diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index a0f22d472876d..b90fd6741967e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -129,10 +129,6 @@ win32getdeps:
 win32setup:
 	makensis /DMILESTONE=$(VERSION) /DSOURCE_INSTALL_DIR=$(SOURCE_INSTALL_DIR) /DBUILDNUM=$(BUILDNUM) monowiz.win32.nsi
 
-patch-quiet:
-	find mono -name Makefile -exec scripts/patch-quiet.sh {} \;
-	find libgc -name Makefile -exec scripts/patch-quiet.sh {} \;
-
 update-csproj:
 	-rm msvc/scripts/order 
 	-mkdir msvc/scripts/inputs
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index cbd3f1f74daf4..469ab2e1be739 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ AC_SUBST(API_VER)
 
 AC_PROG_LN_S
 
+m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
+
 # In case of cygwin, override LN_S, irrespective of what it determines.
 # The build uses cygwin, but the actual runtime doesn't.
 case $host_os in
@@ -717,7 +719,6 @@ if test "x$with_xen_opt" = "xyes" -a "x$mono_cv_clang" = "xno"; then
 	])
 fi
 
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(quiet-build, [  --enable-quiet-build  Enable quiet runtime build (on by default)], enable_quiet_build=$enableval, enable_quiet_build=yes)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(small-config, [  --enable-small-config Enable tweaks to reduce requirements (and capabilities)], enable_small_config=$enableval, enable_small_config=no)
 
 if test x$enable_small_config = xyes; then
@@ -3106,17 +3107,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([runtime/etc/mono/4.5/web.config],
     cd $depth
 ],[LN_S='$LN_S'])
 
-if test x$enable_quiet_build = xyes; then
-   AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([quiet],
-[  for i in `find mono libgc support -name Makefile`; do
-   	   if [ grep -q 'generated by automake' $i ]; then
-	   	  $srcdir/scripts/patch-quiet.sh $i;
-	   fi;
-   done
-], [shell=$SHELL])
-   AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([quiet-libtool], [sed -e 's/echo "copying selected/# "copying selected/g' < libtool > libtool.tmp && mv libtool.tmp libtool && chmod a+x libtool; sed -e 's/$ECHO "copying selected/# "copying selected/g' < libtool > libtool.tmp && mv libtool.tmp libtool && chmod a+x libtool])
-fi
-
 AC_OUTPUT([
 Makefile
 mono-core.spec
diff --git a/eglib/configure.ac b/eglib/configure.ac
index af12bc51e1194..86a4cbc6965eb 100644
--- a/eglib/configure.ac
+++ b/eglib/configure.ac
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.9 dist-bzip2 tar-ustar no-dist-gzip foreign])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
+m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
+
 AC_PROG_CC
 AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
 # Use dolt (http://dolt.freedesktop.org/) instead of libtool for building.
@@ -213,7 +215,6 @@ if test "x$PKG_CONFIG" != "xno"; then
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_GLIB, $have_glib)
 
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(quiet-build, [  --enable-quiet-build  Enable quiet runtime build (on by default)], enable_quiet_build=$enableval, enable_quiet_build=yes)
 AC_SUBST(GPOINTER_TO_INT)
 AC_SUBST(GPOINTER_TO_UINT)
 AC_SUBST(GINT_TO_POINTER)
@@ -225,17 +226,6 @@ AC_SUBST(G_GINT64_FORMAT)
 AC_SUBST(G_GUINT32_FORMAT)
 AC_SUBST(G_GINT32_FORMAT)
 
-if test x$enable_quiet_build = xyes; then
-   AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([quiet],
-[  for i in `find mono src test -name Makefile`; do
-   	   if [ grep -q 'generated by automake' $i ]; then
-	   	  $srcdir/../scripts/patch-quiet.sh $i;
-	   fi;
-   done
-], [shell=$SHELL])
-   AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([quiet-libtool], [sed -e 's/$echo "copying selected/$show "copying selected/g' < libtool > libtool.tmp && mv libtool.tmp libtool && chmod a+x libtool; sed -e 's/$ECHO "copying selected/# "copying selected/g' < libtool > libtool.tmp && mv libtool.tmp libtool && chmod a+x libtool])
-fi
-
 AC_OUTPUT([
 Makefile
 m4/Makefile
diff --git a/libgc/configure.in b/libgc/configure.in
index 18d1179f16895..be6f6d4259bba 100644
--- a/libgc/configure.in
+++ b/libgc/configure.in
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ AC_SUBST(GC_VERSION)
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_CXX
 
+m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
+
 dnl automake 1.6 and later need the AM_PROG_AS macro.
 ifdef([AM_PROG_AS],[AM_PROG_AS],[])
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
@@ -519,11 +521,6 @@ else
   multilib_arg=
 fi
 
-if test x$enable_quiet_build = xyes; then
-   AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([quiet], [for i in `find . -name Makefile.in | sed -e 's/Makefile.in/Makefile/g'`; do if test -f $i; then $srcdir/../scripts/patch-quiet.sh $i; fi; done], [shell=$SHELL])
-   AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([quiet-libtool], [sed -e 's/$echo "copying selected/$show "copying selected/g' < libtool > libtool.tmp && mv libtool.tmp libtool && chmod a+x libtool; sed -e 's/$ECHO "copying selected/# "copying selected/g' < libtool > libtool.tmp && mv libtool.tmp libtool && chmod a+x libtool])
-fi
-
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile
 m4/Makefile
 include/Makefile
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.am b/scripts/Makefile.am
index caf902408dea1..ff7bc2c4afadc 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.am
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.am
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST =			\
 	mono-test-install	\
 	mono-heapviz		\
 	$(MDOC_COMPAT)		\
-	patch-quiet.sh		\
 	get-cygwin-deps.sh	\
 	mono-configuration-crypto.in
 
diff --git a/scripts/patch-quiet.sh b/scripts/patch-quiet.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8ab10a0b28f91..0000000000000
--- a/scripts/patch-quiet.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-#
-# patch-quiet.sh: Shell script to rewrite Makefiles using libtool to be less verbose
-#
-
-if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
-	echo "Usage: patch-quiet.sh <path to Makefile>"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-src=$1
-
-if head -n1 $src | grep -q '# Postprocessed with patch-quiet\.sh'; then
-    # already handled
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-echo "# Postprocessed with patch-quiet.sh" > $src.tmp && cat $src >> $src.tmp && cp $src.tmp $src && rm -f $src.tmp
-# Try to find GNU sed
-SED="sed"
-sed --version >/dev/null 2>&1
-if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
-	gsed --version > /dev/null 2>&1 && SED="gsed"
-fi
-
-# compile
-${SED} -e 's/^\t\(if \)\?$(COMPILE)/\t$(if $(V),,@echo "CC      $@";) \1$(COMPILE)/g' < $src > $src.tmp && cp $src.tmp $src && rm -f $src.tmp
-${SED} -e 's/^\t\(if \)\?$(LTCOMPILE)/\t$(if $(V),,@echo "CC      $@";) \1$(LTCOMPILE)/g' < $src > $src.tmp && cp $src.tmp $src && rm -f $src.tmp
-${SED} -e 's/^\t\(if \)\?$(LTCXXCOMPILE)/\t$(if $(V),,@echo "CC      $@";) \1$(LTCXXCOMPILE)/g' < $src > $src.tmp && cp $src.tmp $src && rm -f $src.tmp
-${SED} -e 's/^\t\(if \)\?$(LIBTOOL)/\t$(if $(V),,@echo "CC      $@";) \1$(LIBTOOL)/g' < $src > $src.tmp && cp $src.tmp $src && rm -f $src.tmp
-# link
-# automake defines multiple symbols ending with LINK
-${SED} -e 's/^\t$(\(.*LINK\))/\t$(if $(V),,@echo "LD      $@";) $(\1)/g' < $src > $src.tmp && cp $src.tmp $src && rm -f $src.tmp
-#sed -e 's/LINK = $(LIBTOOL)/LINK = $(if $(V),,@echo "LD      $@";) $(LIBTOOL)/g' < $src > $src.tmp && cp $src.tmp $src && rm -f $src.tmp
-# CC
-${SED} -e 's/^\t\(if \)\?$(CC)/\t$(if $(V),,@echo "CC      $@";) \1$(CC)/g' < $src > $src.tmp && cp $src.tmp $src && rm -f $src.tmp
-# mv
-${SED} -e 's/^\tmv -f/\t$(if $(V),,@)mv -f/g' < $src > $src.tmp && cp $src.tmp $src && rm -f $src.tmp
-${SED} -e 's/^am__mv = /&$(if $(V),,@)/' < $src > $src.tmp && cp $src.tmp $src && rm -f $src.tmp
-# libtool messages
-${SED} -e 's/\$(LIBTOOL)/$(LIBTOOL) $(if $(V),,--quiet)/g' < $src > $src.tmp && cp $src.tmp $src && rm -f $src.tmp
-
-# This causes this script to be rerun if Makefile.am changes
-${SED} -e 's/am__depfiles_maybe = depfiles/& quiet/g' < $src > $src.tmp && cp $src.tmp $src && rm -f $src.tmp
-