diff --git a/disk-mapper/cmd/main.go b/disk-mapper/cmd/main.go
index 61fcce8f8..ae6a976de 100644
--- a/disk-mapper/cmd/main.go
+++ b/disk-mapper/cmd/main.go
@@ -50,10 +50,12 @@ const (
 
 func main() {
 	csp := flag.String("csp", "", "Cloud Service Provider the image is running on")
-	verbosity := flag.Int("v", 0, logger.CmdLineVerbosityDescription)
+	// FIXME: define flag again once its definition no longer collides with glog.
+	// This should happen as soon as https://github.com/google/go-sev-guest/issues/23 is merged and consumed by us.
+	verbosity := 0 // flag.Int("v", 0, logger.CmdLineVerbosityDescription)
 
 	flag.Parse()
-	log := logger.New(logger.JSONLog, logger.VerbosityFromInt(*verbosity))
+	log := logger.New(logger.JSONLog, logger.VerbosityFromInt(verbosity))
 	log.With(zap.String("version", constants.VersionInfo), zap.String("cloudProvider", *csp)).
 		Infof("Starting disk-mapper")
 
diff --git a/joinservice/cmd/main.go b/joinservice/cmd/main.go
index 1b96bf198..93cc30c3b 100644
--- a/joinservice/cmd/main.go
+++ b/joinservice/cmd/main.go
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@ const vpcIPTimeout = 30 * time.Second
 func main() {
 	provider := flag.String("cloud-provider", "", "cloud service provider this binary is running on")
 	kmsEndpoint := flag.String("kms-endpoint", "", "endpoint of Constellations key management service")
-	verbosity := flag.Int("v", 0, logger.CmdLineVerbosityDescription)
+	// FIXME: define flag again once its definition no longer collides with glog.
+	// This should happen as soon as https://github.com/google/go-sev-guest/issues/23 is merged and consumed by us.
+	verbosity := 0 // flag.Int("v", 0, logger.CmdLineVerbosityDescription)
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	log := logger.New(logger.JSONLog, logger.VerbosityFromInt(*verbosity))
+	log := logger.New(logger.JSONLog, logger.VerbosityFromInt(verbosity))
 	log.With(zap.String("version", constants.VersionInfo), zap.String("cloudProvider", *provider)).
 		Infof("Constellation Node Join Service")