diff --git a/git_cl.py b/git_cl.py
index 896e93ce7e..1a76bbef07 100755
--- a/git_cl.py
+++ b/git_cl.py
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ except ImportError:
 
 from third_party import colorama
 from third_party import httplib2
-from third_party import upload
 import auth
 import checkout
 import clang_format
@@ -4059,9 +4058,6 @@ def get_cl_statuses(changes, fine_grained, max_processes=None):
 
   See GetStatus() for a list of possible statuses.
   """
-  # Silence upload.py otherwise it becomes unwieldy.
-  upload.verbosity = 0
-
   if not changes:
     raise StopIteration()
 
diff --git a/tests/git_cl_test.py b/tests/git_cl_test.py
index 4560065c6f..13e279c2dc 100755
--- a/tests/git_cl_test.py
+++ b/tests/git_cl_test.py
@@ -647,7 +647,6 @@ class TestGitCl(TestCase):
     self.mock(git_cl.presubmit_support, 'DoPresubmitChecks', PresubmitMock)
     self.mock(git_cl.checkout, 'GitCheckout', GitCheckoutMock)
     GitCheckoutMock.reset()
-    self.mock(git_cl.upload, 'RealMain', self.fail)
     self.mock(git_cl.watchlists, 'Watchlists', WatchlistsMock)
     self.mock(git_cl.auth, 'get_authenticator_for_host', AuthenticatorMock)
     self.mock(git_cl.gerrit_util, 'GetChangeDetail',