diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-restore/NuGet3.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-restore/NuGet3.cs
index c7d866ca5..8033f96f6 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-restore/NuGet3.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-restore/NuGet3.cs
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Restore
 {
     internal static class NuGet3
     {
-        public static int Restore(IEnumerable<string> args, bool quiet)
+        public static int Restore(IEnumerable<string> args)
         {
             var prefixArgs = new List<string>();
-            if (quiet)
+            if (!args.Any(s => s.Equals("--verbosity", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || s.Equals("-v", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
             {
                 prefixArgs.Add("--verbosity");
-                prefixArgs.Add("Error");
+                prefixArgs.Add("minimal");
             }
             prefixArgs.Add("restore");
 
diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-restore/Program.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-restore/Program.cs
index 6616f75dc..7d45322c1 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-restore/Program.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-restore/Program.cs
@@ -24,16 +24,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Restore
                 Description = "Restores dependencies listed in project.json"
             };
 
-            // Parse --quiet, because we have to handle that specially since NuGet3 has a different
-            // "--verbosity" switch that goes BEFORE the command
-            var quiet = args.Any(s => s.Equals("--quiet", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
-            args = args.Where(s => !s.Equals("--quiet", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)).ToArray();
 
             app.OnExecute(() =>
             {
                 try
                 {
-                    return NuGet3.Restore(args, quiet);
+                    return NuGet3.Restore(args);
                 }
                 catch (InvalidOperationException e)
                 {
diff --git a/test/EndToEnd/EndToEndTest.cs b/test/EndToEnd/EndToEndTest.cs
index eeb4e6ace..ec5ba4baf 100644
--- a/test/EndToEnd/EndToEndTest.cs
+++ b/test/EndToEnd/EndToEndTest.cs
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests.EndToEnd
             Directory.SetCurrentDirectory(RestoredTestProjectDirectory);
 
             new NewCommand().Execute().Should().Pass();
-            new RestoreCommand().Execute("--quiet").Should().Pass();
+            new RestoreCommand().Execute().Should().Pass();
 
             Directory.SetCurrentDirectory(currentDirectory);
         }
diff --git a/test/Performance/HelloWorld.cs b/test/Performance/HelloWorld.cs
index d2421a688..828613a32 100644
--- a/test/Performance/HelloWorld.cs
+++ b/test/Performance/HelloWorld.cs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests.Performance
 
             var restoreCommand = new RestoreCommand();
             restoreCommand.WorkingDirectory = RestoredTestProjectDirectory;
-            restoreCommand.Execute("--quiet").Should().Pass();
+            restoreCommand.Execute().Should().Pass();
         }
     }
 }