diff --git a/indra/llcorehttp/tests/test_llcorehttp_peer.py b/indra/llcorehttp/tests/test_llcorehttp_peer.py
index 3ec9cd7d4c6bb729131d7a957c6b41b4afdc6ae3..cc636d8d87f43215b8c12551c9e4441eb411c484 100755
--- a/indra/llcorehttp/tests/test_llcorehttp_peer.py
+++ b/indra/llcorehttp/tests/test_llcorehttp_peer.py
@@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ class Server(ThreadingMixIn, HTTPServer):
     # to stderr which annoys some.  Disable this override to get
     # default behavior which *shouldn't* cause the program to return
     # a failure status.
-    def handle_error(self, request, client_address):
+    if not VERBOSE:
+      def handle_error(self, request, client_address):
         print '-'*40
         print 'Ignoring exception during processing of request from',
         print client_address