diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder.rs
index 6ba669f3b1034..77cfd40474488 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder.rs
@@ -1564,8 +1564,8 @@ impl<'a> Builder<'a> {
         let libdir = self.rustc_libdir(compiler);
 
         let sysroot_str = sysroot.as_os_str().to_str().expect("sysroot should be UTF-8");
-        if !matches!(self.config.dry_run, DryRun::SelfCheck) {
-            self.verbose_than(0, || println!("using sysroot {sysroot_str}"));
+        if self.is_verbose() && !matches!(self.config.dry_run, DryRun::SelfCheck) {
+            println!("using sysroot {sysroot_str}");
         }
 
         let mut rustflags = Rustflags::new(target);
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
index 3c0afb858f852..07460b81412ac 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
@@ -2450,7 +2450,7 @@ impl Config {
 
     /// Runs a function if verbosity is greater than 0
     pub fn verbose(&self, f: impl Fn()) {
-        if self.verbose > 0 {
+        if self.is_verbose() {
             f()
         }
     }
@@ -2735,7 +2735,7 @@ impl Config {
         .success();
         if has_changes {
             if if_unchanged {
-                if self.verbose > 0 {
+                if self.is_verbose() {
                     println!(
                         "WARNING: saw changes to compiler/ or library/ since {commit}; \
                             ignoring `download-rustc`"
@@ -2832,7 +2832,7 @@ impl Config {
         let has_changes = !t!(git.as_command_mut().status()).success();
         if has_changes {
             if if_unchanged {
-                if self.verbose > 0 {
+                if self.is_verbose() {
                     println!(
                         "warning: saw changes to one of {modified_paths:?} since {commit}; \
                             ignoring `{option_name}`"