diff --git a/quantum/quantum.mk b/quantum/quantum.mk
index c099d679..00d3e811 100644
--- a/quantum/quantum.mk
+++ b/quantum/quantum.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 QUANTUM_DIR = quantum
 
+ifndef VERBOSE
+.SILENT:
+endif
+
 # # project specific files
 SRC += $(QUANTUM_DIR)/quantum.c \
 	$(QUANTUM_DIR)/keymap_common.c \
diff --git a/tmk_core/rules.mk b/tmk_core/rules.mk
index 1d384574..37be850f 100644
--- a/tmk_core/rules.mk
+++ b/tmk_core/rules.mk
@@ -393,12 +393,10 @@ lib: $(LIBNAME)
 # AVR Studio 3.x does not check make's exit code but relies on
 # the following magic strings to be generated by the compile job.
 begin:
-	@echo
 	@echo $(MSG_BEGIN)
 
 end:
 	@echo $(MSG_END)
-	@echo
 
 
 # Display size of file.
@@ -505,13 +503,11 @@ COFFCONVERT += --change-section-address .eeprom-0x810000
 
 
 coff: $(TARGET).elf
-	@echo
 	@echo $(MSG_COFF) $(TARGET).cof
 	$(COFFCONVERT) -O coff-avr $< $(TARGET).cof
 
 
 extcoff: $(TARGET).elf
-	@echo
 	@echo $(MSG_EXTENDED_COFF) $(TARGET).cof
 	$(COFFCONVERT) -O coff-ext-avr $< $(TARGET).cof
 
@@ -519,25 +515,21 @@ extcoff: $(TARGET).elf
 
 # Create final output files (.hex, .eep) from ELF output file.
 %.hex: %.elf
-	@echo
 	@echo $(MSG_FLASH) $@
 	$(OBJCOPY) -O $(FORMAT) -R .eeprom -R .fuse -R .lock -R .signature $< $@
 
 %.eep: %.elf
-	@echo
 	@echo $(MSG_EEPROM) $@
 	-$(OBJCOPY) -j .eeprom --set-section-flags=.eeprom="alloc,load" \
 	--change-section-lma .eeprom=0 --no-change-warnings -O $(FORMAT) $< $@ || exit 0
 
 # Create extended listing file from ELF output file.
 %.lss: %.elf
-	@echo
 	@echo $(MSG_EXTENDED_LISTING) $@
 	$(OBJDUMP) -h -S -z $< > $@
 
 # Create a symbol table from ELF output file.
 %.sym: %.elf
-	@echo
 	@echo $(MSG_SYMBOL_TABLE) $@
 	$(NM) -n $< > $@
 
@@ -547,7 +539,6 @@ extcoff: $(TARGET).elf
 .SECONDARY : $(TARGET).a
 .PRECIOUS : $(OBJ)
 %.a: $(OBJ)
-	@echo
 	@echo $(MSG_CREATING_LIBRARY) $@
 	$(AR) $@ $(OBJ)
 
@@ -556,14 +547,12 @@ extcoff: $(TARGET).elf
 .SECONDARY : $(TARGET).elf
 .PRECIOUS : $(OBJ)
 %.elf: $(OBJ)
-	@echo
 	@echo $(MSG_LINKING) $@
 	$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) $^ --output $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 
 
 # Compile: create object files from C source files.
 $(OBJDIR)/%.o : %.c
-	@echo
 	mkdir -p $(@D)
 	@echo $(MSG_COMPILING) $<
 	$(CC) -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) $< -o $@ 
@@ -571,7 +560,6 @@ $(OBJDIR)/%.o : %.c
 
 # Compile: create object files from C++ source files.
 $(OBJDIR)/%.o : %.cpp
-	@echo
 	mkdir -p $(@D)
 	@echo $(MSG_COMPILING_CPP) $<
 	$(CC) -c $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) $< -o $@ 
@@ -589,7 +577,6 @@ $(OBJDIR)/%.o : %.cpp
 
 # Assemble: create object files from assembler source files.
 $(OBJDIR)/%.o : %.S
-	@echo
 	mkdir -p $(@D)
 	@echo $(MSG_ASSEMBLING) $<
 	$(CC) -c $(ALL_ASFLAGS) $< -o $@
@@ -604,7 +591,6 @@ $(OBJDIR)/%.o : %.S
 clean: begin clean_list end
 
 clean_list :
-	@echo
 	$(REMOVE) $(TARGET).hex
 	$(REMOVE) $(TARGET).eep
 	$(REMOVE) $(TARGET).cof