diff --git a/.github/workflows/quick.yaml b/.github/workflows/quick.yaml
index 1229b8ac027..2383244752a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quick.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quick.yaml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.compiler.CC }}-${{ matrix.layer.nick }}
 
       - name: Run build on Linux
-        run: ./test-builds.sh --verbose ${{ matrix.layer.name }}
+        run: ./test-builds.sh ${{ matrix.layer.name }}
 
       - name: Publish build logs
         if: success() || failure()
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
 
       - name: Build Squid
-        run: ./test-builds.sh --verbose ./test-suite/buildtests/layer-02-maximus.opts
+        run: ./test-builds.sh ./test-suite/buildtests/layer-02-maximus.opts
 
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
         uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/slow.yaml b/.github/workflows/slow.yaml
index 20334bdc9ed..4b723140504 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/slow.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/slow.yaml
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run test-builds
         id: test-builds
-        run: ./test-builds.sh --verbose ${{ matrix.layer.name }}
+        run: |
+          ./test-builds.sh ${{ matrix.layer.name }}
 
       - name: Publish build logs
         if: success() || failure()
@@ -100,7 +101,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run test-builds
         id: test-builds
         run: |
-          echo "::group::setup output"
           eval `brew shellenv`
           PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig"
           PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/openldap/lib/pkgconfig"
@@ -128,9 +128,8 @@ jobs:
           editable=$HOMEBREW_CELLAR/libtool/2.4.7/bin/glibtoolize
           sed -i.bak 's@ltdl_ac_aux_dir=""@ltdl_ac_aux_dir="../build-aux"@' $editable || true
           diff -u $editable.bak $editable || true
-          echo "::endgroup::"
 
-          ./test-builds.sh --verbose
+          ./test-builds.sh
 
       - name: Publish build logs
         if: success() || failure()
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ jobs:
 
           run: |
             export MAKE=gmake
-            ./test-builds.sh --verbose
+            ./test-builds.sh
 
       - name: Publish build logs
         if: success() || failure()
diff --git a/test-builds.sh b/test-builds.sh
index 2e42652dc81..7f27977cb31 100755
--- a/test-builds.sh
+++ b/test-builds.sh
@@ -68,12 +68,9 @@ while [ $# -ge 1 ]; do
 done
 
 logtee() {
-    local layer=$2
     case $verbose in
     yes)
-        echo "::group::$layer output" # github collapsible section
         tee $1
-        echo "::endgroup::"
         ;;
     progress)
         tee $1 | awk '{printf "."; n++; if (!(n % 80)) print "" } END {print ""}'
@@ -114,7 +111,7 @@ buildtest() {
 
 	# log the result for the outer script to notice
 	echo "buildtest.sh result is $result";
-    } 2>&1 | logtee ${log} ${layer}
+    } 2>&1 | logtee ${log}
 
     result=1 # failure by default
     if grep -q '^buildtest.sh result is 0$' ${log}; then