diff --git a/test/automation/src/playwrightDriver.ts b/test/automation/src/playwrightDriver.ts
index cef69c8b31a..67a89e254ee 100644
--- a/test/automation/src/playwrightDriver.ts
+++ b/test/automation/src/playwrightDriver.ts
@@ -116,14 +116,18 @@ export async function launch(userDataDir: string, _workspacePath: string, codeSe
 		serverLocation = join(codeServerPath, `server.${process.platform === 'win32' ? 'cmd' : 'sh'}`);
 		args.push(`--logsPath=${logsPath}`);
 
-		console.log(`Starting built server from '${serverLocation}'`);
-		console.log(`Storing log files into '${logsPath}'`);
+		if (verbose) {
+			console.log(`Starting built server from '${serverLocation}'`);
+			console.log(`Storing log files into '${logsPath}'`);
+		}
 	} else {
 		serverLocation = join(root, `resources/server/web.${process.platform === 'win32' ? 'bat' : 'sh'}`);
 		args.push('--logsPath', logsPath);
 
-		console.log(`Starting server out of sources from '${serverLocation}'`);
-		console.log(`Storing log files into '${logsPath}'`);
+		if (verbose) {
+			console.log(`Starting server out of sources from '${serverLocation}'`);
+			console.log(`Storing log files into '${logsPath}'`);
+		}
 	}
 
 	server = spawn(
diff --git a/test/integration/browser/src/index.ts b/test/integration/browser/src/index.ts
index 3a5fbe528b2..2e5909310fb 100644
--- a/test/integration/browser/src/index.ts
+++ b/test/integration/browser/src/index.ts
@@ -102,15 +102,19 @@ async function launchServer(browserType: BrowserType): Promise<{ endpoint: url.U
 		serverLocation = path.join(process.env.VSCODE_REMOTE_SERVER_PATH, `server.${process.platform === 'win32' ? 'cmd' : 'sh'}`);
 		serverArgs.push(`--logsPath=${logsPath}`);
 
-		console.log(`Starting built server from '${serverLocation}'`);
-		console.log(`Storing log files into '${logsPath}'`);
+		if (optimist.argv.debug) {
+			console.log(`Starting built server from '${serverLocation}'`);
+			console.log(`Storing log files into '${logsPath}'`);
+		}
 	} else {
 		serverLocation = path.join(root, `resources/server/web.${process.platform === 'win32' ? 'bat' : 'sh'}`);
 		serverArgs.push('--logsPath', logsPath);
 		process.env.VSCODE_DEV = '1';
 
-		console.log(`Starting server out of sources from '${serverLocation}'`);
-		console.log(`Storing log files into '${logsPath}'`);
+		if (optimist.argv.debug) {
+			console.log(`Starting server out of sources from '${serverLocation}'`);
+			console.log(`Storing log files into '${logsPath}'`);
+		}
 	}
 
 	const stdio: StdioOptions = optimist.argv.debug ? 'pipe' : ['ignore', 'pipe', 'ignore'];