diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
index 5a06c78b57..9ec1ef6817 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
@@ -85,6 +85,6 @@ def setup_tinfoil():
     import bb.tinfoil
     tinfoil = bb.tinfoil.Tinfoil()
     tinfoil.prepare(False)
-    tinfoil.logger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+    tinfoil.logger.setLevel(logger.getEffectiveLevel())
     return tinfoil
 
diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
index 61c0df9b11..122121aedb 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
@@ -245,6 +245,11 @@ def _extract_source(srctree, keep_temp, devbranch, d):
     bb.utils.mkdirhier(srctree)
     os.rmdir(srctree)
 
+    # We don't want notes to be printed, they are too verbose
+    origlevel = bb.logger.getEffectiveLevel()
+    if logger.getEffectiveLevel() > logging.DEBUG:
+        bb.logger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
     initial_rev = None
     tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='devtool')
     try:
@@ -349,6 +354,8 @@ def _extract_source(srctree, keep_temp, devbranch, d):
         shutil.move(srcsubdir, srctree)
         logger.info('Source tree extracted to %s' % srctree)
     finally:
+        bb.logger.setLevel(origlevel)
+
         if keep_temp:
             logger.info('Preserving temporary directory %s' % tempdir)
         else:
diff --git a/scripts/recipetool b/scripts/recipetool
index 2cfa763201..b7d3ee887c 100755
--- a/scripts/recipetool
+++ b/scripts/recipetool
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def tinfoil_init():
     for plugin in plugins:
         if hasattr(plugin, 'tinfoil_init'):
             plugin.tinfoil_init(tinfoil)
-    tinfoil.logger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+    tinfoil.logger.setLevel(logger.getEffectiveLevel())
 
 def main():