diff -r e74e0c259bd3 -r 16771d7c64e2 mercurial/ui.py
--- a/mercurial/ui.py	Thu Apr 23 15:40:10 2009 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/ui.py	Thu Apr 23 15:40:10 2009 -0500
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@
             self.setconfig('ui', 'verbose', str(bool(verbose)))
             self.setconfig('ui', 'debug', str(bool(debug)))
 
-        self.verbosity_constraints()
-
         if not interactive:
             self.setconfig('ui', 'interactive', 'False')
             self.interactive = False