diff --git a/src/main/cpp/blaze.cc b/src/main/cpp/blaze.cc
index 4509ac0..9e9e506 100644
--- a/src/main/cpp/blaze.cc
+++ b/src/main/cpp/blaze.cc
@@ -76,9 +76,6 @@
 
 namespace blaze {
 
-// Enable messages mostly of interest to developers.
-static const bool SPAM = getenv("VERBOSE_BLAZE_CLIENT") != NULL;
-
 // Blaze is being run by a test.
 static const bool TESTING = getenv("TEST_TMPDIR") != NULL;
 
diff --git a/src/main/cpp/blaze_util.h b/src/main/cpp/blaze_util.h
index 43bc708..d4a8410 100644
--- a/src/main/cpp/blaze_util.h
+++ b/src/main/cpp/blaze_util.h
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
 blaze_exit_code::ExitCode CheckValidPort(
     const string &str, const string &option, string *error);
 
+// Enable messages mostly of interest to developers.
 bool VerboseLogging();
 
 // Read the JVM version from a file descriptor. The fd should point