_OUT=$(ssh -p ${FLAGS_ssh_port} $SSH_CONNECT_SETTINGS \
     -o UserKnownHostsFile=$TMP_KNOWN_HOSTS -i $TMP_PRIVATE_KEY \
     root@$FLAGS_remote "$@")
@@ -48,13 +41,13 @@ function _non_verbose_remote_sh() {
 }
 
 # Wrapper for ssh that runs the commmand given by the args on the remote host
-# If an ssh error occurs, re-runs the ssh command with verbose flag set.
+# If an ssh error occurs, re-runs the ssh command.
 function remote_sh() {
   local ssh_status=0
-  _non_verbose_remote_sh "$@" || ssh_status=$?
+  _remote_sh "$@" || ssh_status=$?
   # 255 indicates an ssh error.
   if [ ${ssh_status} -eq 255 ]; then
-    _verbose_remote_sh "$@"
+    _remote_sh "$@"
   else
     return ${ssh_status}
   fi