diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php
index 7a5b87ffbe45d..c4d32ff83674d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php
@@ -826,11 +826,11 @@ protected function configureIO(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
         if (true === $input->hasParameterOption(array('--quiet', '-q'))) {
             $output->setVerbosity(OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_QUIET);
         } else {
-            if ($input->hasParameterOption('-vvv') || $input->hasParameterOption('--verbose=3') || $input->getParameterOption('--verbose') === 3) {
+            if ($input->hasParameterOption('-vvv')) {
                 $output->setVerbosity(OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_DEBUG);
-            } elseif ($input->hasParameterOption('-vv') || $input->hasParameterOption('--verbose=2') || $input->getParameterOption('--verbose') === 2) {
+            } elseif ($input->hasParameterOption('-vv')) {
                 $output->setVerbosity(OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_VERY_VERBOSE);
-            } elseif ($input->hasParameterOption('-v') || $input->hasParameterOption('--verbose=1') || $input->hasParameterOption('--verbose') || $input->getParameterOption('--verbose')) {
+            } elseif ($input->hasParameterOption('-v') || $input->hasParameterOption('--verbose')) {
                 $output->setVerbosity(OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_VERBOSE);
             }
         }