diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3d0eec4f7..68a34d35c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 ### Improvements
 
+* Removed adding the `verbose` option to the arguments passed to the backend
+  such that no warnings are raised.
+  [(#151)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-qiskit/pull/151)
+
 ### Documentation
 
 ### Bug fixes
diff --git a/pennylane_qiskit/qiskit_device.py b/pennylane_qiskit/qiskit_device.py
index 3d3a5ae95..0181f6adf 100644
--- a/pennylane_qiskit/qiskit_device.py
+++ b/pennylane_qiskit/qiskit_device.py
@@ -125,9 +125,6 @@ def __init__(self, wires, provider, backend, shots=1024, **kwargs):
 
         self._backend = None
 
-        if "verbose" not in kwargs:
-            kwargs["verbose"] = False
-
         self.provider = provider
         self.backend_name = backend
         self._capabilities["backend"] = [b.name() for b in self.provider.backends()]