diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/implementation/filter.middleware.unit.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/implementation/filter.middleware.unit.test.ts
index f1a1395f6..414b2c79e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/implementation/filter.middleware.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/implementation/filter.middleware.unit.test.ts
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ describe('filterMiddleware', () => {
   );
 
   it('should trigger verbose logging when skipPlugins or onlyPlugins removes categories', () => {
-    vi.stubEnv('CP_VERBOSE', 'true');
+    logger.setVerbose(true);
 
     filterMiddleware({
       onlyPlugins: ['p1'],
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/implementation/validate-filter-options.utils.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/implementation/validate-filter-options.utils.ts
index 839d44406..6586a0185 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/implementation/validate-filter-options.utils.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/implementation/validate-filter-options.utils.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import type { PluginConfig } from '@code-pushup/models';
 import {
   capitalize,
   filterItemRefsBy,
-  isVerbose,
   logger,
   pluralize,
 } from '@code-pushup/utils';
@@ -51,14 +50,14 @@ export function validateFilterOption(
     }
     logger.warn(message);
   }
-  if (skippedValidItems.length > 0 && isVerbose()) {
+  if (skippedValidItems.length > 0 && logger.isVerbose()) {
     const item = getItemType(option, skippedValidItems.length);
     const prefix = skippedValidItems.length === 1 ? `a skipped` : `skipped`;
     logger.warn(
       `The --${option} argument references ${prefix} ${item}: ${skippedValidItems.join(', ')}.`,
     );
   }
-  if (isPluginOption(option) && categories.length > 0 && isVerbose()) {
+  if (isPluginOption(option) && categories.length > 0 && logger.isVerbose()) {
     const removedCategories = filterItemRefsBy(categories, ({ plugin }) =>
       isOnlyOption(option)
         ? !itemsToFilterSet.has(plugin)
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ export function validateSkippedCategories(
   const skippedCategories = originalCategories.filter(
     original => !filteredCategories.some(({ slug }) => slug === original.slug),
   );
-  if (skippedCategories.length > 0 && isVerbose()) {
+  if (skippedCategories.length > 0 && logger.isVerbose()) {
     skippedCategories.forEach(category => {
       logger.info(
         `Category ${category.slug} was removed because all its refs were skipped. Affected refs: ${category.refs
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/implementation/validate-filter-options.utils.unit.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/implementation/validate-filter-options.utils.unit.test.ts
index 98d3e01ff..cbb5f0eb4 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/implementation/validate-filter-options.utils.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/implementation/validate-filter-options.utils.unit.test.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ describe('validateFilterOption', () => {
   });
 
   it('should log a category ignored as a result of plugin filtering', () => {
-    vi.stubEnv('CP_VERBOSE', 'true');
+    logger.setVerbose(true);
 
     validateFilterOption(
       'onlyPlugins',
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ describe('validateFilterOption', () => {
   });
 
   it('should log skipped items if verbose mode is enabled', () => {
-    vi.stubEnv('CP_VERBOSE', 'true');
+    logger.setVerbose(true);
 
     const plugins = [
       { slug: 'p1', audits: [{ slug: 'a1-p1' }] },
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ describe('validateSkippedCategories', () => {
   ] as NonNullable<Filterables['categories']>;
 
   it('should log info when categories are removed', () => {
-    vi.stubEnv('CP_VERBOSE', 'true');
+    logger.setVerbose(true);
 
     validateSkippedCategories(categories, [
       {
diff --git a/packages/plugin-lighthouse/src/lib/runner/utils.unit.test.ts b/packages/plugin-lighthouse/src/lib/runner/utils.unit.test.ts
index 42d63f027..4fd0bb555 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-lighthouse/src/lib/runner/utils.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-lighthouse/src/lib/runner/utils.unit.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { bold } from 'ansis';
+import ansis from 'ansis';
 import debug from 'debug';
 import log from 'lighthouse-logger';
 import type Details from 'lighthouse/types/lhr/audit-details';
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ describe('toAuditOutputs', () => {
         { verbose: true },
       ),
     ).toThrow(
-      `Audit ${bold('cumulative-layout-shift')} failed parsing details:`,
+      `Audit ${ansis.bold('cumulative-layout-shift')} failed parsing details:`,
     );
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/index.ts b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
index 173389de0..0dd6b322c 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ export {
   coerceBooleanValue,
   isCI,
   isEnvVarEnabled,
-  isVerbose,
   runnerArgsFromEnv,
   runnerArgsToEnv,
 } from './lib/env.js';
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/lib/env.ts b/packages/utils/src/lib/env.ts
index f170c7332..c121773b2 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/lib/env.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/lib/env.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ export function isCI() {
   return isEnvVarEnabled('CI');
 }
 
-export function isVerbose() {
-  return isEnvVarEnabled('CP_VERBOSE');
-}
-
 export function isEnvVarEnabled(name: string): boolean {
   const value = coerceBooleanValue(process.env[name]);
 
diff --git a/testing/test-utils/src/lib/utils/test-folder-setup.unit.test.ts b/testing/test-utils/src/lib/utils/test-folder-setup.unit.test.ts
index a205d23b5..58310bbb1 100644
--- a/testing/test-utils/src/lib/utils/test-folder-setup.unit.test.ts
+++ b/testing/test-utils/src/lib/utils/test-folder-setup.unit.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { bold } from 'ansis';
+import ansis from 'ansis';
 import { vol } from 'memfs';
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { MEMFS_VOLUME } from '@code-pushup/test-utils';
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ describe('teardownTestFolder', () => {
       '/tmp/unit': null,
     });
     expect(warnSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      `⚠️ You are trying to delete a file instead of a directory - ${bold('/tmp/unit/package.json')}.`,
+      `⚠️ You are trying to delete a file instead of a directory - ${ansis.bold('/tmp/unit/package.json')}.`,
     );
   });
 });