diff --git a/rattail/commands.py b/rattail/commands.py
index f4aa94f5e0a6da14803b75495d1901472874a419..a54a3f4feb1e089f3d6df044918ae68f1ce9e994 100644
--- a/rattail/commands.py
+++ b/rattail/commands.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class Command(object):
     long_description = """
 Rattail is a retail software framework.
 
-Copyright (c) 2010-2012 Lance Edgar <lance@edbob.org>
+Copyright (c) 2010-2015 Lance Edgar <lance@edbob.org>
 
 This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  This is free software,
 and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
@@ -181,14 +181,12 @@ Commands:\n""".format(self.description, self.name))
 
         parser.add_argument('-c', '--config', action='append', dest='config_paths',
                             metavar='PATH')
-        parser.add_argument('-d', '--debug', action='store_true', dest='debug')
         parser.add_argument('-n', '--no-init', action='store_true', default=False)
         parser.add_argument('-P', '--progress', action='store_true', default=False)
         parser.add_argument('--stdout', metavar='PATH', type=argparse.FileType('w'),
                             help="Optional path to which STDOUT should be effectively redirected.")
         parser.add_argument('--stderr', metavar='PATH', type=argparse.FileType('w'),
                             help="Optional path to which STDERR should be effectively redirected.")
-        parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true', dest='verbose')
         parser.add_argument('-V', '--version', action='version',
                             version="%(prog)s {0}".format(self.version))
         parser.add_argument('command', nargs='*')
@@ -232,23 +230,12 @@ Commands:\n""".format(self.description, self.name))
         # edbob.basic_logging()
         logging.basicConfig()
 
-        if args.verbose:
-            log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-        if args.debug:
-            log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-
         # Initialize everything...
         config = None
         if not args.no_init:
             edbob.init(self.name, *(args.config_paths or []))
             config = RattailConfig(edbob.config)
 
-            # Command line logging flags should override config.
-            if args.verbose:
-                log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-            if args.debug:
-                log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-
             # Configure the default database engine.
             try:
                 from rattail.db.util import configure_session_factory
diff --git a/tests/test_commands.py b/tests/test_commands.py
index 3be5cad7b47e737ef4587971da5e0c832b4746b6..9b818ffd5e6b73022065bb16d944fad9c6b26481 100644
--- a/tests/test_commands.py
+++ b/tests/test_commands.py
@@ -134,24 +134,6 @@ class TestCommand(TestCase):
         with open(err_path) as f:
             self.assertEqual(f.read(), "standard error stuff")
 
-    def test_verbose_flag_sets_root_logging_level_to_info(self):
-        self.assertEqual(logging.getLogger().getEffectiveLevel(), logging.NOTSET)
-        tmp = TempIO()
-        config_path = tmp.putfile('test.ini', '')
-        command = commands.Command()
-        fake = command.subcommands['fake'] = Mock()
-        command.run('fake', '--config', config_path, '--verbose')
-        self.assertEqual(logging.getLogger().getEffectiveLevel(), logging.INFO)
-
-    def test_debug_flag_sets_root_logging_level_to_debug(self):
-        self.assertEqual(logging.getLogger().getEffectiveLevel(), logging.NOTSET)
-        tmp = TempIO()
-        config_path = tmp.putfile('test.ini', '')
-        command = commands.Command()
-        fake = command.subcommands['fake'] = Mock()
-        command.run('fake', '--config', config_path, '--debug')
-        self.assertEqual(logging.getLogger().getEffectiveLevel(), logging.DEBUG)
-
     def test_noinit_flag_means_no_config(self):
         command = commands.Command()
         fake = command.subcommands['fake'] = Mock()