diff --git a/Lib/test/support.py b/Lib/test/support.py
--- a/Lib/test/support.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support.py
@@ -851,7 +851,8 @@
     # Verify the requirement before downloading the file
     requires('urlfetch')
 
-    print('\tfetching %s ...' % url, file=get_original_stdout())
+    if verbose:
+        print('\tfetching %s ...' % url, file=get_original_stdout())
     f = urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=15)
     try:
         with open(fn, "wb") as out: