diff --git a/include/config.h b/include/config.h
index 37b97665..acb58ee3 100644
--- a/include/config.h
+++ b/include/config.h
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ struct bar_config {
 	char *separator_symbol;
 	bool strip_workspace_numbers;
 	bool binding_mode_indicator;
-	bool verbose;
 	pid_t pid;
 	struct {
 		char background[10];
diff --git a/sway/config.c b/sway/config.c
index b3b743c3..f520cc88 100644
--- a/sway/config.c
+++ b/sway/config.c
@@ -1035,7 +1035,6 @@ struct bar_config *default_bar_config(void) {
 	bar->strip_workspace_numbers = false;
 	bar->binding_mode_indicator = true;
 	bar->tray_padding = 2;
-	bar->verbose = false;
 	bar->pid = 0;
 	// set default colors
 	strcpy(bar->colors.background, "#000000ff");
diff --git a/sway/ipc-server.c b/sway/ipc-server.c
index 4d9264e8..e9b79a1a 100644
--- a/sway/ipc-server.c
+++ b/sway/ipc-server.c
@@ -599,7 +599,6 @@ json_object *ipc_json_describe_bar_config(struct bar_config *bar) {
 	json_object_object_add(json, "workspace_buttons", json_object_new_boolean(bar->workspace_buttons));
 	json_object_object_add(json, "strip_workspace_numbers", json_object_new_boolean(bar->strip_workspace_numbers));
 	json_object_object_add(json, "binding_mode_indicator", json_object_new_boolean(bar->binding_mode_indicator));
-	json_object_object_add(json, "verbose", json_object_new_boolean(bar->verbose));
 	json_object_object_add(json, "pango_markup", json_object_new_boolean(bar->pango_markup));
 
 	json_object *colors = json_object_new_object();